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Upcoming events

Videogames Glasgow Pub Night

Glasgow

Thursday 13 November 2025

This is a friendly and inclusive space with the aim of creating a productive community of videogame people in Glasgow.

Game Changers Talks - Maurizio Sciglio

Dundee

Monday 17 November 2025

A fireside chat with tech entrepreneur Maurizio Sciglio on his journey from Realtime Worlds to Epic Games and founding Roomr.

Scottish Games Cross-Party Group

Edinburgh

Tuesday 18 November 2025

The next meeting of the Cross-Party Group on Scotland’s Ecosystem.

Scottish Games Education Symposium

Paisley

Wednesday 19 November 2025

To foster dialogue and collaboration, our goal is to ensure that graduates leave education with not only technical expertise, but also the creative and interdisciplinary skills to thrive in a variety of career pathways.

Edinburgh Games Social hosted by IES and SGDA

Edinburgh

Thursday 20 November 2025

Ukie is on the road and we’re stopping at Edinburgh for the new Supercharged Sessions. Join in with our open social here - open to all those working in games and adjacent industries in the region.

UKIE Supercharge Session

Edinburgh

Thursday 20 November 2025

Supercharged Sessions are an accelerator in an afternoon style activation for new and developing games companies, in addition to those who want a quick brush up on their business skills.

Hub Quiz Nights

Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dundee

Wednesday 26 November - Friday 28 November 2025

All game industry workers are invited to HubWorld’s challenging cross-country quiz week to battle over £200 worth of prizes and a trophy!

More Than Games Creative Industries Innovation Summit

Glasgow

Wednesday 26 November 2025

An initiative set to bridge the country’s vibrant games ecosystem with its creative, cultural, and heritage sectors.

Make Play

Dundee

Thursday 27 November 2025

MAKE/PLAY is a one-day symposium investigating the creation of knowledge through games and play creation

Glasgow Gaming Market

Glasgow

Saturday 29 November 2025

The Video Game Market events are the biggest and longest running gaming markets in the UK and we’re thrilled to announce we are back in Glasgow for our sixth year!

Glasgow Games Soapbox

Glasgow

Thursday 4 December 2025

An evening of talks about games and game development. We will have a small selection of speakers from in and out of the games industry sharing their wisdom. Expect talks to be around 30 minutes long.

Videogames Glasgow Pub Night

Glasgow

Thursday 11 December 2025

Monthly meetup for game developers, streamers, journalists, marketeers, and anyone else interested in or working in the games industry.

Hello World

Glasgow

Monday 2 March 2026

The summit will bring together 200 undergraduate and postgraduate students, recent graduates, and young people from across Scotland’s universities and colleges, studying games and adjacent technology sectors, linking them with representatives from education, enterprise, business, industry, and policymaking.

Games Talks Live

Edinburgh, Dundee & Glasgow

Tuesday 24 March - Thursday 26 March 2026

Short talks and networking for the Scottish games industry

Scottish Games Drinks @ Develop 2026

Brighton

Wednesday 15 July 2026

An informal gathering of Scottish game studios and their friends at Develop 2026

Scottish Games Drinks @ Gamescom 2026

Cologne

Wednesday 26 August 2026

An informal gathering of Scottish game studios and their friends at Gamescom 2026

Games Talks Live

Edinburgh, Dundee & Glasgow

Tuesday 27 October - Thursday 29 October 2026

Short talks and networking for the Scottish games industry

Past events (13)

Games Talks Live

Edinburgh, Dundee & Glasgow

Tuesday 14 October - Thursday 16 October 2025

Short talks and networking for the Scottish games industry

PHASE25

Edinburgh

Friday 26 September - Sunday 28 September 2025

PHASE is an exhilarating three-day event designed to engage gamers, esports enthusiasts, content creators, students, and families

ProtoPlay

Dundee

Friday 19 September - Saturday 20 September 2025

ProtoPlay is a free, family friendly, video games festival, hosted at the LiveHouse showcasing the work of 21 Tranzfuser teams.

DICE Dundee Games Day

Dundee

Thursday 18 September 2025

An additional DICE fringe day where delegates are invited to discover Europe’s game development hotspot of Dundee.

DICE Europe

Edinburgh

Monday 15 September - Wednesday 17 September 2025

The next iteration of D.I.C.E. Europe will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland from September 15 to 17, 2025. Registration and hotel details will be announced soon.

Unreal pasts

Edinburgh

Wednesday 10 September 2025

Unreal pasts, playful presents: history and fantasy in games and media. Can video games help us understand the past more deeply – or do they distort it?

Drop in and Play x DARE Academy

Dundee

Saturday 30 August 2025

Try out a range of new games and meet the creatives behind them at this free, drop-in event in partnership with Abertay University and Ninja Kiwi.

Game Space Level Up Your Pitch

Dundee

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Pitch smarter with tips from Scottish EDGE, Pitch 2 Raise & Barclays. For new & growing games businesses in Dundee & beyond.

Scottish Games Drinks @ Gamescom 2025

Cologne

Wednesday 20 August 2025

An informal gathering of Scottish game studios and their friends at Gamescom 2025

Glasgow Independent Games Festival

Glasgow

Saturday 9 August 2025

An all-day event dedicated to celebrating the most interesting, the most moving and the most unconventional games from Scotland and around the world.

Scottish Games Drinks @ Develop 2025

Brighton

Wednesday 9 July 2025

An informal gathering of Scottish game studios and their friends at Develop 2025

Glasgow Games Soapbox

Glasgow

Thursday 5 June 2025

An evening of talks about games and game development.

Hub Quiz

Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow

Wednesday 30 April - Friday 2 May 2025

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