Breaking news this morning. Â The extraordinary posse at Proper Games are having a festive games jam. Â The company has split into SIX competing factions or TEAMS, who will now do battle to design and develop a brand new GAME in a matter of mere hours. Proper has created a Facebook page, which will chronicle the …
Now Hiring – Chunk
2011 is ending on a decidedly upbeat note, with a number of Scotland's most creative developers looking for new staff. Chunk is a name you may not have come across in the past, although Scottishgames.net is definitely a fan. Â The Glasgow-based company creates online, interactive and digital experiences for companies and brands. Â They launched their …
World Exclusive – AudioSkins – New Audio Solution For Every Developer
Audio experts Euphonious has launched a brand new service aimed at independent developers, animators, film makers and other creatives, in need of professional, affordable audio for their new game/film/animation/other. AudioSkins offers a range of complete 'packs', which can be browsed (by audio style or game genre, cleverly), previewed, purchased and immediately downloaded. According to the …
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Now Recruiting – Cobra
While the rest of the economy languishes, the creative sector seems to recovering a little faster than other sectors. Â The interactive industry in particular seems to be thriving right now, with a great many companies now looking for new employees and recruits. First up in a festive rundown of recruitment is Dundee's Cobra. Â If you're …
BAFTA New Talent Awards – Call For Entries
Hot on the heels of the BAFTA In Scotland awards, the BAFTA New Talent Awards are now open for business. Â This competition is aimed at students and developers working on their first project. There is a specific games category, which is open to games on all platforms. Â Entrants can be part of a larger team, …
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OUT NOW – Your Game
Ladies and gentlemen, Â we need your games. We'd like to let the good people of the world know about YOUR games. Â Where to find them, how to get them, what they are. Â Think of it as an OUT NOW type list. It will cover ALL platforms. Â It will include paid, free-to-play, freemium or whatever crazy …
The Ship – Back From The Dead
New Edinburgh-based independent studio Blazing Griffin has acquired the highly acclaimed online title The Ship: Murder Party. The Ship was originally created by Outerlight, another Scottish development studio, which sadly went out of business earlier this year, before the company's second game - Bloody Good Time was released on Xbox Live Arcade. The Ship was …
Have Yourself A Customisable Avatar Driven Social Christmas…
It's December.  Hurrah!  The curse is now officially OFF writing anything about Christmas.  Which is just as well, since WeeWorld is making the holiday season a little more noisy with the launch of its Talking WeeMee - Christmas Edition. Now your WeeMee can talk, dance, react to your touch or your voice and can be shared …
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Introducing Brain Dead Ape
Ladies and gentlemen, please give a very warm Scottishgames type welcome to the team at Brain Dead Ape. Â A development studio with one foot in the world o' games and another in traditional software development, Brain Dead Ape is working in the mobile (iOS and Android) markets, as well as the rapidly growing gamification and …
Ruffian Revealed – New Job Listings Hint At Major New Titles
Speculation is rife on the games-related corners of the Internet that Ruffian, the development studio behind Crackdown 2, is up to something brand new and fascinating. A number of jobs listed on Ruffian's website mentions 'a number' of projects for 'some of the biggest publishers in the games industry'. There is, as yet, no confirmation …
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