Zapcoder, the games technology company in Glasgow is looking for two interns to join the team and help the company grow in 2014. Zapcoder needs to multi-skilled people to work across a diverse range of skills including community, communications, research, events, testing and social media. These are paid positions and while they are initially available for a …
The Scottish Games Network Launches As Scotland’s Video Games Industry Body
Believe it or not, it's nearly ten years since the Scottish Games Network first launched. Â In 2005 we created a simple Yahoo group to help the growing number of game developers keep in touch. Â It's grown since then to become a dedicated website and a community spread over all of the significant social channels. It's …
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NOW HIRING – Two Weeks Notice
Ladies and gentlemen, things are changing. Â The Scottish Games Network is changing. Â In a number of exciting new ways. Â One of the most immediate changes will be the way in which recruitment adverts are hosted. To date we've been very open to any and all adverts. Â Companies have been free to post any vacancies as …
APB Reloaded Celebrates A Year In The Steam Top 5
APBÂ inspires mixed emotions within the games industry. Â Some people get misty-eyed and reminisce about what might have been. Â Some people get angry about the the fact the game never achieved its full potential. Â To many the game is simply a vague memory, of a title from years back, which wasn't very good. Â The games media …
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Introducing: XBL Gamerhub
We're always delighted to hear from new companies working in and around the games sector here in Scotland. Â We're pretty well in terms of developers. Â At the last count - and with another couple still to be added to the site, we have 86 development studios in the country. Today's Introducing is different. Â We were …
Building A Better Community
Alongside the website (www.scottishgames.net), Scottishgames is now comprised of a Facebook group, LinkedIn group, Twitter feed, RSS feed(s) and daily e-mail update. On Facebook there are over 600 members, participating and doing everything from sharing news, starting debates and announcing releases. Â LinkedIn is for more serious debate, job listings, questions, discussion and criticism. Â Twitter reflects …
Coming Soon… WeeWorld Week
The first ever week-long focus on an innovative interactive company based in Scotland kicks off later today with WeeWorld. Thanks to the art team for the spiffy new banner gracing the top of the blog. Â Watch this space for much more info. Â Coming soon....
Introducing – Indie Kick
IndieKick is a new online community for indie game developers. Â Designed to let indie-viduals (sorry) from various backgrounds (art, coding, etc.) share their portfolios and discover potential collaborators, partners and team members, IndieKick wants to be the place for new teams to come together. Stephen McIntyre, one of the founders of the site, told us: …
Data Driven Analytics – What Social Games Do
The team at Huzutech in Glasgow posted a fascinating piece on the use of data analysis and metrics in the social gaming space on their blog last week. We checked it was OK to re-post the piece here and present, for your pleasure and delight, Huzutech on social gaming and designing by data analysis... You …
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Please Welcome Huzutech – Online, Social, Community & Virtual Worlds
Ladies & Gentlemen, please welcome a new company to the happy, hard-working Scottishgames family. Â Huzutech is based in Glasgow and is the creator of a new technology which allows online, browser-based virtual worlds to be developed. Aimed at the social and casual end of the gaming market, Huzutech works with brand and intellectual property (IP) …
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