2013 has been quite a year for the games industry in Scotland. From GTA V breaking all records to become the biggest entertainment launch in human history, to the brand new development team Things Made Out Of Other Things scooping the BAFTA Scotland award for their first title, Coolson's Artisanal Chocolate Alphabet, it's been a …
Fuzzy Duck?
...Ducky Fuzz! The latest release from indie wunderkind and one man games dynamo, Smiling Bag (aka Stewart Hogarth) is the intriguingly named Ducky Fuzz. It features ducks. And waves and bread. According to the App Store description: Ducky Fuzz is a simple game about juggling ducks on the ocean by controlling the waves, avoiding sea …
OUT NOW: Winx Fairy School
The team at Tsumanga have taken the road less travelled when it comes to games. They're working with a third party license, aimed at a younger female audience and featuring fairies. Winx Club is one of the most popular brands in the world for 9-13 year old girls. Created by Rainbow Studios in Italy, the franchise …
OUT NOW – APB Retribution
APB Retribution, the new game, from Blazing Griffin and Reloaded Productions has hit the App Store. Based upon the massively multiplayer online game, APB Reloaded, Retribution offers an entirely new, visceral and bloody tale of vengeance and retaliation, to take down the gang boss who left you for dead. The game takes it's cues from …
Apple Votes Impossible Road One Of The Year’s Best
It's been quite a year for Impossible Road, the hard-as-nails endless roller, created by Kevin Ng of Pixels On Toast fame. The game was released to critical acclaim, with 4.5/5, 8.4/10 and 9/10 reviews, as well as Pocket Gamer's Game Of The Week in the games media. All of which was followed by a BAFTA Scotland nomination …
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OUT NOW: Moshi Monsters Music – New From Denki
Denki is not a studio to sit around, rubbing their chins and wondering what on earth to do next. Indeed the company has been more prolific in the last few months than seems right or decent. From Save The Day, Denki Word Quest and Monster Force 5, Denki has been working with the mighty Moshi …
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OUT NOW: This Way Down – New From Ludometrics
Gravity, as the old saying goes, is a myth. The earth sucks. Unless you're in one of the more progressive southern states of the USA, where gravity is still very much a theory and has to be taught alongside the concept of intelligent falling. One rather natty feature of intelligent falling is that it can …
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OUT NOW – Tolva & Ting Games – New From Me & The Giants
The idea of using games technology and gaming experiences for educational purposes is something which has been gaining ground in recent years. The advent of technologies and devices such as tablets, which are 'kid friendly', has created a whole new audience for games. A growing number of developers are recognising this and are creating …
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OUT NOW – Pocket Garden – New From Cobra Mobile
Cobra Mobile is perhaps best known as the developer behind the best-selling iBomber series of games. Set in and around the battlefields of World War II, iBomber encompasses a range of tower, defence games, a twin stick destroy-em-up and top down raining-down-destruction-and-terror-upon-the-industrial-heartland-of-the-enemy-em-up. The company does have its softer side however, having produced titles such as …
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OUT NOW – Mr Shingu’s Paper Halloween
Having helped countless kids make a menagerie of folded paper pets with the aid of Japanese origami sensei Mr Shingu, the team at Stormcloud Games has just launched their follow-up title, just in time for the scary parts of the year. Mr Shingu's Paper Halloween turns the scary knob up to 11, or possibly 13, …