The Future Internet Games Competition launched today. Created by Disney and the Future Internet Consortium partners, in association with Abertay University, the competition is looking for experimental pervasive games that enable large groups of people to play together in the real world. Ideas for games making use of technologies such as augmented reality, blending real... Continue Reading →
Following the unprecedented award of a collective Outstanding Achievement award to Rockstar North at the BAFTA Scotland awards, Rockstar as a whole is to receive a BAFTA Fellowship at this year's Games Awards ceremony. The Fellowship is awarded annually. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the Academy and recognises outstanding and exceptional contribution to... Continue Reading →
That was fun... Game In Scotland took place on Saturday afternoon. This year's event moved out of the grim and slightly sticky Fat Sam's nightclub, which had been its home for the last eight years and moved it into the spring sunshine in Abertay University's brand new games centre of excellence. The 2014 Game In... Continue Reading →
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the brand new GamesIndustry Innovation Awards. Created by Gamer Network (the company behind GamesIndustry.biz and GameHorizon), the new awards have been created to highlight and celebrate the individuals and companies that are shaping the future of the games business. The awards will be nominated and voted for by the industry... Continue Reading →
It's time. Your chance for fame, glory, a job in the games world, a game on the market, absolutely unique experience and possibly even a BAFTA. The world's premiere game development competition is back for 2014. Entries for Dare to be Digital competition are now open. The competition is open to teams of five students... Continue Reading →
"Blue Hotel," sang honey-voiced American crooner and presumed Black Lodge prisoner, Chris Isaak, "on a lonely highway" [Chris Isaak: Blue Hotel, from the album Chris Isaak, 1986, Warner Bros, Erik Jacobsen]. The man clearly knew his potatoes, though perhaps not the intricacies of the hospitiality industry, as a blue hotel - a hotel which was... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh's Tigerface has been nominated in the annual iKids awards. The competition created to recognise the world's best interactive products designed for children. The company's Cosmic Reactor game, has been nominated in the Best Learning App for Tablets category. Cosmic Reactor challenges two players with lightning fast maths questions, has already picked up an editor's... Continue Reading →
The call has gone out for entries for the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. This is a competition exclusive to Scotland, which is open to new creators and practitioners - students, new teams, start-up companies and the like. It allows those starting out in the screen industries to have their talent and creativity recognised before... Continue Reading →
It's been quite a year for Impossible Road, the hard-as-nails endless roller, created by Kevin Ng of Pixels On Toast fame. The game was released to critical acclaim, with 4.5/5, 8.4/10 and 9/10 reviews, as well as Pocket Gamer's Game Of The Week in the games media. All of which was followed by a BAFTA Scotland nomination... Continue Reading →
The List, Scotland's magazine of art, culture and media has an annual list of the hottest Scots - individual and collective - around the world. Covering actors, artists, sportsmen, authors, musicians, dancers, producers and even venues, the Hottest Scots showcases country's talent. This year's list is notable for the inclusion of two digital entries. Simon... Continue Reading →
