Ladies and gentlemen, we're delighted to announce that the company entering the staggeringly detailed Scottishgames Who's Who list at the big 5-0 is Amoeba Labs, the new venture from former Denki stalwart and Proper programmer Thomas Kronberg. Amoeba Labs is not only creating its own titles, but offering development experience across a huge range of …
Free Windows Phone 7 Workshop – Dundee – Saturday
Late breaking news time. Â There's a FREE Windows Phone 7 workshop taking place in Dundee tomorrow (Saturday 18th June). Â It's aimed at developers, students and Dare teams, but space is limited. Â So if you're interested, sign up NOW. Here are the facts: Featured Products/Topics:Â Windows Phone , Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight, Expression Studio, Expression Blend Recommended …
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YoYo Games – Updates, Releases & The Future Of Games…
YoYo Games, the company behind the popular Game Maker programme, which allows users to create and publish their own games, has been busy lately. Very busy. Technology updates, new games, new partnerships, new team members AND courses teaching Game Maker are all now in progress - putting YoYo very firmly at the front of the …
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IGDA – Scottish Chapter
The International Game Developers Association is a global non-profit organisation serving games developers (according to the website). There was, very briefly, a chapter in Scotland, which met a couple of times in Stirling, on the basis that it was equally inconvenient for everyone. Â It didn't last however and while there are a number of individual …
Cohort Closes Doors
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 …
Tealy & Orangey – dual control puzzle fun – PLAY IT
Tealy & Orangey is a brand new online game from MainlyAboutGames.co.uk, aka Freakyzoid, aka Mr Anthony Gowland. Written in about seven days, as a bit of an exercise to practice Flash and Flixel, Tealy and Orangey is a platformer with a twist. Â You control two blobs - one teal and one orange (those colours are …
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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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So Long, And Thanks For All The Pish…
More bad news for the games business in Scotland. Leith-based Outerlight, the creator of the online title The Ship, is 'all but dissolved' according to company founder Chris Peck. An interview given to BigDownload, which was subsequently picked up by GamesIndustry.biz, reveals some of the problems and frustrations the company and Peck went through during …