Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Over the last 2-3 years the Game Developer Conference has proven itself one of the most valuable events in the global gaming sector. Next year's event takes place in San Francisco's Moscone Centre on March 17th-21st. As always Scottish Development International will be there, helping games companies to attend the conference, giving them presence on …
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Following the trade delegation to China Joy in July, the team at Scottish Development International have passed on details of an official request from 'one of Asia's largest social gaming companies'. This company is:Â looking for game developers from the UK who are interested in publishing high quality game products in China and to enter to …
We've been asked to post this on behalf on PACT... Are you interested in attending MIPCOM 2013 with the UK Indies? We have good news, if it is your first time attending MIP, you will be charged £1,750 and will be eligible for a free accreditation to get into the market. If not, to remind …
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Gamescom is the world's largest video games event, which combines industry and consumer audiences, creating a unique opportunity to do business and hit potential players, over the course of five days - 21st-25th August, 2013. UKIE, has created a hugely successful games pavilion for British games companies over the last few years, working with UK …
Understanding Intellectual Property (IP) is a something vital to every creative company - and especially every games company. Â Developers are either working on someone else's IP, or building their own. Â For real, long-term success, generating your own IP is crucial. Â It provides your company with real, long-term value and can - in some cases - …
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It's a big wide world out there, kids. Â Many countries now enjoy videogames and a number of markets, have huge - and we're talking enormous - audiences. Â Yet many game developers don't support these markets and don't publish their games in anything other than good old-fashioned English. This can be a problem. Â It limits your …
GamesCom, the industry and consumer videogames event, runs in Cologne (Germany) from August 21st - 25th. Â The show has grown over the last several years into one of the world's largest games events, pulling in every major player from the development and publishing sectors. The UK Interactive Entertainment organisation (UKIE) is working with the department …
China is rapidly becoming the dominant force in a number of areas.  From a recent Quartz article we learn that: "After becoming the world’s leading manufacturer of goods and largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China can add world’s leading consumer of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) to its trophy case. “By the end of February …
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Scottish Development International is the enterprise organisation which is responsible for overseas business and inward investment. Â This is the organisation which is responsible for Scotland's participation in overseas conferences, expos and trade shows. SDI has supported the games industry a great deal over the last 10+ years and Scotland has a presence at many of …
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Yesterday we reported that the digital media and interactive sectors had been inexplicably omitted from the 2012 Year of Creative Scotland awards. Â Today the reason may have become a little clearer. The games industry in Scotland does not exist in any significant way. Â It contributes nothing to the economy, there are only 200 people working …
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