Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
It's official. Â Dare to be Digital's ProtoPlay event is going to be the biggest ever. Â A full on festival of gaming goodness, taking place over three days in mid-August in the city centre. Â Alongside the games being created by the Dare teams, we hear there is a pro-gamer tournament, a game jam (open to professionals …
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Cobra's latest title, PowerSlide Penguin, is out now on the App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Â Described as a puzzle adventure, PowerSlide Penguin puts players in control of Penn Gwynn (seriously), who has to recover a ton of loot from Pengros the Peg Leg Penguin, who's stolen it from Chilly City Bank. Â Really. …
Ladies and gentlemen, we're delighted to announce that the company entering the staggeringly detailed Scottishgames Who's Who list at the big 5-0 is Amoeba Labs, the new venture from former Denki stalwart and Proper programmer Thomas Kronberg. Amoeba Labs is not only creating its own titles, but offering development experience across a huge range of …
Despite the company's closure, the final projects from Cohort in Dundee are still working their way onto the market. Â Me Monstar was announced a few weeks ago, but the company's chess game has just hit the PlayStation in North America, with a European launch to follow next week. The game is available exclusively as a …
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Ladies and gentlemen, new indie studio, Mainly About Games, based in Edinburgh, is the latest company to join the Scottishgames family. Created by former Rockstar North senior and lead designer Anthony 'Tony' Gowland, MAG is focused on smaller titles, with 'solid gameplay, hooks and big budget polish' according to Tony's very professional press release, which …
Super Snake HD, YoYo Games latest mobile release is out now on the Apple and Android App markets. Â Created by Mark Overmars and Jochem Schut, SSHD is exclusive to YoYo Games. Based, obviously, on the classic Snake (arguably the world's most played game, thanks to its presence on almost every Nokia handset for over ten …
One Thumb Mobile, the development studio in central Glasgow has been working on its first original project for quite some time now. Â If you've been at any of the creative events over the last few months and were lucky enough to run into the OTM team, you might have been given a sneak peek at …
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Ladies & Gentlemen, please welcome a new company to the happy, hard-working Scottishgames family. Â Huzutech is based in Glasgow and is the creator of a new technology which allows online, browser-based virtual worlds to be developed. Aimed at the social and casual end of the gaming market, Huzutech works with brand and intellectual property (IP) …
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The good news keeps on coming today. Â Glasgow's Chunk Games has been featured in today's SUN, in a feature on the rise of casual games and how a game is actually put together. Chunk has even built a flash game for readers to try, in which the infamous Sun Bus, makes it way through Paris, …
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Late breaking news time. Â There's a FREE Windows Phone 7 workshop taking place in Dundee tomorrow (Saturday 18th June). Â It's aimed at developers, students and Dare teams, but space is limited. Â So if you're interested, sign up NOW. Here are the facts: Featured Products/Topics:Â Windows Phone , Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight, Expression Studio, Expression Blend Recommended …
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