The closing date for companies wishing to take part in the 2015 Game Developers Conference as part of the Scottish Pavillion is tomorrow 26/11/2014. The event is not limited to game developers, but is one of the world's leading events for all participants in the games and interactive sector. Scottish Development International has a great …
Introducing QUIJA
QUIJA READING GAMES is a twenty-page perzine created by Mitch Alexander that gives a brief insight into one person's perspective on the possible intersections of non-heterosexual+noncisgender life and games, discussing and exploring how game design, criticism, theory and play can be impacted by queer issues and vice versa. QUIJA READING GAMES is intended for any …
OUT NOW – Smash Doors
Opportunity. That's what comes a knocking at your door. You can seize fortune by the forelock or look a gift horse in the mouth, but not if it comes bearing gifts. How often have you heard, or used, or been needlessly confused by any of the above expressions? If you've anything like us, then it's …
Go Boldly – Distant Star: Revenant Fleet OUT NOW
Distant Star: Revenant Fleet is a brand new release from Edinburgh's Blazing Griffin. It is a real-time, space-strategy game for PC, featuring fleet-based combat, a dynamically generated galaxy, and an evolving narrative that creates a different experience every time the game is played. The company is positioning the game as a rogue-like meets strategy experience. …
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Hunted Cow Unleashes Hell
Hunted Cow are back. After a fallow period of, oooooh, almost a fortnight, since the company's last release (Eldevin on Steam), Scotland's hardest working development studio is back with a brand new adventure. HELL is a turn-based fantasy game in which the players will take command of both factions in this epic confrontation between the …
GTA V Scoops BAFTA Best Game Award
The Scottish BAFTA Awards ceremony took place in Glasgow last night. A star-studded crowd on hand to watch the winners accept the famous BAFTA trophies. James McAvoy (Filth) and Sophie Kennedy Clark (Philomena) won the best actor categories for film, while David Tennant (The Escape Artist) and Shirley Henderson (Southcliffe) picked up the best actor …
OUT NOW – Seek – New From Five Pixels
Five Pixels is one of the winning teams from this year's Dare To Be Digital. Seek is their first game. It was released in early November and has already scooped a TIGA award for the Best Student Game. Seek is a first person game in which the player must find their friends, who are lost …
Dimensional Imaging Appoints Tim Christian As Chairman
You may not yet be familiar with Glasgow-based Dimensional Imaging, but the chances are you'll be hearing a lot more about them in the very near future. The company has created new technology to capture incredibly high resolution facial performance without sticking reflective dots all over an actor's head. It's already been used in titles …
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DeltaDNA Raises $3M In Second Round Funding
Excellent new today from analytics and game personalisation platform deltaDNA. The company has secured an additional $3 million in Series A second round equity funding, taking the company's total investment to date to $5 million. The latest round of investment has been secured through deltaDNA’s existing investors Par Equity, STV Group plc and the Scottish …
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Last Call – BAFTA CREW
The closing date for applications for the first ever BAFTA CREW Games programme closes on Monday 17th of November. You should be a part of it. It's open to anyone who's worked in the games sector for two years and is offering a bespoke, custom built programme of masterclasses, workshops, seminars, networking events and video …