The Scottish Games Network, Creative Scotland and Scottish Enterprise are working together to produce the first ever entirely comprehensive survey of Scotland's games industry.
Team Rock Games – Now Hiring
Ladies and gentlemen, a brand new opportunity has arisen within one of the country's most exciting new games companies. Team Rock is a Scottish start-up with a very simple ambition - to become the global home of rock and metal. The company's new games division is now recruiting, looking for a games programmer and a …
Scottish Games Companies Star In Develop Award Nominations
The nominees for the 2015 Develop awards have been announced with a wide range of Scottish companies featuring within the 137 companies and 47 games featured. The Scottish companies in the list are: New Games IP (Mobile) - Size Does Matter (DOS Studios) Technically Norwegian, but it's former Dare Winner published by Channel 4, so …
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Jobs, Games, News, MORE
Ladies and gentlemen, the goal of the Scottish Games Network has always been to be of utility to the games sector as a whole. A tool if you will, which pulls together all of the latest news, information and data for Scotland's games sector. Since the start of the year, for a couple of reasons …
Game In Scotland 2015 – The Next Generation
It's all change for Game In Scotland, the country's home-grown recruitment event focused on the gaming sector. Created originally as a graduate recruitment event, the event has been funded to date by the team at Scottish Enterprise. Now however, the role of Game In Scotland and the opportunities for the sector have changed hugely. Scottish Enterprise …
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Terrier Studios Opens Office In Dundee And Angus College
As a growing number of colleges and universities offer games-specific courses, one of the biggest challenges for academic institutions is to forge the sort of relationships with industry which can benefit their students - and lead to employment for their graduates. Combined with the greatly reduced opportunities in games testing as a route into the …
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Creative Scotland Hiring Digital, Innovation, Creative Technology & Design Officer
Creative Scotland is recruiting. The organisation responsible for Scotland's cultural, artistic and creative industries is looking for a development officer, focusing on digital innovation, creative technology and design. It's a full-time position, with a salary (£25,000 pa, plus benefits and pension). If you're interested in helping Creative Scotland become more engaged with the whole digital and …
NOW HIRING – Live Visualisation
It's Friday. Games companies in Scotland are hiring. Dundee-based Live Visualisation is looking for a contract programmer to help their ambitious plans to bring games technology to the wider world. You can find the position listed below, as well as on the SGN JOBS page. Company:Â Live Visualisation Ltd Position:Â Programmer (Contract) Location:Â Remote Contact:Â jobs@livevisualisation.co.uk Seriously Virtual Reality. …
Hiring – One Thumb Mobile – QA Tester
One Thumb Mobile is recruiting. The company behind the epic mobile MMORPG, Celtic Heroes, is looking for a QA Tester... We are seeking a Junior/Graduate Level Games Tester to join our growing Celtic Heroes development team. Reporting to the Project Manager, successful candidates will use their passion for MMO’s, attention to detail and excellent communication skills to …
Help Games Companies Access Tax Breaks
Ever wanted to be a Certification Analyst? The British Film Institute is looking for people to join them as assessors, carrying out the cultural test video games companies will need to pass in order to qualify for tax breaks. Based in London, the position is open to people with industry experience and an understanding of …