Arcanix, the pioneering AI LiveOps platform, has secured investment and accelerator support from ForsVC and imec.istart, one of Europe’s leading tech accelerators. The company was founded in Scotland in 2023 by industry veterans, Ella Romanos, Oscar Clark and Adam Betteridge, who between them have decades of experience of live game development, publishing and support. The... Continue Reading →
by Stuart Muckley, CEO Code Wizards Group You don’t necessarily go to Develop: Brighton expecting revelations. You go for the meetings, seeing friends old and new, and, if you’re significantly more party-going than I am these days, the hangovers. But this year felt a little different. Not just in tone, but in intent. And if... Continue Reading →
Codeplay, the Edinburgh-based AI company has signed a deal with the US government to help build the next generation of supercomputers. Codeplay will work with the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in partnership with the Argonne Leadership Computing Faculty. The new generation of computing will enable researchers... Continue Reading →
AI In Videogames: Chris van der Kuyl, Chair of 4J Studios answers questions about the use of AI in videogames as part of the (online) 2020 Edinburgh Science Festival
[This post is brought to you through our new syndication agreement with DIGIT.FYI, Scotland's digital technology news site...] The freedom of Grand Theft Auto, the massively-multiplayer elements of World Of Warcraft, the universe-spanning gameplay of Eve Online – with added AI-generated narrative, blockchain, crypto-currency and more. Could Gateway be the next generation of Scottish video game success? Despite its huge global... Continue Reading →
The Scottish chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has racked up a significant number of achievements over the last year. Â They've organised a number of very well attended events and pulled in some world class speakers at the same time. Less well known however is the fact that the IGDA awards annual scholarships... Continue Reading →
Musemantik came to our attention several months ago, after exhibiting and presenting at the excellent Engage-Invest-Exploit event at Edinburgh University's world famous Informatics School. Musemantik has now announced the launch of its first two products which are aimed at game developers and promise to increase the players engagement with games, while saving time and money.... Continue Reading →
Online games coaching FPS Trainer is heading for 10,000 users, just in time for its live tournament at the end of this week, at the Glasgow arm of the Global Games Jam (you may have noticed their lovely banner gracing the site this week...) The company is offering a prize for the 10,000th registered use,... Continue Reading →
