4J Studios Founders Invest in Blippar
Chroma Ventures, the investment company lead by Paddy Burns and Chris van der Kuyl, have joined two other investors in making a $5 million investment in the AR company Blippar.
OUT NOW: Minecraft Star Wars
Gone are the days of painstakingly constructing a scale model of the Death Star trench sequence one brick at a time. With the new Minecraft Star Wars DLC, players can jump into premade dioramas of iconic locations from across the original Star Wars trilogy and The Mandelorian series, including the likes of Hoth, Endor and not one, but two Death Stars.
Learn More About Scotland’s Games Ecosystem
Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Development International have organised a webinar to discuss Scotland’s games ecosystem.
Featuring speakers from 4J Studios, Abertay University, Epic Games & the UK Games Fund
Three Scots Named In Games Industry’s Most Influential 100
GamesIndustry.biz has just published it’s first list of the top 100 most influential people in the games industry. Covering the AAA console sector, mobile gaming, indie games, eSports, retail & publishing, industry advocates/investors as well …
GTA V Is The UK’s Best-Selling Game, Like, EVER
Since GTA V came out last September, it’s done rather well. Seven Guinness records broken. Enormous first day sales. A billion dollars generated in the first three days and apparently making more money than the …
TIGA Award Winners Announced
The awards ceremony for the 2014 TIGA awards took place last night, with hundreds of developers in the finery, competing for a variety of prestigious awards, covering games from studios large and small, as well …
TIGA Awards Shortlist Revealed
The 2014 TIGA Awards shortlist has been revealed, with twelve Scottish companies in the running for trophies.The games categories are open to all developers, members and non-members alike. Those in the running are: ARCADE GAME …
Minecraft Sells 54M Copies – Consoles Lead The Way…
Another week, another post about Minecraft achieving mind-blowing success and creating ongoing joy. Following the awards, the number one slots, mapping the whole of Denmark (really) and the sales, oh so many sales, comes news …
Minecraft – Doing Quite Well…
That Minecraft game is doing fairly well. It’s currently sitting at number one (PlayStation 3) AND two (Xbox 360) in the US charts. In addition, the lovely people at Mojang have released more information about …
Saturday Night Lectures Presents Chris van der Kuyl
As part of Dundee University’s ongoing series of Saturday evening lectures, Chris van der Kuyl, the man behind VIS and 4J Studios, will be speaking on the 31st of May at the Dalhousie Building from 18:00-19:30. …