Crackdown Returns – Made In Scotland
One of the major stories from this week’s E3 is the return of Crackdown. The free roaming, sandbox cops n’ robbers game is back and Dave Jones is at the helm. The original was created …
Give Game Of Glens The Go!
Ruffian’s Game Of Glens is in the final throes of Square Enix’s new Collective crowd-sourcing programme. The game is one of three titles which may receive funding and publishing through the Final Fantasy/Tomb Raider publisher. …
Crackdown – BAFTA Winning Scottish Game Now FREE On Xbox Live
Crackdown, the superb free-roaming, crime-fighting, car-racing, gang-busting, orb-collecting, high-jumping sandbox game created by the late, lamented Realtime Worlds has just been released FREE for Xbox Live GOLD members. If you have a gold membership then …
Ruffian Reveal – No Crackdown 3, Tribal Towers Underway
It’s been a while since we last heard from the team at Ruffian Games in Dundee. A couple of ice ages at least. So it was a pleasure to see some news and even mention …
nWay – New Company From Realtime Worlds Founders
Inside Social Games has an exclusive interview with nWay, a new West Coast (as in USA) technology start-up created by names which will be familiar to many within the Scottish games industry. Tony Harman & …
World Exclusive – Moops – New From Red Radiant Media
The past weekend saw the ever awesome Game In Scotland event take place in Dundee. A recruitment fair, networking opportunity, platform for new talent and general shindig for the games industry in Scotland, it introduced …
APB Sale To Pay Outstanding Wage Claims + Interview With New Owner
Last week’s sale of APB to K2 Network, will allow Begbies-Tryanor, the administrator of Realtime Worlds to settle all outstanding wage and holiday pay claims, according to the latest report from GamesIndustry.biz. Paul Dounis from …
Realtime Worlds Asset Auction Halted By Hackers?
The Courier is reporting that the auction of assets from Realtime Worlds has been halted after hackers targeted the auction company’s servers: Over 1000 items were to go under the hammer, including high-spec PCs, LCD …
APB Bought By K2 Network For £1.5 Million
Realtime World’s short-lived online game APB (All Points Bulletin) has been acquired by K2 Network, the company behind the GamersFirst online multiplayer site. GamesIndustry reports that K2 paid around £1.5 million for the game, which …
Realtimeworlds – postscript
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 …