Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
It is with great sadness that we report that Cobra Mobile, one of Dundee's pioneering mobile game studios, is being liquidated after 20 years of business. The closure has resulted in the redundancy of its eight staff members. Founded in 2005 by Mark Ettle, Cobra Mobile was one of the first studios in Dundee to …
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Very sad news from Glasgow today, with the BBC reporting that WeeWorld, the company behind the successful WeeMee avatar, social network and a growing number of apps has gone into liquidation. According to news reports, 19 of the 30 staff have been made redundant and the liquidators are now looking for a buyer. This is tremendously …
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Last week's sale of APB to K2 Network, will allow Begbies-Tryanor, the administrator of Realtime Worlds to settle all outstanding wage and holiday pay claims, according to the latest report from GamesIndustry.biz. Paul Dounis from the liquidator is quoted as saying: "We are obviously very happy to have concluded the sale but at the same …
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The Courier is reporting that the auction of assets from Realtime Worlds has been halted after hackers targeted the auction company's servers: Over 1000 items were to go under the hammer, including high-spec PCs, LCD screens, desks and other equipment. However, the sale — conducted by Glasgow industrial auctioneers Sweeney Kincaid — was postponed after …
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