Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Avast, shipmates. A tot o' rum all round and cease yer keel-hauling of the cabin boy. A shiny new version of Outplay's popular treasure matchin' Facebook title, Booty Quest, has hove into view for them new Apple and Android gadgets and now you can shiver your timbers on the go. OK, enough piratism. Booty Quest was …
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Pixels on Toast is the development studio set up by games genius Kevin Ng. Based in Edinburgh, Pixels On Toast is the studio behind games including Kick Flick Football, the forthcoming Food Run and the newly released Word Crasher. Or indeed the newly enhanced version for the latest iPad - Word Crasher Blitz. Billed as …
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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 …
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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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 …
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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While the rest of the economy languishes, the creative sector seems to recovering a little faster than other sectors. The interactive industry in particular seems to be thriving right now, with a great many companies now looking for new employees and recruits. First up in a festive rundown of recruitment is Dundee's Cobra. If you're …
Despite being one of the country's more prolific studios, we've not heard a huge amount from Glasgow's T-Enterprise in the last few months. We're guilty of not covering absolutely everything (since this day job doesn't half get in the way of covering everything you lovely people get up to). So it's extra DOUBLE awesome to …
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Claymore Games, the indie games studio founded by Brian Hackett in 2005 has been working quietly away on a number of projects over the last year or so, but we've not heard much from them. That's all changed with the release of Claymore's Plum Crazy, for iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad...), which is OUT NOW! The …
Cobra's latest title, PowerSlide Penguin, is out now on the App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Described as a puzzle adventure, PowerSlide Penguin puts players in control of Penn Gwynn (seriously), who has to recover a ton of loot from Pengros the Peg Leg Penguin, who's stolen it from Chilly City Bank. Really. …