Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The third Cross-Party Group on Videogames will take place in Holyrood on the evening of Wednesday December 11th, from 17:30 - 19:30. The focus of this will be Skills & Creativity In The Video Games Industry. Speakers will include Gina Jackson from Creative Skillset, David Martin from Skills Development Scotland and Brian Baglow from the …
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Develop magazine has published its annual 30 Under 30, a list of up-and-coming stars in the world of games development. Quite a wide range of Scottish developers made the cut this year and were featured in the list. Step forward and take a bow please: Simon Kilroy, Software Engineer, Ruffian Alex Zeitler, Co-founder and CTO, …
News hit the games media yesterday that Microsoft has been signed deals with a number of well known indie studios around the world. 32 studios from Japan to Finland are named, including many best known for their mobile titles.Sadly no studios from Scotland appear to have made the list. Developers including Vlambeer (Ridiculous Fishing), Half …
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Denki is not a studio to sit around, rubbing their chins and wondering what on earth to do next. Indeed the company has been more prolific in the last few months than seems right or decent. From Save The Day, Denki Word Quest and Monster Force 5, Denki has been working with the mighty Moshi …
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The first ever Scotland panel from games news powerhouse VG247 took place last night. Issue zero was a trial, exploring the games industry in Scotland and the issues facing developers. It featured Kate Ho from Tigerface Games, Mark Ettle from Cobra Mobile and Brian Baglow from the Scottish Games Network - all hosted by VG247's …
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YoYo Games, the company behind the popular Game Maker: Studio, which puts game development into the hands of everyone, has announced its Tizen Game Drive offering $60,000 in cash prizes to developers around the world. Tizen is of course the new open-source operating system for devices such as smart phones, tablets, cameras, smart TVs, in-vehicle …
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Since we're off to Radio Scotland in half an hour to talk games for non-gamers, we thought it would be nice to give them a little list of all the good stuff out there that they can go and play. So here's your official Scottish Games Network list of games for those of you who …
Indie DB, the website dedicated to all things indie and excellent is holding it's annual Game Of The Year awards. Firebrand's gravitationally challenging galactic save-em-up Solar Flux is in the running. And we - yes WE - can help them win. If you've not played Solar Flux yet, you're missing a treat. It's a puzzle …
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Lucky Frame, the company behind critically acclaimed games such as Pugs Luv Beats, Wave Trip, the homicide-em-up Gentlemen! and of course the BAFTA award-winning Bad Hotel are, not to put too fine a point on it, kinda awesome.They explore, they experiment, they play with ideas and definitions of 'game' and they seem to have a …
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Gaming pioneer and creator of the seminal Elite, David Braben has received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology from Abertay University. David is a founding trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which aims to bring affordable, pocket-sized computers to schools and individuals across the world – inspiring a whole new generation to learn programming. …
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