It's been nearly a month since I announced the launch of the Scottish Games Network as the country's industry body. Since then things have become a little busy. Around 700 e-mails congratulating me on the launch, companies and organisations how they join and other asking what specifically the SGN will do. Now's the time to …
Scots Companies Hit Develop Top 100 (and the rest of you…)
Develop magazine has published its Top 100 list of the best game developers in the UK. The list features several companies from the Scottish Games Network. Develop editor Michael French says in the introduction that the studios were judged on: ...their history, commercial success, reputation and potential. Develop has also, for the first time, compiled …
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NOW HIRING – Two Weeks Notice
Ladies and gentlemen, things are changing. The Scottish Games Network is changing. In a number of exciting new ways. One of the most immediate changes will be the way in which recruitment adverts are hosted. To date we've been very open to any and all adverts. Companies have been free to post any vacancies as …
New Look, New Logo
You may already have been enjoying the all new Scottish Games Network logo. The crisp clean lines, the reassuring solidity of the cube and the clever integration of the three primary letters 'S', 'G' and 'N' into the structure of the logo itself. It contains no gradients - the kiss of death for any logo …
Scottish Government Cross Party Group On Videogames Technology Announces New Convenor & Next Meeting
The cross-party group on videogames technology was started in early 2012 by MSP Joe Fitzpatrick. The group met in March that same year - while GDC was on - yet still attracted a standing room only crowd, to hear from speakers including Denki's Colin Anderson, Scottish Enterprise and TIGA. The group's initial meeting was more …
Game In Scotland – The Panels
That's it, last day of our special Game In Scotland exclusives. Today we announce the last piece of the puzzle - the panels. The event is famous for two major topics: How to get into the games industry and The future of videogames How To Get Into The Games Industry The first is fairly self explanatory, …
2012 in review
How was your 2012? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Inexplicably awesome? We may never know (unless you kept your friendly neighbourhood Scottish Games Network up to date with the latest, greatest news, releases and updates). The Scottish Games Network did quite well, thank you. Lots of new views, lots of new friends, lots of great interest. The …