Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Glasgow 2014 Digital Sprint is a new competition, launched by Glasgow 2014, which challenges Scotland's digital industries to find new ways to engage with the biggest sporting event in Scotland's history. The brief is simple - yet wide open for original and creative new ideas. Digital Sprint invites entrants to: Create innovative ideas to …
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Stormcloud, the studio behind the critically-acclaimed, award-winning origami games - Paper Zoo, Paper Pets, Paper Halloween and Paper Ocean has shifted gears, announcing their next original new game, due for release in early May. Fart In A Spacesuit is a puzzle game which challenges players to match a variety of gas-producing foods, to feed Beanz, the bold and …
Hunted Cow has released its latest strategy title for mobile phones. Ancient Battle: Alexander is the second in the company's series, set in the distant past. Like its predecessor, Ancient Battle: Rome, the game has been developed by strategy experts, Hexwar. Ancient Battle: Rome did very well, picking up the No.1 slot in the strategy …
The Edinburgh-based independent development studio Made With Numbers is back, with a major update to Gem Zap. A new, free version joins the paid app and the game has received a huge update to change the look and feel throughout. The game challenges players to zap matching gems with a massive Tesla coil. Zap three of a …
Me And The Giants, the game and app developer specialising in content for kids has released its back catalogue of educational game for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. The company has released two of its app collections for Windows users: Tolva and Ting, a collection five neon-coloured, educational games and apps for pre-school children, featuring the …
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Glasgow's Mental Universe has released it's first title, M0B1US. The company designed, developed and released the game inonly three weeks - just to prove to themselves it could be done. M0B1US is a unique twist on the enormously popular endless runner genre. Rather than the landscape scrolling as the player moves, M0B1US uses all four sides of …
XBL Gamerhub is a social network for Xbox Gamers, allowing them to organise online events, find friends, blog, upload images and video and generally make the most of their Xbox gaming experience. The company has pulled in thousands of players from around the world and has already caught Microsoft's eye with it's enthusiastic and unique …
Celtic Heroes the mobile massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (or MMMORPG), from Glasgow's One Thumb Mobile has been blazing brightly in the iOS App Store for the last several years. The game has attracted thousands of users, all over the world and has shown that sophisticated and complex 3D massively multiplayer games can not only work …
The fourth Develop Indie Showcase is now open for submissions. The Showcase gives indie studios an opportunity to gain exposure for their games - and receive direct feedback from a panel of judges. Last year's Indie Showcase featured Paladin Studios' Momonga Pinball Adventures, Nyamyam Games' Tengami, 232 Studios' Epic Eric, and Greenfly Studios' Drop That Candy . Criteria for applying …
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Staking Claims is an original new game from Guerilla Tea - and there's a good chance you've already played it... The company tells us their inspiration for the game first appeared on a slot train to London. To pass the time, the team grabbed a notepad and pens and started playing an old game they remembered from …