The Stars of the Scottish Games Ecosystem Unveiled The most awaited event in the Scottish gaming industry, the Scottish Games Awards, concluded on Thursday 2 November with a spectacular celebration of excellence, innovation, and extraordinary talent. This year's awards ceremony, held at Platform, Glasgow, and opened by Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, showcased the industry's finest achievements in various categories...
Clare Adamson MSP, Motherwell and Wishaw said: “Brian Baglow’s determined advocacy for the games sector in Scotland has brought gaming into the spotlight and it was brilliant to see the fruits of his labour in Dynamic Earth For the opening of the Scottish Games Industry Conference. The games industry is the largest entertainment media in the world. Global market revenues stand at...
Scottish Games Week has partnered with Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity to raise money for the Games For The Weans campaign. The award-winning campaign is raising funds to buy adapted gaming equipment, consoles and video games for the boys and girls at Scotland’s biggest children’s hospital, as well as supporting the play team to make sure everyone always has someone to...
The nominees for the 2023 Scottish Games Awards have been released, with the largest and most diverse range of entries yet received in the competition. Over 110 entries were received across the 15 categories, recognising and celebrating the achievement and success of individuals, organisations and games from across the whole Scottish Ecosystem. The competition’s new categories including Rising Star, which recognises new...
Blackadders, one of Scotland’s leading law firms, has thrown its support behind Scottish Games Week by assuming the role of its official legal partner. Following on from their support of the first-ever Scottish Games Week in 2022, the firm is back this year and is keen to get stuck into the new legal issues coming into play for the industry,...
RSM UK, a leading audit, tax, and consulting adviser to middle market businesses, has thrown its hat into the Scottish Games Week ring as a Silver Sponsor. The company, which was named Accountancy Firm of the Year in the 2022 TIGA Games Awards, is looking to extend its already substantial support of the UK games industry by contributing to Scottish...
Applications are now open to developers, game creators and businesses to exhibit and demo their games Scottish Games Week 2023. Expo space is available at the two-day SGW Conference, which takes place at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Monday, October 30th & Tuesday 31st October and More Than Games, in the Corinthian Club in Glasgow on Friday, November 3rd. Scottish Games Week...
Due to overwhelming demand we have decided to extend the deadline for award submissions to the Scottish Games Awards 2023. Entries will now remain open for the Scottish Games Awards until 18:00 on Monday 25th September 2023. We understand the effort and dedication that goes into preparing award submissions, and we want to ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to participate. The...
Alongside the four GAMES trophies in this year’s Scottish Games Awards, we also have five CRAFT categories, highlighting excellence in a number of specialist areas. These are: Art & Animation Technical Achievement Audio Creativity Best Tools/Tech Best Education Programme While these (hopefully) speak for themselves, we’re still aiming to get a really broad range of entries and recognise work from across the whole games ecosystem. So let us...
Time is ticking on and entries are flooding in for the 2023 Scottish Games Awards – but what exactly are they – and why should you enter your game, your colleagues, or even (we’ll whisper this) yourself? The idea behind the games awards is very simple. We want to celebrate and showcase the incredible work being done across Scotland today. In 2023. One...