Have a very Happy Christmas, readers. We'll be posting over the holidays, but would like to thank you all for flying Scottishgames.net in 2011 and look forward to your ongoing patronage in 2012. Till then have a lovely holiday, complete with presents, mince pies and much love. Brian...
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It would seem that the generosity of spirit, love and compassion which the games industry is famous for, is shining out like a beacon for Christmas 2011. A variety of developers have provided promo codes for their games to say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or more ecumenically, have a lovely couple of weeks off... Here's …
Play For Good – Fat Bob, PlayMob & SpecialEffect Launch Drop Catcher For Charity
We covered the launch of Drop Catcher earlier this year, when the game hit the App Store. Now however, Fat Bob Games, the developer of Drop Catcher are working with Play Mob & games charity Special Effect to raise money via the game's in-app purchases. Drop Catcher is free to download and play, but will …
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Wrestling Manager – Out Now For iOS
Serious Parody's Wrestling Manager game is now live on the Apple App Store for iPhone, iPod and iPad. It's one of the first games to offer players the challenges and tribulations of pro-wrestling management. The game's been picking up some serious interest from a number of wrestling sites around the world, as you'll see in …
Cereproc Granted Patent For Emotional Speech Synthesis System
It may be heading rapidly towards the end of the year, but the new keeps on coming, like endless waves of informative zombies towards an isolated mountain hut. You may not have come across Cereproc before, but the Edinburgh-based company is a leader in speech synthesis and text-to-speech systems. Now, the company's emotional speech synthesis …
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Pugs Love Beats – Bringing The Awesome
Ladies & gentlemen today, with only twelve days of the year left, we present what may be 2011's most adorable - and best sounding game. The constantly surprising team at Edinburgh's Lucky Frame studios today released Pugs Love Beats, a brand new game for iOS. Players take charge of a growing army of space Pugs. …
Sh, Sh, Sh… Sh, Sh, Sh – Share Your Booty!
Outplay has clearly been borrowing some of Santa's elves, as the company has been a positive avalanche of news, information and updates in the last few weeks. With social gaming much in the media, thanks to Zynga's initial public offering (which is what IPO stands for, fact fans...) last week, Outplay has announced two new …
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Yo Deshi – Updated & Unleashed. There Is No TRY, Only DO…
Proper Games Yo Deshi has been given a major update and is now out for your favourite iOS devices. Yo Deshi now includes an online multiplayer and story mode, as well as features including: Online Multiplayer through Game Centre Local Two Player / Story Mode Configurable Boards Unlimited Tile Combinations Yo Deshi Training with Master …
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Channel 4 Appoints Colin MacDonald As New Commissioning Editor for Games
Just hit the newswires: Channel 4 announces the appointment of Colin Macdonald as its first Games Commissioning Editor. He will be based in Glasgow and report into Convergent Formats Commissioner Anna Cronin. Macdonald is a respected and pioneering figure in the gaming industry and has worked on some of the most innovative titles of all …
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The Crystal Maze HD – Out Now For iPad
Dynamo Games reinterpretation of the cult TV favourite The Crystal Maze, appeared on the iPhone back in the days when the App Store was young, dynamic and had yet to reach its first billion downloads. But technology moves on, hairstyles change, hemlines rise and fall and games, ever the bellwether of all that is fun, move endlessly …