The UKs Biggest Indie Games Fest

The line-up of games which will be shown at the Dare to be Digital Protoplay Indie Festival has been announced.  It’s looking awesome… There are over twenty new games in the showcase, including those developed …

Indie Game: The Movie – Scottish Premiere

Indie Game – the documentary which chronicles the trials and tribulations of independent game developers as they sacrifice their lives, income, pets and children in order to realise their dream, is coming to Scotland. The …

Dare ProtoPlay Indie Fest Programme Confirmed – Wow!

The summer of 2012 is shaping up to be rather busy.  We’re not talking about the Olym-ic-, or the opportunity to be die of exposure at a picnic.  We’re talking about the games goodness and …

Dare to be Digital – Indie Games Festival

If you’re a regular reader of Scottishgames, then you’ll be familiar with Dare to be Digital.  The competition is unique and offers teams of students a chance to experience the sharp end of the creative …

Tea Is Two They’re Two Today. Two Is Tea Hurrah Hooray!

The BAFTA-nominated Guerilla Tea has been in touch to tell us they’re two years old this very day.  Happy birthday GT.  Why not celebrate with a cup of tea, a G&T or a par-T? Guerilla …

EIF – Pitch A Game, Impress A Dragon, Get In Free

A week or so back, we mentioned that this year’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival would feature a session called Thare Be Dragons, in which young, hopeful, aspiring game developers would pitch ideas to a panel of …

Red Menace Threatens Scottish Gamers

The chances are that you’ve not come across GameVial before.  We’re a fairly clued up and expert sort of channel and we were stunned, staggered and bewildered to sit next to them at the Cross …

Minecraft Xbox 360 – Biggest Ever Day 1 Sales – Profitable In First HOUR

As the headline suggests, the Xbox 360 version of indie sensation Minecraft has been doing rather well.  Microsoft announced at the end of the week that the game had broken existing sales records for first …

Minecraft For Xbox 360 – Made In Scotland

We’re aware that Minecraft was intelligently designed, by the Mojang hero team and has its roots very firmly in Sweden.  However, today saw the release of Minecraft for the Xbox 360, created by the team …