Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Digital 2012 appeared on Scotland's event scene last year, promising to connect the country's digital and creative sectors. Held in Glasgow's SECC, Digital 2013 offered a mixture of workshops, speakers, exhibitors and networking. It was a diverse and interesting day, which encompassed speakers from TV broadcasters, major retailers, art galleries, major software providers and Dr …
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Cobra's latest title in the hugely successful iBomber franchise is the top-down, dual-stick blitzkrieg-em-up, iBomber Attack. The game appeared on the Apple App Store at the end of last year. It's attracted a swarm of positive reviews and an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 on iTunes. Now Cobra has let slip the …
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For many game developers, the studio's second anniversary is a cause for celebration, which normally extends to a party, cake, free drink and general partying on down. Reloaded Productions recently celebrated it's second birthday as a big grown-up studio with something a little more global and digital. Players of the studio's popular APB Reloaded title …
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Our week of exclusive Game In Scotland coverage continues with a run down of the speakers who'll be on stage this Saturday (9th of March) to tell the audience more about their companies, their games, their new releases and the future of the entire interactive industry... Denki Denki's Player Champion, Romana Ramzan will be the …
Our exclusive week of information and updates for Game In Scotland 2013 continues with the exclusive list of exhibitors who will be taking part in this year's event. There are more than 20 companies who will have stands in Dundee this coming Saturday (9th March), covering everything from development studios to consumer electronics, through to …
The Xbox Live version of the phenomenon which is Minecraft, walked off with the Best Downloadable Game of 2012 trophy at the Virgin Media Awards last week. Another trophy for the team at 4J Games. Can it be long before they need a new office, with increased shelf space, or an increased number of window …
Getting news and information out of a game developer can be slightly more difficult than prising a tiny bear cub away from a mummy polar bear. Getting rare and esoteric materials like logos, photographs or screenshots can be worse. You might be an evil voodoo priest, planning to wreak mischief or discomfort upon the company. …
WeeWorld is reviving it's Glasgow Mobile Breakfast meetups after a brief hiatus, opening it's conference room doors to a roundtable of developers and mobile businesses for discussion and debate on the stuff that matters to them. Past attendees, who have come from as far as Edinburgh and Dundee, will be familiar with the no holds …
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Halo Creator Bungie and publisher Activision caused controversy last week with the information-lite teaser for the new persistent world shooter, Destiny. Flirting with the world's media and treating potential players as pawns in a strange global drip feeding frenzy of marketing may work for two of the world's largest games companies, but it lacks a …
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We've mentioned Quartic Llama several times in the last few months. The company received Prototype funding for its first title, lit up Abertay University as part of the NEoN festival and has participated in every opportunity to show their games off and talk to the public. It's as though they're excited and enthusiastic about what …
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