While the rest of the economy languishes, the creative sector seems to recovering a little faster than other sectors. The interactive industry in particular seems to be thriving right now, with a great many companies now looking for new employees and recruits. First up in a festive rundown of recruitment is Dundee's Cobra. If you're …
Have Yourself A Customisable Avatar Driven Social Christmas…
It's December. Hurrah! The curse is now officially OFF writing anything about Christmas. Which is just as well, since WeeWorld is making the holiday season a little more noisy with the launch of its Talking WeeMee - Christmas Edition. Now your WeeMee can talk, dance, react to your touch or your voice and can be shared …
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Legend Of The FISH OF FURY – New From T-Enterprise
Despite being one of the country's more prolific studios, we've not heard a huge amount from Glasgow's T-Enterprise in the last few months. We're guilty of not covering absolutely everything (since this day job doesn't half get in the way of covering everything you lovely people get up to). So it's extra DOUBLE awesome to …
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Food Chain – New From Lava Level Games
Food Chain is the second game from the gentlemen at Lava Level Games. A challenging, match-three puzzle title for iPhone and iPad (and shortly for Android phones n' tablets), Food Chain features Belly & Brain, the adorable characters who are the public face of Just-eat, the UK fast food and takeaway portal. Lava Level Games …
Quarrel – Out NOW – In Regular, Or Super Awesome
It's true. As true as the morning sunrise and that physical bodies attract with a force proportional to their mass... Quarrel. It lives. It's OUT NOW on the App Store. For iPhone, iPad and iPod. Regular Quarrel, which is just very, very good indeed, is FREE. While Quarrel Deluxe adds a plethora of features which grace only the very finest, hand-crafted …
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Last Call – BAFTA Scotland Awards Need YOU(r Games)
Time is ticking away. Entries for the 2011 British Academy Scotland Awards close on Friday 19th of August at 17:00 BST. The new GAMES category is open to every developer from indie-vidual developers, through to the largest studios. Format is not a consideration, allowing online, browser-based, mobile and casual titles, to compete head-to-head with console …
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YoYo Games Launches New Website
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 …
Proper Games’ Yo Deshi – Free on iPad – Today Only
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? 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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PowerSlide Penguin – Out Now From Cobra
Cobra's latest title, PowerSlide Penguin, is out now on the App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. 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. Really. …
Please Welcome – Amoeba Labs
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 …