Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Hot on the heels of the BAFTA In Scotland awards, the BAFTA New Talent Awards are now open for business. This competition is aimed at students and developers working on their first project. There is a specific games category, which is open to games on all platforms. Entrants can be part of a larger team, …
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Speculation is rife on the games-related corners of the Internet that Ruffian, the development studio behind Crackdown 2, is up to something brand new and fascinating. A number of jobs listed on Ruffian's website mentions 'a number' of projects for 'some of the biggest publishers in the games industry'. There is, as yet, no confirmation …
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Development studio and augmented reality experts Red Radiant Media is recruiting. The company is looking for contractors across all roles, with options to extend the role and possibly join the team. We've not covered RRM before, so who is this new studio? According to the company: Red Radiant Media is based in sunny Dundee, Scotland. …
The November IGDA Scotland meeting has been booked, scheduled and reserved. This month's meeting take place in Dundee, at the University of Abertay's Hannah MacLure Centre, on November 30th at 7pm. Entrance is free, but space is limited, so you need to register to secure your place. The monthly meetings have proven very popular, with …
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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 …
Outplay Entertainment is the new social/casual/mobile games publisher founded earlier this year by Doug and Richard Hare. Since the company was launched in February, it's had its head down, working away, recruiting staff and creating several original new games. The first of these, Word Trick, was released several weeks ago and has just received a …
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Cobra's Storm In A Teacup, which offers players the chance to fly a tiny boy-toting teacup through a dreamlike world of wonder, is now out on a brand new platform. The Roku is a streaming media player, which is available primarily in North America. It offers a range of streaming content, including the …
The Scottish chapter of the International Game Developers Association is so new, it still has a shine and excitement to it, that contact with the cynical games industry types has yet to tarnish. The IGDA has, rather cleverly, roped in many of the new and up-and-coming developers around the country by rotating each monthly meeting …
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The nominations for the 2011 British Academy Awards in Scotland were announced earlier this week. Three games from Scottish development studios have been nominated in the Games category... Cobra's iBomber Defence, Cohort's Me Monstar: Hear me Roar and Denki's Quarrel now go forward to the glittering, star-spangled and celebrity-studded awards ceremony in November. BAFTA in …
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It's taken a little while longer than planned, but we're thrilled, delighted and generally chuffed to announce the launch of the brand new Scottishgames.net JOBS PAGE. Sure, it's a little rough and ready at the moment, but it's heading in the right direction. Pulling together ALL of the games, interactive and digital media related roles …