When the all new Scottishgames.net was launched, we thought long and hard about how to offer something new, fresh, zesty, delightful and useful to the individuals, companies, studios and games out there. One idea was to shun the idea of a static banner/logo for the site and instead invite contributions from all and sundry. To …
Artists In Residence: Stewart Graham
A big thank you to the highly talented Stewart Graham for our most recent Scottishgames banner, Colour Clash. Currently working with Tag Games, Stewart is a veteran of Denki and DMA Design. He's also working on a number of other projects we hope to bring you at some point soon... You can see some of …
New Year, New Banner, New Artist
Happy 2011 readers. We hope you all had a fun holiday season, with cake, presents, alcohol (where permitted), tiny foolish hats and an occasional cracker. To celebrate the start of a fresh, lithe, hopeful new year, we'd like to present you with a brand new banner, reflecting the best parts of the new year in …
Artist In Residence – Mr Hogarth (Redux)
The jolliest little elf in Santa's workshop has come through for your favourite Scottish gaming resource once more. Stewart 'Stu' Hogarth is back once again - like a renegade dancer (not the reindeer) and is once more keeping it defiantly old school. Look upon the C64-inspired banner loveliness and send your Christmas wishes Stewart's way, …
YoYo Games Releases Teka Teki
Teka Teki, the latest release from YoYo Games promises a Tetris-style puzzle game in which players have to place food tiles in groups so that the adjacent animal tiles can scoff them in as large a group as possible. The larger the groups, the bigger the combos. If you're not convinced, there's a Lite version, …
Artist In Residence – Stewart Hogarth
This week's defiantly retro banner comes from the games industry's very own indie king, Stewart Hogarth. Formerly of Denki, Stewart now works with the decidedly cool Chunk in Glasgow, where his design skills are clearly flourishing. We're delighted with the new look and would like to thank Stewart for his hard work and in-depth knowledge …
[Guest Editorial] My First Trip To NEoN
We're delighted to present the first in a series of guest editorials from people within the games and interactive industries. Kim Blake is the education liason manager for Blitz Games (and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts). She visited Dundee recently, for the NEoN festival and agreed to write a summary of the …
Artist In Residence 001 – Searra Dodds
One of the things we're planning to keep the new Scottishgames.net looking fresh is a weekly update of the banner at the top of the site. Anyone is welcome to contribute ideas and artwork for use there and we'll credit everyone who has a banner used, with their own post and an entry in the …
YoYo Games Launches First iPhone App – Skydiver Mach II
YoYo Games has announced its first commercially available game for the iPhone. Skydiver Mach II is a brand new title, out now on the Apple App Store. The launch marks YoYo's first steps into the publishing sector. The company is the creator of the hugely successful GameMaker app, which boasts over 1,000,000 users globally who …
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