Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Digital Goldfish, the studio behind the hugely popular iOS versions of the Bloons series of games are celebrating a phenomenal start to 2012 with news that the latest game in the series - Bloons 2 - is riding high in the iPhone App Store charts and has had a very successful Christmas indeed on the Nintendo …
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Ladies and gentlemen, please give a very warm Scottishgames type welcome to the team at Brain Dead Ape. A development studio with one foot in the world o' games and another in traditional software development, Brain Dead Ape is working in the mobile (iOS and Android) markets, as well as the rapidly growing gamification and …
YoYo Games has launched its brand new - and very slick - website. 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 …
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 …
Super Snake HD, YoYo Games latest mobile release is out now on the Apple and Android App markets. 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 …
YoYo Games, the company behind the popular Game Maker programme, which allows users to create and publish their own games, has been busy lately. Very busy. Technology updates, new games, new partnerships, new team members AND courses teaching Game Maker are all now in progress - putting YoYo very firmly at the front of the …
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UPDATED - Now includes Firebrand and Triple B Games... “Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how was the rest of the play?” Any review of the games and gaming sector in Scotland in 2010 is going to be a little like reviewing the Titanic's first cruise. No matter how impeccable the service, or exquisite the canapes, …
Tag Games has announced the creation of a new, non-gaming app brand. Tag Apps reflects Tag's increasing expertise in the wider app market, where they have created various forms of app for companies including Channel 4 and Virgin Atlantic. An increasing number of companies are now turning to the various app markets and looking for …
Over in Dundee's famous Discovery Point, the first International AppConference and AppJam are taking place. The conference has a full line-up of speakers across all the various app platforms and covering everything from games, to lawyers, publishers and possibly even a platform owner (one of which per day may keep a doctor away - the …
Another day, another grab-bag of fascinating gaming tidbits from around this social network we call the Internet. Good afternoon and here are today's headlines... GameCity - The UK's most 'idiosyncratic' games festival (it sounds so good we want to cry [GameSetWatch] 4.4 million tablet devices sold in the last quarter alone [Edge Online] Crossover - …