Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
It is with great sadness that we report that Cobra Mobile, one of Dundee's pioneering mobile game studios, is being liquidated after 20 years of business. The closure has resulted in the redundancy of its eight staff members. Founded in 2005 by Mark Ettle, Cobra Mobile was one of the first studios in Dundee to …
Continue reading "Dundee’s Cobra Mobile Closes After 20 Years"
Glasgow-headquartered Axis Studios, the animation and VFX company responsible for some of the most successful game cinematics of all time entered administration, with 162 people made redundant. On July 15 2024, Alistair McAlinden and Geoff Jacobs of Interpath Advisory were appointed administrators, and while all production has ceased, Interpath is looking for operators to continue …
Continue reading "Axis Studios Enters Administration With 162 Jobs Lost"
It's been reported across all of the major games industry websites that Dundee's Cohort Studios is to close down, with all staff being laid off. All 25 members of staff have been given redundancy notices and the company is starting to wind down.  This is despite the recent announcement of Cohort's first original title for PSN …
News surfaced on Twitter earlier today that the domain http://www.realtimeworlds.com has now been acquired and staked out by a domain hosting company. So it seems appropriate to link to an epitaph of the company, which was posted on Eurogamer yesterday: "APB has been a fantastic journey, but unfortunately that journey has come to a premature …