Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear iBomber, Cobra's hugely popular top-down WWII themed bomb-em-up for iOS. Happy birthday to yooooouu. We suspect we may now owe Warner Bros money for a public performance but, to be fair, screw them. Their hired goons are likely yo be out turning over children's …
New From YoYo Games – Froad – For iOS & Android
YoYo's busy and efficient release schedule is back with the company's latest title emerging for both Android and iOS. Froad (is he/she a frog or a toad? We may never know...) In Froad, players are challenged to catch and nom down on tasty, tasty bugs - and avoid yucky horrid bugs, to keep Froad alive. …
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Scottish Companies Attend Mobile World Congress
The Courier has helpfully pointed out that several Scottish companies are attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. It just lists the ones from Dundee and Fife however. Outplay, Tag, YoYo and Zendit are all highlighted, though there are 21 Scottish companies attending the event. From The Courier: A contingent of 21 …
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Data Driven Analytics – What Social Games Do
The team at Huzutech in Glasgow posted a fascinating piece on the use of data analysis and metrics in the social gaming space on their blog last week. We checked it was OK to re-post the piece here and present, for your pleasure and delight, Huzutech on social gaming and designing by data analysis... You …
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What’s Hot & Wet & Steamy?
A lovely cup of tea, obviously. Which is the main component of Cobra's dreamy Storm In A Teacup, which is now available on Steam to download for your PC or Mac. If you've not come across the game before, it's a charming, whimsical and slightly surreal platformer in which a young lap in a teacup …
Farewell to all that…
Have a very Happy Christmas, readers. We'll be posting over the holidays, but would like to thank you all for flying Scottishgames.net in 2011 and look forward to your ongoing patronage in 2012. Till then have a lovely holiday, complete with presents, mince pies and much love. Brian...
GTA IV Hits 22M Sales – Series Now At 114M In Total
If you were in any doubt whatsoever, that the Grand Theft Auto games are really quite popular, the latest sales figures should clear that right up. GamaSutra reports that in a presentation to a financial conference yesterday, Take 2's Strauss Zelnick revealed the lifetime sales for a number of the company's leading franchises. The most …
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Doing Good, Caring For Kids, Playing Games – So You Don’t Have To…
Long time friend of Scottishgames, talented artist, banner contributor and all round good egg Sarah Morris is putting her life on the line to play 24 hours of gaming - non-stop - to raise money for the Royal Sick Kids Hospital in Edinburgh. As part of the Extra Life charity, Sarah is promising to play …
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Storm In A Teacup – New From Cobra
Storm In A Teacup, the latest title from Cobra is now live on the Apple App Store. A physics-based platformer, the game challenges users to 'explore amazing, dream-like worlds. Solve puzzles, avoid pitfalls and beat the bad guys'. The game has just been updated, adding 10 new bonus levels, a brand new Challenge mode, customisation …
Introducing – Deep Pixel
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome a new company to the Scottishgames family. Deep Pixel is an independent studio, based in the glamorous west end of Glasgow. The company's first project is a genuine, honest-to-goodness book. Unity 3 Blueprints is a guide to the hugely popular Unity technology, being used by developers and studios worldwide. It …