This week's defiantly retro banner comes from the games industry's very own indie king, Stewart Hogarth. Formerly of Denki, Stewart now works with the decidedly cool Chunk in Glasgow, where his design skills are clearly flourishing. We're delighted with the new look and would like to thank Stewart for his hard work and in-depth knowledge …
Spiffing Games Wants You To Get Infected
Dundee-based indie games developer Spiffing Games has released its latest title, Infected, which is now free to play online. Infected is an unashamed homage to classic board games like Go or Othello, in which the player has to place pieces on a grid to occupy as much space as possible and turn the opposing player's …
Space Police on Super Highway 9 – New Xbox Indie Game From Haiku Interactive
Edinburgh's Haiku Interactive has released its latest title on the Xbox Indie channel. Space Police on Super Highway 9, is a top-down, vertically scrolling racing game, in which the player has to patrol the infinite road network of galactic highway 9, tracking down law breakers, ne'er do wells and perps, then ramming them off the …
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Lol Rare Smile Shock As Pop Babes Rock Shoot Ad Spot
Cohort Studios' PlayStation Move game The Shoot has been featured in a TV advert in which Sugababe Amelle and dubstep star Katy are seen playing the game...
[Guest Editorial] My First Trip To NEoN
We're delighted to present the first in a series of guest editorials from people within the games and interactive industries. Kim Blake is the education liason manager for Blitz Games (and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts). She visited Dundee recently, for the NEoN festival and agreed to write a summary of the …
Ludometrics Partners With Comedy Unit For First iPhone Title
Ludometrics, the company founded by Dave Thomson (Denki, Slam, Games Kitchen) earlier in 2010 has released its first title - an iPhone app based on the Comedy Unit's TV series, Gary: Tank Commander. Featuring a range of soundboards, almost guaranteed to confuse non-Scots, with classic clips from Gary (Gary McLintoch) himself, alongside 'Gary's Mystic Ball' …
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Cobra Launches iBomber Defense
Dundee's Cobra Mobile has announced the latest title in its popular iBomber franchise. iBomber Defense for the iPhone/iPad has been published in conjunction with mobile publisher Chillingo. iBomber Defense takes the franchise in a new directi0n. The first two titles were set inside a bomber, with a birds-eye view of targets on the ground. The …
New APB Owner Considering Scotland For European HQ?
The ongoing saga of APB continues, with GamersFirst telling GamesIndustry.biz they may well consider creating a European HQ and Scotland is one of the locations they're looking at: In the event that a number of ex-staff were contracted and the relaunched game proved successful, it was possible that a Scottish office could be opened. "Absolutely. …
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APB Sale To Pay Outstanding Wage Claims + Interview With New Owner
Last week's sale of APB to K2 Network, will allow Begbies-Tryanor, the administrator of Realtime Worlds to settle all outstanding wage and holiday pay claims, according to the latest report from GamesIndustry.biz. Paul Dounis from the liquidator is quoted as saying: "We are obviously very happy to have concluded the sale but at the same …
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Mr Bump Trips Onto The iPhone App Store
Mr Bump, the first title from Digital Goldfish's deal with Chorion, to bring the classic kids TV license Mr Men to Apple's AppStore is now live. Mr Bump has not only launched on the AppStore, but has taken over the popular FreeAppADay service, which offers new Apps - for free - for a day. As …