Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Ambitious publishing house Hunted Cow has signed up yet another title for its growing portfolio. The latest deal, will bring the BAFTA award winning game Mr Montgomery's Debonair Facial Hair to iOS and Android in November 2013. The innovative 2D action-arcade game challenges players to become the ultimate top lip topiarist, under the barbershop tutelage …
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In the good old days, games were better. They were simpler, but at the same time far more unforgiving. They were shorter, but took far longer to load. They were more creative, but far more limited in terms of experience. There's a particular type of gamer, normally those of a certain age, who will, given …
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Glasgow's Claymore Games is bringing back the bright lights, furious action and neon-drenched wonder of video games arcades in the 1980s, with its latest release, NeoArcade. No longer do aspiring gamers have to head into a sticky and badly-lit arcade, chock full of unsavoury types, clutching a sock full of 10 and 20 pence coins, …
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Hunted Cow's prodigious output of strategy games for Apple iOS continues with the company's latest release, Ancient Battle: Rome. This is the fourth historical strategy title to be published by Hunted Cow for iOS. Developed by strategy experts HexWar, including the winner of the Ancients competition at the World Wargaming Championships . HexWar has previously …
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Hunted Cow's progress from obscure development studio to publishing behemoth is continuing. The latest studio to sign a publishing agreement with the Elgin empire is Dundee's Red Radiant Media. The companies will be bringing an original new title, Planet Rush to iOS and Android later this year. While initial details are scarce, Planet Rush sounds like …
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Solar Flux, the original new sun-saving, gravity-defying, inertia-dampening, ufo-controlling game from Glasgow's Firebrand Games is now LIVE on the Apple App store. We saw the world-exclusive hands-on preview at last weeks Dare to be Digital Indie Games Showcase and it is eye-wateringly beautiful. Every level is centred around a huge, dying sun. The player has …
From a mysterious and relatively unknown company somewhere in the wilds of Northern Scotland, Hunted Cow has emerged as one of the most active and rapidly growing games companies in the UK. Last week the company announced it had signed a deal with Criss Cross Games to bring the studios' first game to market. …
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Facebook is moving into mobile publishing and Outplay, the Dundee-based, venture-backed, social-fun company is launch partner. Following the end of the exclusive agreement with social games giant, Zynga, Facebook has launched a programme to distribute and promote mobile games for selected small/medium developers. The company will help developers find a global audience for their new …
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Lub Vs Dub is a brand new game, for iPhone and iPad, which was born in the blistering forge of the 2013 Global Game Jam. The game picked up the Best Tech and Best Game awards at the event - and went on to be showcased at a number of independent game events, including the …
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Lucky Frame is a creative design studio based in Edinburgh. They're not a game developer - though their last few releases have been game-like. They're the recipients of critical acclaim for their last few titles and have a shiny BAFTA award for Bad Hotel, released in 2012. The company has worked on a variety of …