Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Another week, another awards. This year's Herald's Digital Business Awards are now looking for entries in categories including The Best Use Of Mobile Technology, Best Digital Supplier, Best Consumer Experience, Best Game and, the all new Geek Of The Year. Dynamo Games, Hubdub and VEEMEE were among the winners at last year's enticingly glittering and …
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There's just over a week left to enter the Future Games Contest, which is looking for small companies wishing to win up to £25,000 for the development of new games prototypes which use games technology in interesting and innovative new ways. Winners will not only get the cash, but have their game (or technology) trialled …
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If you've read Scottishgames.net for any length of time, you'll know that we're big fans of the Dare to be Digital competition. Our editor has been involved in a variety of ways over the last 10 years and welcomes any opportunity to inform, educate and enthrall listeners with the benefits and vast potential of Dare …
Time is ticking away. Entries for the 2011 British Academy Scotland Awards close on Friday 19th of August at 17:00 BST. The new GAMES category is open to every developer from indie-vidual developers, through to the largest studios. Format is not a consideration, allowing online, browser-based, mobile and casual titles, to compete head-to-head with console …
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It's awards season and Scottish companies are picking up gongs, trophies and accolades left, right and centre. Earlier this week at the prestigious Develop Awards, which took place at a glittering and star-studded event in glamorous Brighton, recruitment agency Specialmove and CGI experts Axis Animation both scooped prizes. Specialmove, which specialises in recruitment within the …
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The British Academy Scotland Awards - or Scottish BAFTAs if you prefer - are BACK! After a hiatus in 2010, the awards, which recognise outstanding achievement in the screen industries in Scotland, are now open for entries. Unlike previous years, in 2011 there is a single Games category which will cover all interactive entries. To ensure …
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For the meek, uninformed and socially unaware, yesterday was Geek Pride day - and Towel Day - and of course, the glorious 25th of May. In short, it was the geekiest day of the year - apart from May 4th (which causes more enraged punching incidents). To celebrate, PowWowNow, the telephone/web conferencing provider, is running …
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It's been something of a hectic week for everyone's favourite industry body. TIGA has been even busier than its normal hectic pace and is spitting out good news like a happiness sprinkler filled with rainbows. The organisation started the week with news that it has been nominated for no less than SEVEN awards in the …
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Today is the BAFTA Video Games Awards (tune in online at 8.45pm), or BAVGAs if you prefer. I wish all the nominees in all the categories the very best, particularly the Ones to Watch category which is connected to Scotland's very own Dare to be Digital competition. It's great that BAFTA are supporting an industry …
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The first videogame, created as part of the Dare to be Digital competition, has launched commercially on the Apple App Store. Sculpty, which was created by Team Tickle as part of the 2010 Dare competition is now available for the iPad. Sculpty is a physics-based platform game, in which players pinch, poke, stretch and sculpt …