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 …
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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Vote BRUT@L
BRUT@L is the latest project from Dundee's Stormcloud Games. Based on classic dungeon crawlers and Rogue-likes such as Nethack and, well, Rogue (and Angband...) BRUT@L takes the old school ASCII aesthetic and transforms it, Tron-like for a new generation of gamers. You can see the launch trailer here: Stormcloud is promising BRUT@L will come to the PlayStation …
D3 Dundee on Friday 4th March.
With spring on the way it's time for the first D3 of 2016! Tag Games would like to invite you for drinks on Friday 4th March, courtesy of our sponsors Escape Technology and The Foundry. D3 will take place in Braes function suite, 14 Perth Road, doors open at 6pm. Entrance is free (proof of ticket required) and there will be …
JOBS: Programmer & Artist Roles At Team Rock Games
Team Rock is looking for a programmer and artist to start a new in-house game development team. Unlike traditional games companies, Team Rock is approaching the games sector from a different angle. The company comes from a music industry background, publishing monthly magazines including Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Prog, as well as streaming Team …
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Outplay’s Mystery Match Comes To Kelvingrove
Outplay's globe-trotting match 3 puzzle game, Mystery Match, has arrived in Glasgow with players now invited to take part in the spectacular setting of the Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery. This is the first time Mystery Match update has visited a real world venue. It showcases Kelvingrove in front of a global audience, potentially increasing visitors …
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BAFTA Spotlight – Distant Star:Revenant Fleet
2015 BAFTA Scotland Award winner, Distant Fleet: Revenant Star, is a real-time strategy game from Edinburgh-based game and film studio Blazing Griffin. BAFTA Scotland is holding a Spotlight event with several members of the Blazing Griffin team, to provide insight into the background and creation of the game. Taking part will be Producer, Melissa Knox, Lead Artist Paul Canavan, …
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BAFTA New Talent Awards Needs YOU
Students, Dare teams, game jammers, new developers - this is your chance to win a BAFTA. The BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards is open to people releasing their first game. It can be on any platform and come from almost any source, be it a game jam, a university project, or a new developer's first …
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 90,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 4 days for that many people to see …