Reproduced in whole, thanks to it being pretty much awesome. A celebration and a challenge. After the entire games industry told Denki that Quarrel wouldn't work on console - can we make it a hit? They deserve it, it's a damn fine game. Throw your weight behind this, please. Buy it, share it, tell people …
STV Gazes Into The Future – Of Games!
The local chapter of STV popped into the Dundee HQ of Outplay Entertainment earlier this week to take a look at what the company's working on and ponder the ongoing evolution of the games business. Superstar reporter Holly Hamilton spoke to senior producer Tone Brennan and a handsome passerby to ask how the industry has …
Channel 4 Appoints Colin MacDonald As New Commissioning Editor for Games
Just hit the newswires: Channel 4 announces the appointment of Colin Macdonald as its first Games Commissioning Editor. He will be based in Glasgow and report into Convergent Formats Commissioner Anna Cronin. Macdonald is a respected and pioneering figure in the gaming industry and has worked on some of the most innovative titles of all …
Continue reading "Channel 4 Appoints Colin MacDonald As New Commissioning Editor for Games"
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 …
Continue reading "Outplay – Two New Games, Two New Board Members"
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 …
Ruffian Revealed – New Job Listings Hint At Major New Titles
Speculation is rife on the games-related corners of the Internet that Ruffian, the development studio behind Crackdown 2, is up to something brand new and fascinating. A number of jobs listed on Ruffian's website mentions 'a number' of projects for 'some of the biggest publishers in the games industry'. There is, as yet, no confirmation …
Continue reading "Ruffian Revealed – New Job Listings Hint At Major New Titles"
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 …
Continue reading "Outplay’s Word Trick Gets Wordier, Trickier And Even More Social"
GTA V Announced
Rockstar Games has announced that first information about the forthcoming Grand Theft Auto 5 (a trailer), will be released on the 2nd of November. You can find the official page over on the Rockstar Games website.
Scottishgames – WORLD EXCLUSIVE – AppyNation consortium members
The NESTA-backed games consortium, announced earlier this year, has been named and the initial members announced. Speaking at a conference on collaboration in Glasgow this morning, CEO Andy Payne revealed the companies which are part of the AppyNation consortium. These are: Finblade Proper Games Niffler Onteca Supersonic Lightning Fish and Mr Payne himself. The consortium …
Continue reading "Scottishgames – WORLD EXCLUSIVE – AppyNation consortium members"