Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
In the 1980s there were legends about a video game called "Killswitch" that was cursed and, if played, it would kill everyone in the room - We've got a copy. And we're going to play it. Live. Playthrough - the interactive stage play about the cursed videogame Killswitch and the two people who play it …
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http://vimeo.com/110153394 The 2014 Arts & Business Scotland awards took place on Friday 24th of October at a glittering ceremony at Glasgow's Theatre Royal. The awards celebrate the best partnerships between the business and cultural sectors in Scotland. Game development studio Quartic Llama and the National Theatre of Scotland picked up the award for Digital Innovation, for …
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Other is an entirely new type of game, created by one of Dundee's most exciting new game developers. Â It exemplifies the fact that interactive media is changing every aspect of the creative industries, in new and unexpected ways. Â It's also an important project because it brings together a number of partners, including many that games …
2012 has been the Year of Creative Scotland. Â A nation wide celebration of creativity which highlights all of the amazing talent, the clever businesses and the dedicated organisations we have here in Scotland. Unless you work in digital media. Â The recently announced Creative Scotland awards have categories for film and television, literature, music, theatre - …
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Games creators and publishers are becoming increasingly comfortable with the idea of using talent from outside 'the industry'. Â Professional writers and musicians are now an established part of the development process - and thanks to titles such as L.A. Noire, stage and screen actors are becoming just as valued. However, the idea of using a …