The Tag celebratory 6th anniversary game jam has drawn to a close. All teams completed wonderful and marvellous things. Who won? We cannot reveal that. For that, readers, you must visit the Tag blog. There you can see all of the games, find out who won and hear emotional, heartfelt pleas from the employees to …
EIF – Pitch A Game, Impress A Dragon, Get In Free
A week or so back, we mentioned that this year's Edinburgh Interactive Festival would feature a session called Thare Be Dragons, in which young, hopeful, aspiring game developers would pitch ideas to a panel of industry heavyweights, mavens and Simon Cowell-esque judges, in an effort to win the approbation and a bucket of free (pretend) …
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Cobra Nominated For European Games Award
Cobra's iBomber Defense Pacific has been nominated in the Best Mobile Games category in this year's European Games Awards. It's up against several other popular titles and is currently third in its category behind Burnout Crash and Another World 20th Anniversary Edition. This is something worth winning. Forget the Golden Rose of Montreaux, this competition …
BAFTA Scotland Awards 2012 – Call For Entries
The BAFTA In Scotland awards for 2012 are now open for entries. The games category is open to ALL games, created in Scotland, or by Scottish developers. The games award covers ALL platforms from Triple A console titles, through to free-to-play social titles. The most important criteria is that the game is publicly available. So, …
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Scottish Climate Change App Competition – £50K Up For Grabs
There's an opportunity for the creative geniuses (genies?) of Scotland's interactive sector, to get their mitts on £50,000 in prize money, thanks to a new competition created by the Edinburgh Centre For Carbon Innovation and supported by the Scottish Government, Scottish & Southern Energy, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Microsoft and Scotland's 2020 Climate Group. The …
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Jamming 4 Small Change – Games Jam For Good
The team behind the Scottish Game Jam is back, with a new event and a new opportunity to create innovative games, but this time it's for a cause even more worthy than 'fun'. Jamming 4 Small Change is focused on the lives of young carers and incorporates them into the whole development process. Children - …
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Developed By Chunk, Designed By Kids – Freewheelin’ – New For iOS & Android
There's a new App on the block - or should that be up on blocks - for your nearest Apple or Android device. Freewheelin' was developed by Glasgow's Chunk Games, but the design was created by a team of three (aged 16 & 17) from Earlston High School (in the Borders, near Melrose, for those …
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Abertay Students Bag Big Bada Boom!
A team from Dundee's Abertay University has picked up first prize in the Samsung bada Student Developer Challenge. The competition challenged teams of students to create new games for Samsung's app store - starting with a gruelling 24 hour game jam. Tom DeMajo, Erin Michno and Ian Reynolds, collectively known as Quartic Llama, built Moeba, …
Scottish Games Jam – Back, Bigger, Better, More
The Scottish Games Jam is the local outpost of the massive Global Game Jam - an annual competition which challenges teams to build an original new game in only 48 hours. Organised by the Independent Game Developers Association, the global games jam has run since 2008. Last year, the jam attracted over 6,500 competitors, in …
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The Crystal Maze HD – Out Now For iPad
Dynamo Games reinterpretation of the cult TV favourite The Crystal Maze, appeared on the iPhone back in the days when the App Store was young, dynamic and had yet to reach its first billion downloads. But technology moves on, hairstyles change, hemlines rise and fall and games, ever the bellwether of all that is fun, move endlessly …