Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome a new member of the Scottish games community. Chunk Games is a new label, created by Glasgow digital design agency Chunk. The company has worked in the marketing, advertising and design field for a number of years now and has produced several 'games' both in the traditional sense and in …
Google Launches App Store For Chrome
With a growing number of game developers now focusing on the new App markets, today's announcement for Google could represent a new way to enter the online and browser-based market for many of Scotland's mobile and smartphone studios. Google's Chrome browser has quietly been getting on with impressing people over the last several months. It's …
Proper Games’ Final Fight: Double Impact Nominated In IGN’s Best Of 2010
Final Fight: Double Impact has been nominated in the 'Best Co-Op Game' category in IGN's Best of 2010 roundup. Developed by Proper Games in Dundee, Final Fight was released earlier this year for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network
Artist In Residence – Stewart Hogarth
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 …