Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The British Academy Scotland Awards - or Scottish BAFTAs if you prefer - are BACK!  After a hiatus in 2010, the awards, which recognise outstanding achievement in the screen industries in Scotland, are now open for entries. Unlike previous years, in 2011 there is a single Games category which will cover all interactive entries.  To ensure …
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Cohort Studios' last title, Me Monstar: Hear Me Roar! is now available for the Sony PlayStation3 and PSP. Â We haven't heard a great deal about this game till now, but some of the early artwork and subtle hints made us quite excited for an original new idea from the Cohort team. Â It looks like the …
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Firebrand Studios, in Glasgow, contacted us a couple of days ago to point towards some very positive coverage for the company's current project for the Nintendo Gameboy 3DS, Need For Speed: The Run. Due for release in November 2011, the game challenges players to compete in an illegal San Francisco - New York road race. …
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Glasgow's GameDork community is coming together this weekend, for a weekend of gaming joy - with a purpose. Â Over the course of Saturday and Sunday, like-minded folks will be able to gather, in the presence of much gaming hardware - and play games - all for charity. Â In this case, the Children's Hospice Association Scotland …
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In the past few years, the pioneering team at Dare to be Digital has held a balloon race, in which participants sent balloons off to all four corners of the world and involved citizens of many lands, indigenous peoples and tribesfolks in the flourishing world of gaming. This year, however, even with the use of …
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YoYo Games has launched its brand new - and very slick - website. Â The new site outlines all of the company's activities, from the hugely popular Game Maker app, through to the online community of game makers and games, as well as the more recent publishing arm. YoYo has created a greal deal of momentum …
To celebrate the fourth of July, the team at Proper Games is making their brand new iPad game, Yo Deshi, FREE - but only for 24 hours. What is Yo Deshi? Â Well, Proper Games describes it like this: YoDeshi is the long lost game from ancient China! This 1-2 Player game is perfect for passing …
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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 …