The nominees for the first ever Scottish Games Awards have been announced

videogameschronicle.com:

The longlist of nominees for the first Scottish Games Awards has been released.

The awards, which are designed to celebrate the best talent in Scotland, will take place in Dundee on October 27 and will mark the end of the first ever Scottish Games Week.

A total of 12 awards will be given out on the night, bringing together a wide range of disciplines and specialities from across the games ecosystem and beyond.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

The longlist will now to go a judging panel, chaired by VGC’s Chris Scullion, which will be tasked with picking a shortlist and winners from each of the categories.

The judging panel consists of:

In a statement, Brian Baglow, director of Scottish Games Week and founder of the Scottish Games Network, said: “As the founder and director of the Scottish Games Network, I am lucky enough to see on a daily basis the incredible work being carried out in Scotland and meet the people, the pioneers and the games which are shaping the future of the games ecosystem.

“However, not every game – or person – doing this work gets the visibility they need or deserve. The Scottish Games Awards are designed to address this and showcase the people, the organisations and the games which make Scotland such a wonderful place to create, publish, teach, learn, love (or even play!) games.

“We were thrilled to get such a wide range of entries and such a high level of excellence across each of the categories. I don’t envy the judges trying to select the winners from such a superb range of entries. Good luck to every entrant!”