Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Bryan Henderson, all praise his mightiness, an unassuming chap from Edinburgh has become supreme deity with a near infinite power of life and death over an entire population, thanks to his ineffable mastery over video games. In his wisdom, Mr Henderson (praise him unto the furthest stars) downloaded Curiosity, an 'experiment' for iOS created by …
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The mark the fourth anniversary of iBomber, Cobra Mobile has launched a major promotional campaign with The Sun newspaper, giving away 50,000 copies of iBomber Defense Pacific, worth around £100,000. Readers of The Sun can visit the paper's website to pick up a promotional code, which will allow them to download the game for iOS. In …
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While Microsoft's Xbox One reveal soaked up the headlines this week, another announcement from a games technology company could mean an awful lot more to Scotland's game development community (and it is a community). Unity is the development platform of choice for a growing number of studios, as it allows a game to be developed …
Inceptional's Light Hero is FREE for one week only. Yes, until May 27th, you can pick up Light Hero - for no money whatsoever - for your iPhone, Mac or PC. If you complete the game, you could even win up to $100,000... Light Hero is a retro style arcade space shooter where the goal …
If the above headline doesn't mean a great deal to you, you may not be alone. It is good news however. It means that Scotland's YoYo Games is continuing to support future technologies and that the company's popular GameMaker platform (which, the company tells us, has now been downloaded over 5,000,000 times) could be at …
Other is an entirely new type of game, created by one of Dundee's most exciting new game developers. It exemplifies the fact that interactive media is changing every aspect of the creative industries, in new and unexpected ways. It's also an important project because it brings together a number of partners, including many that games …
Light Hero, the deep space shoot-em-up, created by Edinburgh's Inceptional, is having an exciting week. The game's price point has just dropped - you can now pick the game up for £0.69 (0.99 US$ | 0.99 CAD | 0.79 € | 85 ¥ | 0.99 AU$)But that's not all. In a move bold enough for …
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Celtic Heroes, the MMMORPG created by One Thumb Mobile has evolved. The world's first large-scale Mobile Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game has been updated, with a major new content pack which more than doubles the size of the game. Celtic Heroes: Dragonfire introduces three entirely new playable areas, twice as many enemies, hundreds of …
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UK Trade and Industry (UKTI) is looking for up to 25 leading app developers from across the United Kingdom to join them on a trade mission to silicon valley, to learn from America's leading brands, platforms and companies. The mission takes place on the 17th - 21st June 2013.We are currently recruiting B2B and B2C …
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Outplay Entertainment, the venture backed entertainment company in Dundee has officially released its latest title, Idol Words on the Apple App Store. Billed as a cross between a word search and bingo, Idol Words challenges players to create high scoring words and clearing their playing board of letter tiles. We asked Richard Hare, president of Outplay where …