Minecraft Sells 54M Copies – Consoles Lead The Way…

Another week, another post about Minecraft achieving mind-blowing success and creating ongoing joy. Following the awards, the number one slots, mapping the whole of Denmark (really) and the sales, oh so many sales, comes news …

Crackdown Returns – Made In Scotland

One of the major stories from this week’s E3 is the return of Crackdown. The free roaming, sandbox cops n’ robbers game is back and Dave Jones is at the helm. The original was created …

Game Expo Scotland – TICKETS

Game Expo Scotland has released the first tickets for it’s event, taking place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of October in Edinburgh’s International Conference Centre Promising a world class line-up of triple A console titles, …

Develop Live – Edinburgh

Attention Scotland! In October this year, the first ever Develop Live event will take place in Edinburgh on October 2nd 2014. The one-day conference will comprise of a series of lectures and panels covering both international issues …

OUT NOW – Crystal Reign

Crystal Reign is the latest release from Elgin interactive powerhouse Hunted Cow. Created by Dundee’s Criss Cross Games, Crystal Reign is a literal tower defence title in which players must build and defend their tower …

Introducing… The First Storyworld Jam

On Friday 4th – Sunday 6th July at Abertay Univerity’s Hannah Maclure Centrea brand new ‘jam’ will be held. Rather than the increasingly common 48 competition in which multiple games are created, this jam is centred around …

Develop Award Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 2014 Develop awards have been announced, with Scotland making a moderate contribution towards the nominee list. The competition has 24 categories, with 136 companies fighting for the trophies, which will be …

Eldevin Updated – A Tale Of Sands And Shards

Hunted Cow has released the first expansion for Eldevin, the company’s free-to-play, massively-multiplayer online role-playing game, Eldevin. A Tale Of Sand And Shards is entirely free for players and adds entirely new content to the game, increasing …

European Commission Approves Tax Relief For UK Games Industry

After years of campaigning, outreach, advocacy and explaining things patiently to various governments, parliaments and public sector bodies, the European Commission has finally approved the games production credit scheme. From April, companies across the UK …

OUT NOW – The Quest (Redux)

The team at Guerilla Tea are clearly not people to lounge around, resting on their laurels, sipping rum-based cocktails.  Mere weeks after the company launched the Cancer busting game, Genes In Space: Play To Cure, …