Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Crystal Maze is back - and at the top of the charts. Dynamo's latest version of the cult TV game show, for iOS (or iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for those of you not entirely sure) has become the number 1 paid app in the UK. Recreating the classic television series, The Crystal Maze …
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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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William Rountree, a student from Abertay University in Dundee is the winner of the game design competition run by the organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. William's concept was judged by a panel of industry experts, including Dave Jones (the gentleman behind games including Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown, just in case you don't …
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Creative Scotland, the organisation for promoting and supporting the creative arts (yes, all of them) in Scotland (oddly enough) has joined TIGA, the indepdenent game developers association. Creative Scotland emerged from the ashes of the Scottish Arts Council, which looked after the traditional 'arts', and Scottish Screen, which looked after film, television and latterly, games …
The NESTA-backed games consortium, announced earlier this year, has been named and the initial members announced. Speaking at a conference on collaboration in Glasgow this morning, CEO Andy Payne revealed the companies which are part of the AppyNation consortium. These are: Finblade Proper Games Niffler Onteca Supersonic Lightning Fish and Mr Payne himself. The consortium …
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It's true.  As true as the morning sunrise and that physical bodies attract with a force proportional to their mass... Quarrel.  It lives.  It's OUT NOW on the App Store.  For iPhone, iPad and iPod.  Regular Quarrel, which is just very, very good indeed, is FREE.  While Quarrel Deluxe adds a plethora of features which grace only the very finest, hand-crafted …
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Dundee's Tag Games has been selected as one of Mobile Entertainment magazine's Top 50 UK Mobile Innovators, the only Scottish games developer in the list. It's a fairly respectable list too. According to the magazine... ME's Top 50 Mobile Innovators project, sponsored by O2 BlueVia, was a quest to identify the firms doing amazing things …
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It's always nice to hear from a new development studio. So it's a pleasure to introduce Physmo, a new indie developer based in Glasgow, which has released its latest title, Mos Speedrun for iPhone, iPad and Mac. An unashamedly old school platformer, Mos Speedrun has been picking up incredible scores and critical acclaim from the …
If you've read Scottishgames.net for any length of time, you'll know that we're big fans of the Dare to be Digital competition. Our editor has been involved in a variety of ways over the last 10 years and welcomes any opportunity to inform, educate and enthrall listeners with the benefits and vast potential of Dare …
Time is ticking away. Entries for the 2011 British Academy Scotland Awards close on Friday 19th of August at 17:00 BST. The new GAMES category is open to every developer from indie-vidual developers, through to the largest studios. Format is not a consideration, allowing online, browser-based, mobile and casual titles, to compete head-to-head with console …
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