Edinburgh's FanDuel, the fantasy sports betting company has raised $11M of investment from a variety of venture capital funds including Scotland's Pentech and Comcast Ventures, the VC affiliate of Comcast Corporation). Other participants were existing investors , including Piton Capital, Bullpen Capital and Richard Koch. The company plans to use the new funding to increase …
BBC Scotland Announces ‘Connected Studio’, Looking For Developers
The BBC has announced a new event called Connected Studio, running in Glasgow on the 21st of February. Connected Studio has been created to bring together creative practitioners and developers with BBC staff to create, submit and develop ideas for innovative new features and formats, with BBC Staff and creators working together in an open …
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…Are You Ready For The New Videogames Tax Breaks?
The government's tax breaks for the creative sector (including video games, television and animation) comes into effect in April 2013 The tax relief should make it simpler for game development studios to lessen the risk of producing new games and enable them invest more in staff, it should also help graduates and independent game developers …
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The Friday Financials – Minecraft XBLA & 40 Billion Apps
Rounding up the first week back at work in 2013, we have two stories highlighting the way the global video games market has changed - and how it promises to continue changing in 2013... First up, Minecraft. Every reader should, by now, be familiar with Mojang's LEGO-em-up. A combination of virtual world builder, role playing …
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BBC Radio Scotland Explores The Scottish Games Industry
On Saturday (and Sunday), BBC Radio Scotland's Business Scotland programme looked at the game industry in Scotland. What is it? Where is it? What does the new tax relief mean for companies creating games north of the border? The programme features several well known MD's, CEO's and entrepreneurs including Outplay Entertainment's Doug Hare, Ninja Kiwi's …
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Serious Parody Urging Support For Crowd Funded Wrestling Game
We're massive fans of companies helping each other out. Everybody wins. So when Dundee's Serious Parody contacted us to ask if we could mention their support of another indie developing a wrestling title, we couldn't very well say no. Here's the official word... Serious Parody today announced that the company are throwing their support behind …
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University Of Abertay Seeking Prototype Fund Portfolio Manager
The Prototype Fund, overseen by the University of Abertay has been responsible for many of the new companies now listed in the Scottish Games Network company directory, setting up and locating in Dundee. The fund offers grants of up to £25,000 to small companies based anywhere in the UK, to create sustainable new digital and …
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The Ship: Full Steam Ahead – Find Out More
The Blazing Griffin team's Kickstarter campaign to fund the sequel to The Ship, has been revamped, updated and improved. While we loved the performances and production values of the original video on the popular crowd-funding site, many people expressed concern that it didn't feature enough information about the game, the studio, the project, or indeed …
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Stormcloud Games – New Development Studio Created By Games Veterans
Three of Scotland's most experienced game developers have set up a new game development studio based in Dundee. Stormcloud Games has been launched by Frank Arnot, Andy West and Pat McGovern, who between them have over 50 years of development experience and have launched 45 games, covering almost every genre and platform, including Minecraft (XBLA), …
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Blazing Griffin Launches Kickstarter Campaign For ‘The Ship’ Sequel: Full Steam Ahead
Edinburgh's Blazing Griffin studio is creating a sequel to The Ship and is using the brand new UK-friendly version of Kickstarter to fund the game. The Ship: Full Steam Ahead will be a steampunk-themed sequel to the incredibly popular murder-em-up, placing players in a thrilling Victorian environment and allowing them to do one another in …