Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
If you work in the game industry and you're wondering why it's all gone very quiet down in London right now, It's the BAFTA Games awards tonight. The famous BAFTA masks will be handed out for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence, to games from all platforms and covering all manner of genres. Denki …
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Codeplay is one of the games industry's more mysterious companies. You may have heard the name, but few people can state with confidence what the company actually does. Which is a shame because Codeplay is one of the most technically sophisticated companies in the industry and has been pushing the outer limits of the cutting …
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Tag's first title for its casual/social TagPlay label, Funpark Friends, has been nominated in the Best Social Games category in the 2012 International Mobile Games Awards, which are announced that the Mobile World Congress, which takes place in Barcelona at the end of February. Congratulations to the team and we'll all keep our fingers crossed …
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A team from Dundee's Abertay University has picked up first prize in the Samsung bada Student Developer Challenge. The competition challenged teams of students to create new games for Samsung's app store - starting with a gruelling 24 hour game jam. Tom DeMajo, Erin Michno and Ian Reynolds, collectively known as Quartic Llama, built Moeba, …
Students, new developers, indie studios, you have a few days left to enter a game in the NEW TALENT Awards. This is a great competition. It recognises creativity and new and up and coming game creators. It needs your input... If you're working on, or have just released your FIRST game, you should qualify for …
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Hot on the heels of the BAFTA In Scotland awards, the BAFTA New Talent Awards are now open for business. This competition is aimed at students and developers working on their first project. There is a specific games category, which is open to games on all platforms. Entrants can be part of a larger team, …
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There's a brand new game development competition in town. Well, the UK. TIGA, the Independent Game Developers Association is launching the competition today, with backing from Abertay University's Prototype Fund. It was officially announced by creative industries minister Ed Vaizey at this week's NESTA investment conference. All clear so far? Excellent. Here's the actual detail …
The 2011 British Academy Awards Scotland were here in central Glasgow last night. Alongside a veritable who's who of glamorous talent and fabulous celebrities, the awards recognised the best games created in Scotland. Three companies were nominated for the award. Cohort Studios (for Me Monstar, Hear Me Roar!), Cobra (for iBomber Defense) and Denki (for …
It's been a busy few days, awards-wise. Many friends of Scottishgames.net picked up trophies, gongs, vaguely satisfying see through perspex things and medals. First up, the Games Media Awards were held on Wednesday night in London. It was a noteworthy year, mostly for the wrong reasons, but threw up some interesting results. Notably, long-time friend, …
The nominations for the 2011 British Academy Awards in Scotland were announced earlier this week. Three games from Scottish development studios have been nominated in the Games category... Cobra's iBomber Defence, Cohort's Me Monstar: Hear me Roar and Denki's Quarrel now go forward to the glittering, star-spangled and celebrity-studded awards ceremony in November. BAFTA in …
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