Canadian Developers Receive Multi-Million Dollar Boost

Following significant activity within the Scottish government at Holyrood and the UK government in Westminster, regarding the issue of tax breaks for game developers, new has emerged that the Canadian government has made a multi-million dollar investment to the country's development community. According to Develop: The Canada Media Fund this month granted CA$12.9 million (£8m) …

So Long, And Thanks For All The Pish…

More bad news for the games business in Scotland.  Leith-based Outerlight, the creator of the online title The Ship, is 'all but dissolved' according to company founder Chris Peck. An interview given to BigDownload, which was subsequently picked up by GamesIndustry.biz, reveals some of the problems and frustrations the company and Peck went through during …