Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced that Scottish Games Network founder and CEO Brian Baglow will deliver one of the opening keynote addresses at its flagship Community Over Code 2026 conference, taking place at the Hilton Glasgow from 11–14 October 2026. Formerly known as ApacheCon, Community Over Code is the premier annual gathering of …
The UK videogames market value reached a record £7 billion in 2020, an increase of +29.9% from 2019, beating 2018’s previous record by more than a billion pounds. While 2020 was a difficult year for many, with impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting nearly every aspect of daily life, homebound consumers turned to games for …
A recent report from software trade body, Scotland IS predicts that Scotland is facing a serious shortage of qualified staff within the digital media sector: Among the skills in greatest demand are software and web development, required by 66% of those who took part in the survey, with commercial and business skills sought by 53% …
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Scotland IS is the country's trade body for all software, IT and creative technology businesses in Scotland. The organisation runs an annual competition to find Scotland's best software companies and the 2013 call for entries is now open. While there are no specific games categories, there are several awards which could be appropriate for Scotland's …