It would seem that the generosity of spirit, love and compassion which the games industry is famous for, is shining out like a beacon for Christmas 2011. A variety of developers have provided promo codes for their games to say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or more ecumenically, have a lovely couple of weeks off... Here's …
Outplay – Two New Games, Two New Board Members
Social games publisher Outplay, which launched at the start of 2011, has officially announced its first two titles - Word Trick and Booty Quest. The company has also today appointed two new non-executive directors. Karen Thomson, the former president of AOL Europe has joined the company as Chair, while Randy Breen, a former executive of …
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OUT NOW – Your Game
Ladies and gentlemen, we need your games. We'd like to let the good people of the world know about YOUR games. Where to find them, how to get them, what they are. Think of it as an OUT NOW type list. It will cover ALL platforms. It will include paid, free-to-play, freemium or whatever crazy …
Have Yourself A Customisable Avatar Driven Social Christmas…
It's December. Hurrah! The curse is now officially OFF writing anything about Christmas. Which is just as well, since WeeWorld is making the holiday season a little more noisy with the launch of its Talking WeeMee - Christmas Edition. Now your WeeMee can talk, dance, react to your touch or your voice and can be shared …
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£100K Games Funding Competition Launched
There's a brand new game development competition in town. Well, the UK. TIGA, the Independent Game Developers Association is launching the competition today, with backing from Abertay University's Prototype Fund. It was officially announced by creative industries minister Ed Vaizey at this week's NESTA investment conference. All clear so far? Excellent. Here's the actual detail …
Take A Bow
When the all new Scottishgames.net was launched, we thought long and hard about how to offer something new, fresh, zesty, delightful and useful to the individuals, companies, studios and games out there. One idea was to shun the idea of a static banner/logo for the site and instead invite contributions from all and sundry. To …
Outplay’s Word Trick Gets Wordier, Trickier And Even More Social
Outplay Entertainment is the new social/casual/mobile games publisher founded earlier this year by Doug and Richard Hare. Since the company was launched in February, it's had its head down, working away, recruiting staff and creating several original new games. The first of these, Word Trick, was released several weeks ago and has just received a …
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Scotland’s WeeWorld Featured In Wired Article
Glasgow's WeeWorld is sometimes overlooked in a round up of games and interactive companies within Scotland. However, the company deserves a lot more recognition than it tends to receive, not least because of it's 50 million+ Weemees and focus on the younger, more casual end of the market. WeeWorld users can create their own avatar, …
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Commonwealth 2014 Games Competition Winner Chosen
William Rountree, a student from Abertay University in Dundee is the winner of the game design competition run by the organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. William's concept was judged by a panel of industry experts, including Dave Jones (the gentleman behind games including Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown, just in case you don't …
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Scottishgames.net – On Facebook? AND Twitter?
We know you love your Scottishgames.net website, RSS feeds and e-mail updates, but did you know we're now on Facebook and Twitter too? Come and join in, it's like, the future...