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Scotland’s centralised gaming community has allowed it to become a world leader in development and creativity


games development infrastructure centred in the University of Abertay in the city, which was the first university in the world to offer a degree in Computer Games Development. In the Dundee area alone the creative


industries and digital media sector employs 2,300 staff and boasts a combined turnover of more than £100 million. A spokesman from Revolver PR, which


represents Scottish Game Jam, said: “Scotland is a world renowned creative gaming hub, producing some of the best selling and most popular games on the market. “Scottish companies have always been at


the leading edge of the gaming sector and the potential, as we enter 2012, is greater than ever for talented individuals to come to Scotland to really make their mark and work to bring even greater success to the Scottish and the global games industry as a whole.” The volume of young, talented, creative


people based in Scotland continues to grow as does the number of games development companies – and their successes are getting better and bigger all the time. And Scotland is a great place to live with


thriving metropolitan cities, a vibrant nightlife, a unique culture, stunning countryside and a wide range of activities, from mountain biking to whitewater rafting, for when games professionals want a break from their screens!


2000 Dare to be digital competition


is established by Scottish Enterprise Tayside, Dundee City Council piloted on students at Abertay University


2011 Dare Protoplay gaming


festival is launched in Dundee, by Clive Sinclair


2011 Abertay University student


William Rountree wins a Scottish Government competition to produce a game suitable for the 2014 Commonwealth Games


2012 TV station Channel 4 appoints Colin


MacDonald – formally of DMA Design and Realtime Worlds – as its new games “champion”


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