The superb, local-multiplayer duel-em-up Gentlemen from Edinburgh's Lucky Frame is OUT NOW for you lucky PC and Mac owners. The game is a Victorian-themed, bowler-hatted, multiplayer deathmatch, which in this incarnation pits two, three or four players against each other upon a single, blood-drenched device, Forsooth. Like all of Lucky Frame's titles, Gentlemen's glorious graphics …
TIGA Awards 2013 – Open For Entries
The 2013 TIGA Awards are now open for entries. A competition which celebrates the best in creativity, technical innovation and games business within the UK. Last year's competition saw more than 2,000 votes cast for the Game Of The Year award. The TIGA Awards reward achievements of everyone contributing to Britain’s games business, from the …
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition Is Number 1 For Third Week, Sales Hit 8 Million
The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is doing rather well these days. In the last two weeks we've been able to mention it sitting at the top of the UK all-format charts, fighting off the competition from many of the world's largest franchises. This week, it's the hat trick. Another number one slot. Well done …
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Rockstar North’s AGENT Not Dead
Spong is reporting that Take Two has renewed the trademark registrations for Agent, the 1970s spy title, originally announced as a PS3 exclusive back in 2009. As Rockstar North are likely finishing up work on the soon-to-be-released GTA V (due September 17th), could this be a hint regarding their next project? Given the incredibly response …
Start Your Own Game Studio With Dare+
There are less than ten tickets left for the 2013 Dare+ workshop. It's an intensive one day workshop exploring every aspect of starting and running a game development studio. It's easier now than at any point in history to build and release a game, but achieving long-term, sustainable success is more difficult. Dare+ is running …
Hunted Cow Announces Eldevin Founder Packs
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 – BAFTA Winning Scottish Game Now FREE On Xbox Live
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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Outplay’s Monster Legacy Chosen As Launch Title For Facebook Mobile Publishing
Facebook is moving into mobile publishing and Outplay, the Dundee-based, venture-backed, social-fun company is launch partner. Following the end of the exclusive agreement with social games giant, Zynga, Facebook has launched a programme to distribute and promote mobile games for selected small/medium developers. The company will help developers find a global audience for their new …
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Hunted Cow Signs Publishing Agreement With Criss Cross
Hunted Cow, the highlands-based developer and publisher behind games including Tank Battle: North Africa, Battle Dungeon: Risen and Fallen Sword, has signed a deal with Dundee's Criss Cross Games, to bring the studio's first title, Crystal Reign, to market on a number of platforms, beginning with iOS and Android tablets. Details on the game are …
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Interested In TV? MIPCOM 2013 Places Now Available
We've been asked to post this on behalf on PACT... Are you interested in attending MIPCOM 2013 with the UK Indies? We have good news, if it is your first time attending MIP, you will be charged £1,750 and will be eligible for a free accreditation to get into the market. If not, to remind …
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