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New Accelerator Program To Help Scottish Games Companies Achieve Global Success

There's a brand new programme for games companies in Scotland to help them achieve greater success globally. Scottish Enterprise has partnered with Elevator, to launch an accelerator programme designed to help games companies grow internationally. The programme promises a variety of topics, events and help, including: Keynote sessions from international experts Workshops Monthly meet-ups (Glasgow, …

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GlobalScot – Business Advice For Scottish Companies

The GlobalScot network is one of the unique services Scottish businesses can access through Scottish Enterprise. As the name suggests it is a global network of Scots, who can provide information, business knowledge and advice on a huge range of topics and markets around the world. On Thursday 16th of February, GlobalScot Bob Dewar will be …

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OUT NOW – Red’s Kingdom – New From Cobra

Dundee's Cobra Mobile is one of those studios which doesn't generate a huge amount of publicity, but quietly gets on with releasing a large number of games which go on to achieve great success - also quietly. The company is responsible for the best-selling iBomber franchise, as well as the more recent Cobi Hoops - …

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Just Giving for Team Rock

There was some sad news yesterday as Team Rock went into liquidation with the loss of around 70 jobs across the UK. A good number of those are based with the games team in Scotland, whom we know well. With only a few days to go until Christmas, staff have found out they will receive no …

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BAFTA Scotland 2016 Games Nominations

The nominees for BAFTA Scotland's 2016 games award have been announced. Ant Workshop's Brain-melting platformer Binaries, Biome Collective's Killbox and Space Budgie's Glitchspace have all been nominated. These three games will compete for the BAFTA Scotland games award which will be handed out at the glittering award ceremony in Glasgow in November. Congratulations to all …

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D3 Friday September 16th – Dundee Developers’ Drinks

The time has come for Dundee's next D3, this time in an all-new venue! Tag Games would like to invite you for drinks on Friday 16th September, courtesy of our sponsors Escape Technology and Autodesk. D3 will take place downstairs in Mayfly (formerly Drouthy's), 142 Perth Road, with doors opening at 6pm. Entrance is free (proof …

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Developers Wanted

Update: passed on all of the names and contacts. Thank you to everyone who replied. Apparently they'll be in touch. How and when we've no idea... Good luck.  The BBC is looking for game developers interested in opportunities for collaboration with television companies. Responses are needed quickly. Today if possible. If you're interested, please e-mail …

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APB Reloaded Hits Xbox One

APB Reloaded hit the PC as a free-to-play title in December 2011. Since then, 5.8 million players have spent 40 million hours, creating over 10 million customised characters. Now developer Reloaded Productions and publisher Ravenscourt  have brought the game to Xbox One. APB Reloaded puts drops players onto the streets of San Paro where they join either the …

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Light Bytes – Coming Soon – To Edinburgh, Dundee & Glasgow

Illustration for LIGHT BYTES an event for Creative Edinburgh and Creative Scotland by Want Some StudioCreative Edinburgh, Creative Dundee and We Throw Switches are joining forces to run three informal mixer events called Light Bytes. These will include networking, micro talks, panel discussion and the opportunity to play with technology. The project was initiated by …

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Insomnia Gaming Festival – Scotland – April 2016

Good news for gamers (and game developers), Insomnia is bringing it's mix of live gaming, eSports, live stage events, indie games and YouTubers to Edinburgh's International Conference Centre. Running from April 29th - May 2nd, Insomnia is expecting around 20,000 gamers, fans and families to watch live interactive stage shows, play a huge variety of games …

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