Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
It's awards season and Scottish companies are picking up gongs, trophies and accolades left, right and centre. Earlier this week at the prestigious Develop Awards, which took place at a glittering and star-studded event in glamorous Brighton, recruitment agency Specialmove and CGI experts Axis Animation both scooped prizes. Specialmove, which specialises in recruitment within the …
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Euphonious is a new company, headquartered in Dundee, created by industry veteran and long-time audio geek Raymond Usher, formerly of Realtime Worlds, Rockstar North and DMA Design. Euphonious is offering a comprehensive range of audio services to digital, broadcast, animation and of course, interactive companies. From sound effect creation to music composition, licensing, direction and …
Last week's viral video hit - in the games world at least - was the gripping trailer for Deep Silver's forthcoming zombie survival game, Dead Island. Over the weekend we received confirmation from our friends at Axis Animation in Glasgow that they are the company behind the animation. Directed by Axis owner and director, Stuart …
We're delighted to present the first in a series of guest editorials from people within the games and interactive industries. Kim Blake is the education liason manager for Blitz Games (and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts). She visited Dundee recently, for the NEoN festival and agreed to write a summary of the …
The trailer for the Seed Studios' new PlayStation 3 realtime strategy game, Under Siege, was released online earlier this week. Created by Glasgow-based Axis Animation, the trailer was co-directed by Wiek Luijken and Dana Dorian. The trailer 'introduces the various factions across the world of Under Siege, as a wave of evil sweeps across the …
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Mr Bump, the first title from Digital Goldfish's deal with Chorion, to bring the classic kids TV license Mr Men to Apple's AppStore is now live. Mr Bump has not only launched on the AppStore, but has taken over the popular FreeAppADay service, which offers new Apps - for free - for a day. As …