One of the real joys of the current game development scene is that games can appear as if from nowhere. New teams, new developers and new ideas are emerging more rapidly than ever before. The types of experience which are now appearing on the market often ignore the long-cherished game genres and strike out in …
Guerilla Tea’s 2nd Birthday – Beer, Cake and a Game Release!
As of today, we’ve been in business for 2 years. It’s scary how quickly the time has gone by. We could describe the past year as ‘tumultuous’ to say the least and it’s been an awesome learning experience. It’s still very early days for Guerilla Tea, but throughout the last year we’ve built up a …
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New From Stormcloud: Mr Shingu’s Paper Zoo – Out NOW For iOS
In an app store awash with clones, copies and tired retreads of existing genres, originality is all too rare. Games can quite easily aim for instant mainstream acceptance, losing any real identity in their race for the lowest common denominator, or can be defiantly aimed at 'real' gamers, so bullet holes and orcs abound. Which …
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Tsumanga Wins EDGE Funding
Tsumanga Studios, the company behind the recently released Winx Sirenix Power and the forthcoming online title, based upon the same franchise, has been awarded EDGE funding, totalling £48,500. Tsumanga was one of eighteen companies to win EDGE funding and the only games/interactive entertainment company to win through to the final round. Graeme Harvey, the co-founder …
Celtic Heroes Celebrates 2nd Anniversary – Cake & Balloons All Round
Celtic Heroes, One Thumb Mobile's Mobile Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMMORPG) has just celebrated its second anniversary. Since the game launched in June 2011, it has been downloaded over 1,000,000 times and is, according to the company, the highest grossing mobile MMO in the world. Richard Hasinski, Founder and Director at One Thumb Mobile, told …
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Android Developers – Free Talk On Haptics
Peter van der Linden, Evangelist at Immersion, San Jose - creators and distributors of haptic effects for Android game developers, will be in Dundee on Monday 24th June. Peter told us: The focus of the talk will be a briefing on how Android game developers can easily add haptic effects to their games, using a free …
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Sky Without Sun: Target – New From Made With Numbers
Made With Numbers is a one man band, a company formed by veteran games programmer Alexander Illes, who decided that working on his own projects would be a fine idea. Alex has since worked on a game framework for future projects, alongside his first commercial release - Sky Without Sun: Target. Sky Without Sun: Target …
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Pyramus Real-Time Strategy Game For iOS
Hunted Cow's relentless invasion of the mobile strategy market continues with the company's latest release. Pyramus is the company's first real-time strategy game. Set in deep space, players must take control of individual ships to outwit, outmanoeuvre and destroy their opponents. Pyramus offers two distinct races, each with different ships, different capabilities and different weapons. …
Scottish Enterprise Hosts Post Mortem On Snowman
After the infamous 'melting' incident in which the magical snowman was found to be little more than a puddle of chilly water with a hat, Channel 4, in association with Interactive Scotland will host a post mortem on June 20th, at the Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre. The organisations are inviting participation from interested parties. Attendance …
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Chock-A-Block – Out Now For iOS From Claymore Games
Chock-A-Block is an original new sliding block puzzle game from the team at Claymore Games. It's out now for iOS, with Android and Windows Phone versions coming soon. Chock-A-Block combines the simple, easily understood classic 'match 3' gameplay (put three or more of the same things together to make them vanish and pick up points) …
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