New APB Owner Considering Scotland For European HQ?

The ongoing saga of APB continues, with GamersFirst telling GamesIndustry.biz they may well consider creating a European HQ and Scotland is one of the locations they’re looking at: In the event that a number of …

How Politics Works (Episode #4 in an ongoing series)

1.  Pick violent tragedy which occurred somewhere in the world. 2.  Pick random game which features weapon(s) 3.  Blame game for tragedy 4.  Repeat

APB Sale To Pay Outstanding Wage Claims + Interview With New Owner

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 …

Mr Bump Trips Onto The iPhone App Store

Mr Bump, the first title from Digital Goldfish‘s deal with Chorion, to bring the classic kids TV license Mr Men to Apple’s AppStore is now live.  Mr Bump has not only launched on the AppStore, …

Artist In Residence 001 – Searra Dodds

One of the things we’re planning to keep the new Scottishgames.net looking fresh is a weekly update of the banner at the top of the site.  Anyone is welcome to contribute ideas and artwork for …

Realtime Worlds Asset Auction Halted By Hackers?

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 …

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APB Bought By K2 Network For £1.5 Million

Realtime World’s short-lived online game APB (All Points Bulletin) has been acquired by K2 Network, the company behind the GamersFirst online multiplayer site. GamesIndustry reports that K2 paid around £1.5 million for the game, which …

Tag Launches New Non-Gaming Brand

Tag Games has announced the creation of a new, non-gaming app brand.  Tag Apps reflects Tag’s increasing expertise in the wider app market, where they have created various forms of app for companies including Channel …

NEoN Knights Hit Dundee

Something called NEoN Knights is now alive and kicking in Dundee.  Utilising QR codes, NEoN Knightsis part game, part exploration, part virtual reality, part, umm, experience we guess… Created by the very talented chaps at …