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Dare To Be Digital 2013 Begins

11/06/2013by scottishgames Leave a comment

IT has begun.  Dare to be Digital 2013, the games design and development competition for students is now LIVE in the city of Dundee. Fifteen teams from all around the […]

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Dungeon Smash – Coming Soon To Xbox Live Arcade

28/05/2013by scottishgames 1 Comment

Dungeon Smash is a brand new Xbox Live Indie game, from Haiku Interactive in Edinburgh. The game is a re-imagining of the classic arcade title, Gauntlet, where players must explore […]

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Developers, games, Indie, Online
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Xbox One – What It Is, What It Does – We Think

22/05/2013by scottishgames Leave a comment

UPDATED: We originally stated that the Xbox One could emulate existing Xbox 360 games.  It’s now clear Xbox One will not offer emulation of Xbox 360, Xbox Live or Xbox indie […]

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Business, Developers, Events, Film, publishers, Television
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Dare to be Digital Announces Development Mentors

21/05/2013by scottishgames Leave a comment

Dare to be Digital, the world’s leading competition for student game developers has announced the developer accord members for the 2013 event. Developer accord members are companies who give up […]

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Dare, Developers, Education, Events, Scotland, Universities
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Win Big With Game Maker – $35,000 In Prizes For Windows 8 Games

06/05/2013by scottishgames Leave a comment

Dundee’s YoYo Games, the company behind the Game Maker development software has launched a competition to reward developers creating games for Windows 8. If you’re not familiar with Game Maker, […]

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Awards, Design, Developers, Indie
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Minecraft Goes Retro. On A Disk, In A Box, On A Shelf, In A Shop…

03/05/2013by scottishgames 12 Comments

The phenomenon which is Minecraft has taken the Xbox by storm.  By the end of March 2013, IGN reported that sales had passed 6,000,000 copies.  It’s the fastest selling Xbox […]

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Developers, games, Online, publishers, Retail
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Unicorn Space Command – Game Jam Title Hits Windows App Store

22/04/2013by scottishgames 3 Comments

Unicorn Space Command is a brand new game, created by Martin Grant,  2nd year Games Technology Student at the University of the West of Scotland (that’s right, there IS life […]

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Apps, Awards, Jam, Universities
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Scotland’s 4J Studios & Game Centre, Winners In 2013 MCV Awards

19/04/2013by scottishgames 1 Comment

The MCV Awards were held in London last night, with Scotland’s independent games retailer, Game Centre picking up the trophy for Best High Street Independent Retailer and the Xbox 360 […]

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Awards, Developers, Retail
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Hebridean Productions Launches Bitzkrieg On Xbox Live Indie

12/02/2013by scottishgames Leave a comment

If you’re not a resident of Scotland, a reader or an isolationist of breathtaking arrogance, you may not be fully aware of the Outer Hebrides.  They’re an island chain off […]

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Developers, Scotland, Universities
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Introducing: XBL Gamerhub

21/12/2012by scottishgames Leave a comment

We’re always delighted to hear from new companies working in and around the games sector here in Scotland.  We’re pretty well in terms of developers.  At the last count – […]

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