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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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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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Minecraft XBLA Scoops Virgin Media Award

28/02/2013by scottishgames Leave a comment

The Xbox Live version of the phenomenon which is Minecraft, walked off with the Best Downloadable Game of 2012 trophy at the Virgin Media Awards last week. Another trophy for […]

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4J Studios Nominated For Best UK Studio Category In MCV Awards

01/02/2013by scottishgames Leave a comment

Following an award-laden 2012, for its work on the best-selling Xbox Live version of Minecraft, 4J Studios is starting 2013 with another nomination.  The studio has picked up a nomination […]

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The Friday Financials – Minecraft XBLA & 40 Billion Apps

11/01/2013by scottishgames Leave a comment

Rounding up the first week back at work in 2013, we have two stories highlighting the way the global video games market has changed – and how it promises to […]

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Analytics, Apps, Developers, Finance, Online
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Stormcloud Games – New Development Studio Created By Games Veterans

12/11/2012by scottishgames 4 Comments

Three of Scotland’s most experienced game developers have set up a new game development studio based in Dundee. Stormcloud Games has been launched by Frank Arnot, Andy West and Pat […]

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Scottish Games Companies Win Awards – Many Awards

05/11/2012by scottishgames 1 Comment

It’s the start of awards season in the games world.  From now until Christmas, an array of glittering and glamorous awards ceremonies will be taking place across the length and […]

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Awards, Developers, Scotland
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Minecraft For Xbox 360 – Made In Scotland

09/05/2012by scottishgames Leave a comment

We’re aware that Minecraft was intelligently designed, by the Mojang hero team and has its roots very firmly in Sweden.  However, today saw the release of Minecraft for the Xbox […]

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Developers, games, Indie
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4J Studios To Create Minecraft for Xbox Live

17/06/2011by scottishgames 1 Comment

While there’s been nothing officially ‘official’ word crept out via the social networks yesterday that Dundee’s 4J Studios will be responsible for bringing indie games phenomenon Minecraft, to Xbox Live […]

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Newsround – Thursday

04/11/2010by scottishgames Leave a comment

Another day, another grab-bag of fascinating gaming tidbits from around this social network we call the Internet.  Good afternoon and here are today’s headlines… GameCity – The UK’s most ‘idiosyncratic’ […]

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