Cobra Mobile is perhaps best known for the studio's popular iBomber series, which encompasses two top down destruct-em-up bombing games (iBomber 1 & 2), a twin-stick blast-em-up (Attack) and a couple of truly excellent tower defence (em-up) games (Defense & Defense Pacific). For its latest release Cobra has abandoned the war-torn battlefields of WWII and …
Crowd Sourcing – Company Directory
Friends, colleagues, peers, you lot... After a rocky start to 2015, I'm finally picking up the reins of SGN once more and it needs a bit of work. To be frank I need your help. Specifically, the company directory is so out of date that it's like 2013 all over again. We've had closures, we've lost …
Xpo North – Developers Wanted
The newly christened Xpo North (formerly Go North, the UK's finest creative industries festival) is taking place in Inverness next month (June 10th & 11th to be precise). In the last couple of years, the Xpo has been increasing the presence of games and games companies. 2014 saw over a dozen companies taking part in …
Scottish Games Companies Star In Develop Award Nominations
The nominees for the 2015 Develop awards have been announced with a wide range of Scottish companies featuring within the 137 companies and 47 games featured. The Scottish companies in the list are: New Games IP (Mobile) - Size Does Matter (DOS Studios) Technically Norwegian, but it's former Dare Winner published by Channel 4, so …
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ChilliSource: Game Jam Winner Announcement
Last weekend saw teams of artists, programmers and designers, put their skills to the test by competing in the first ever ChilliSource Game Jam. Teams were given 48 hours to create a game of their choice using the ChilliSource Engine in a battle to win £1,000 prize money. The ChilliWorks team have spent hours playing through …
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Angry Birds Stella Hits 30M Downloads
Rovio, the publisher of the world's favourite bird-tossing, pig-killing, infrastructure destroying mobile game has announced that Stella, the latest part of the ongoing Angry Birds franchise has been downloaded over 30,000,000 times. The latest title, Angry Birds Stella: Pop, which was created by Scotland's Outplay has already reached more than 5,000,000 downloads - and is proving …
Channel 4 Opens Glasgow-Based Publisher
After several years of quietly publishing games based upon its own properties, as well as a number of up-and-coming indie games, Channel 4 has announced the creation of a dedicated mobile games publisher. All 4 Games will be based at the company's Glasgow headquarters. The publisher will be releasing of Channel 4 funded games, along …
Rockstar North – The World’s Number One Game Developer
Let's face it, in the wide, wide world o' games, any list of THE WORLD'S TOP x, where x is games, reviews, studios or other, is going to be controversial. However in a recent issues of Games TM magazine, the editorial team outlined their pick of the top 50 development studios in the world. Covering …
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360 Digital – Game Developer Conference – 23rd April – Dundee
On April 23rd Interactive Scotland will hold its first ever GDC Studio Session, an event which captures the buzz, the themes, the issues and the opportunities coming out of the 2015 Game Developer Conference. Focused on the issues significant to the industry in Scotland, the even brings together some of the country's most experienced, outspoken …
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Moray Game Jam 2015 – We’re Off…
Friday marked the launch of the 2015 Moray Game Jam, which is taking place at Moray College in Elgin. Not only does this make the jam the most northerly in the whole United Kingdom, it marks the return of one of the friendliest, most collaborative events in the gaming calendar. This year's competition has pulled …