Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Picture the scene, you've checked in. You may be a spy, in town clandestinely to meet a contact, or kill some guy with a poisoned machete. You may be a married couple, yearning for the anonymous touch of hotel sheets, hoping like hell your husband/wife don't find out. You may even be a weary business …
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WolfBlood 2: Leader Of The Pack is the latest release from Chunk, the branded game specialists in Glasgow. The game was created in conjunction with the BBC and is based upon and tied into the popular Children's BBC programme of the same name. WolfBlood 2 is an action platform game which ties closely into the …
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In the good old days, games were better. They were simpler, but at the same time far more unforgiving. They were shorter, but took far longer to load. They were more creative, but far more limited in terms of experience. There's a particular type of gamer, normally those of a certain age, who will, given …
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Ludometrics, the Glasgow-based studio behind titles including Bips, Pet Store Panic and Matching Set, has released its latest title - Gridlock - for the controversial OUYA console.Gridlock is an arena-based shoot-em-up in which the player takes charge of four (4) turrets. The goal of the game is to vaporise and pulverise a series of abstract …
Following the trade delegation to China Joy in July, the team at Scottish Development International have passed on details of an official request from 'one of Asia's largest social gaming companies'. This company is: looking for game developers from the UK who are interested in publishing high quality game products in China and to enter to …
Eldevin, the new massively-multiplayer online role-playing game from Hunted Cow, is currently in closed beta, but players are now being offered the chance to become Founders of the realm, thanks to new content packs created by by the developer. The game, which combines the epic scale of World of Warcraft or Runescape, but is entirely …
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Crackdown, the superb free-roaming, crime-fighting, car-racing, gang-busting, orb-collecting, high-jumping sandbox game created by the late, lamented Realtime Worlds has just been released FREE for Xbox Live GOLD members. If you have a gold membership then for the next couple of weeks (we believe) you can download it for no money whatsoever. And you should. It's …
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Kanye West, rapper, entrepreneur, producer, fashion designer and celebrity daddy. The man has single-handedly redefined what it means to be a hip-hop star and fan of breaded, processed fish products. Yet for BLKKK SKKKN HEAD, the latest single from his Yeezus album, Kanye reached out for help to make the disturbing new monochrome, animated video. Edinburgh's …
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Dungeon Smash is a brand new Xbox Live Indie game, from Haiku Interactive in Edinburgh. The game is a re-imagining of the classic arcade title, Gauntlet, where players must explore multiple levels of an infested dungeon, fighting off enemies, finding provisions and seeking the kidnapped princess. The game promises some real old-school arcade action, using …
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The last update to APB Reloaded, didn't just add new content, game types, items and vehicles, it added music too. APB developer Reloaded Productions and industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. have signed an agreement which bring three tracks from the band's latest album UltraWired to the APB Reloaded soundtrack. The tracks Lies Irae, No …