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WATCH: Momentum Builds at Holyrood for Scotland’s Games Future
Level Up: If you missed the live stream of the Scottish Parliament yesterday, you missed a significant turning point in the ongoing evolution of our industry – with a ministerial commitment to review the action plan “line-by-line” at a future meeting of the cross-party group for Scotland’s games ecosystem.
Building on the foundations laid by Clare Adamson’s 2023 motion, last night’s debate represented a massive step forward in strategic coherence. We saw MSPs from across the chamber champion the Level Up Scotland Action Plan, citing our £151,382 GVA per head and calling for a dedicated Games Supercluster.
A Chamber in Consensus
The debate was led by a powerful opening from Michael Marra MSP, who laid out the undeniable economic and cultural case for the plan. We also heard vital contributions from Clare Adamson MSP, Daniel Johnston MSP, Liam Kerr MSP, Foysol Choudhury MSP and a response from Business Minister Richard Lochhead MSP.
From the “Golden Thread” of games technology to the need for a Chief Games Officer, the Parliament spoke with a level of detail and passion that proves the games sector is now a national priority.
Watch the Highlights
The full video of the debate is now available. We encourage everyone – from studio founders to students – to watch. Hear the consensus for yourself:
WATCH: Members’ Business Debate on the Scottish Games Action Plan
Your Voice is Needed.
While the Parliament has spoken with a unified voice, and the mainstream press has put us on the front pages, we need to continue showing the sector is united behind this plan.
We cannot allow this momentum to be met with silence.
The Minister, Richard Lochhead, has committed to a “line-by-line” review of the Action Plan at the next Cross-Party Group meeting. This is our window of opportunity. We need to show the Scottish Government that it isn’t just a few of us asking for change – it is the entire community.
Level Up: Join the Wall of Support
If you believe in the vision of a £1 Billion games ecosystem, we need you to go on the record today. It takes 30 seconds, but its impact in the halls of power is massive.
Visit the Scottish Games Network website and deave a comment underneath the Games Action Plan documents here.
The Scottish Parliament has opened the door. Now, we as a community must ensure the Government walks through it.
Let’s make our presence undeniable. Let’s make our sector famous.
~Brian
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Live Debate: Scotland’s Games Action Plan @ Holyrood: 18:30, Feb 3rd 2026.
UPDATE: Time of debate moved back to 18:30.
The parliamentary debate on Level Up: Scotland’s Games Action Plan will take place around 18:30 tomorrow afternoon – Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026.
Tickets are already sold out to attend the session in-person, but you can watch live and online using the Scottish Parliament TV streaming service.
I’ll be present in Parliament for the debate and hope to live blog the whole thing as questions are asked, complete with printed copies for any Members who wish to take a physical copy home.
I’ll also be answering questions on the Scottish Games Network social media channels (LinkedIn, BlueSky and Facebook) for anyone who’d like to have more information or background on the Action Plan as a whole, specific recomendations within the plan, or around the future of the games ecosystem.
Hope to see you there.
~Brian
The World is Watching: Let’s Level Up Scotland
If I’m honest, I’m still trying to process the last week…
After two years of trying to deliver Scotland’s Games Action Plan – running workshops, pulling together over a thousand data points, separating the practical and achievable from the aspirational, and finding ways to work with the country’s existing infrastructure – we finally handed Level Up Scotland over to the country last Wednesday.
The impact was immediate, and frankly, a little overwhelming.
80 People, Two Cities, One Voice
We held two events in one day. In the morning, we filled a room at CodeBase Edinburgh with MSPs, media, and industry leaders like Mark Logan. By the afternoon, we were in the Abertay CyberQuarter in Dundee, surrounded by the developers and educators who are the heart and soul of this sector.
In total, over 80 of you showed up. Seeing those rooms full didn’t just mean a lot to me personally; it sent a real message to the people in parliament: This isn’t just a report. This is a unified community demanding a different future.
The World is Watching
The media response has been equally powerful. We didn’t just get a mention; we started a national conversation. From the front page of the Sunday Herald to deep-dives in the global industry press, the message that Scotland’s games sector is a ‘secret weapon’ with a £151k GVA per head is now impossible to ignore.
Scotland’s Games Action Plan: Press Coverage
Help Needed: Scotland’s Games Action Plan Debate In Holyrood
When we started this two years ago, the goal was to end the fragmentation of our sector. Looking at the “Wall of Support” and the names supporting that Parliamentary motion, I think we can say we’ve made a strong case. However, we’re not quite there yet. I need your help one more time.
We need the debate in parliament. We need the government to understand how important games could be to Scotland’s creative and economic future. If you want something more tangible and a reason to get in touch with your MSP, consider that the Action Plan has direct funding for game developers (for new IP and Co-development), dedicated and expert business support for games companies and representation within the government.
Share The Love – Tell The World
Let’s keep the pressure on. Please share any and all of the above stories from the media on your social media channels. Get in touch with your local MSPs and ask them directly to support Motion S6M-20521.
You can find your MSPs using your postcode here. I’ve created a draft template to send to your MSP here (Google Docs link). Most of the MSPs have social media links (usually Twitter/X) on their individual pages. There’s even a directory of 72 x MSPs on Bluesky). So do please tag them on there as well and share one or two of the above media stories, or link directly to the Action Plan itself.
With one last push, we can make sure games are not just part of the national agenda, but an integrated and important part of our shared digital future.
Thank you,
B
Two Years, Two Cities, One Goal: Why Today Changes Everything for Games in Scotland
Level Up: Scotland’s Games Action Plan: Today, at 09:30 in a room at CodeBase Edinburgh filled with MSPs, and again at 13:00 in the Abertay CyberQuarter in Dundee, we are doing something that has never been done before in the history of our sector.
We are handing over a unified vision for the future of games in Scotland.
When I started this journey in November 2023, I knew the Scottish games ecosystem was the country’s secret weapon – high-performing, globally respected, and incredibly productive. What I didn’t realise was just how much ‘cat-herding,’ ‘sweating the details,’ and ‘unnecessary drama’ it would take to filter over one thousand disparate data points and 58 initial recommendations into a single vision.
Today, Level Up Scotland: A National Action Plan for the Scottish Games Sector is live. You’ll find it in the menu above.
Building An Open & Inclusive Action Plan
I’ll be honest: there were points over the last two years where the sheer fragmentation of our sector felt insurmountable. We’ve always been brilliant at making games, but we haven’t always been brilliant at articulating our value – or speaking as one.
This Action Plan is our attempt to fix that. It is the result of hundreds of conversations with you, the entire ecosystem – the developers, the educators, the founders, the students, and the public sector. If this plan carries weight today in the halls of Holyrood, it isn’t because of the design or the data; it’s because it carries the weight of your collective ambition.
From the initial data points gathered at 22+ workshops held across Scotland and online, to the initial draft, I have sought and shared your input, insight, and feedback. From an initial set of 58 recommendations, we’ve narrowed it down to only five, covering the key high level issues we all know exist: Recognition and understanding in government, funding for new IP (and co-development), a framework for education and skills, expert business support to grow and scale, with the long-term goal of establishing our own national games innovation centre. All of which is designed to take us from where we are at the start of 2026, into the UK’s first games ‘supercluster’ (bringing together industry, academia, ecosystem, and government), contributing £1 billion to the economy by 2030.
I know it’s ambitious, but I also believe it’s entirely achievable. Read it, I think you will too.
Beyond the High Score
We’ve launched this in two cities today for a reason. Edinburgh represents the political will we need to institutionalise this sector – to move it from a ‘creative hobby’ in the eyes of some, to the high-yield technological and creative powerhouse we know it to be. Dundee represents our heart – the place where the pioneer spirit of this industry was born and continues to thrive.
If we want Scotland to become the UK leader and a supercluster, we need to stop seeing our cities as rivals or opponents. We need the whole of Scotland to be a place where games technology isn’t just a sub-sector, but the “Golden Thread” woven through the heart of the entire country’s creative and digital economies.
The Time for Talking is NOT Over
The documents are now live on this site. There are two of them: the Action Plan (the vision) and the Implementation Annexe (the technical blueprint). I encourage you to download them, read them, and – most importantly – discuss them, share them, and support them.
But more than that, I need you to Sign the Plan.
We have the attention of the Ministers. We have the mainstream press talking about our existing £151,000 GVA per head. Now, we need a Wall of Support to show that the community is ready to build this.
Underneath the Scottish Games Action Plan and the Implementation Annexe Document, there’s a comment form to let you leave messages and feedback. These will be collected and used across the SGN and socials to demonstrate support for the Action Plan and keep the recommendations in front of Ministers and MSPs on ann ongoing basis.
Please consider leaving a message of support and help to demonstrate to Government that there is a large, engaged community all pushing for this plan to be accepted in full.
To everyone who helped me herd the cats, check the data, and keep the faith over the last two years: thank you.
The moment for action is now. Let’s Level Up.
~Brian
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