Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Team at Play2Improve has been hard at work on FPS Trainer since the innovative training and coaching service for First-Person-Shooter games was announced in late 2010. The response to the initial press release was very positive. So much so that the hosts of the original website, immediately collapsed under the tsunami of visitors. As …
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It's always a pleasure to hear from a new development studio. Pocket Starship is a start-up, based in Edinburgh, which has just released Rotor, its first game for the Xbox Live Arcade Indie channel. When pressed by Scottishgames for a bit of background, founders Nick and Richard told us: "We're a small (but perfectly formed) …
Games Analytics is a start-up company, founded by Chris Wright and Tim Christian. The company is a 'data-mining and monetization company, headquartered in Edinburgh, serving the online video games industry'. Headquartered in Edinburgh, the company has just opened a dedicated US office, appointing industry veteran and co-founder of Activision Alan Miller as director of North …
Outplay Entertainment, a new videogames publisher focusing on social networks and smartphones launched today. The company will be headquartered in Dundee, with details of premises expected within the next several weeks. Outplay is already actively recruiting and is working with Glasgow gaming recruitment experts Specialmove to find talented, passionate and enthusiastic people to join them. …
As the headline suggests, Cohort Studios in Dundee has appointed its first marketing manager. Grant Alexander is the gentleman in question. With a background in retail, tourism and marketing to today's 'youths', Grant will be bringing a fresh approach to traditional games marketing. In the (admittedly very slick) press release, Mr Alexander commented: “This really …
Tiger Games, the development studio created by Jamie Bryan (DMA, VIS, Tag) and Graeme Laws (DMA, DC, Denki and many more as a freelance) has just released a brand new version of Denki Blocks! for PSP through the PlayStation network in Europe. Promising over a hundred new levels, revised and refined controls, unlockable secrets and …
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Tealy & Orangey is a brand new online game from MainlyAboutGames.co.uk, aka Freakyzoid, aka Mr Anthony Gowland. Written in about seven days, as a bit of an exercise to practice Flash and Flixel, Tealy and Orangey is a platformer with a twist. You control two blobs - one teal and one orange (those colours are …
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Scottish Architecture & Design is looking for game designers/developers who can help them to create online games for the organisation's website. The designer can be an individual or part of a larger organisation. The only information about the game/s notes: "Content of the games will be developed by A+DS with technical advice from the appointed …
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The meeting which took place at the DCA in Dundee on Friday, drew in representatives from many of Scotland's game studios. Organised by NESTA, the meeting outlined the concept for the creation of a new games publisher, in which a number of developers have equity. NESTA itself would 'prime the pump' with a significant injection …
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Exciting! High Action! Visceral! Online! According to Ruffian's latest blog post, the company is already hard at work, with the follow up to Crackdown 2, the company's first release, which was released back in July 2010. Ruffian is now advertising a number of engineering roles to work on two, as yet undisclosed projects which promise …
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