It's a busy week for releases. Hot on the heels of their move into new (larger) office premises Tag Games has released the first title from their new original games label, Tag Play. Funpark Friends is an original new game for iPhone and iPad in which players must create and manage their own theme park. …
The Grapple Game
Wrestling Manager is the inaugural game from new development studio Serious Parody. Offering players the chance to take charge of a variety of oiled beefcake (of all sexes, races, creeds and abilities) and get them to the top of the belt-owning, ass-kicking and cross-buttocked tree, where they can sneer and threaten to 'rip a new …
Games Unpacked – New Development Tool For Kids – From Abertay & BAFTA – Using UNITY
As the information-dense headline might imply, there's a new game development tool on the block. Aimed at a teenage audience Games Unpacked has been created by the University of Abertay, in conjunction with BAFTA, as part of the Young Game Designers competition. Games Unpacked has been built using Unity 3D and provides a framework for …
Food Chain – New From Lava Level Games
Food Chain is the second game from the gentlemen at Lava Level Games. A challenging, match-three puzzle title for iPhone and iPad (and shortly for Android phones n' tablets), Food Chain features Belly & Brain, the adorable characters who are the public face of Just-eat, the UK fast food and takeaway portal. Lava Level Games …
Tag Games Expands
Tag Games is moving onwards and upwards, with a relocation into larger offices within the opulent Seabraes Yards, digital media hub in central Dundee. Providing the company with greater space, lovelier views and room for further expansion, Tag's new address is: Tag Games, West Wing 2nd Floor, Seabraes House, Greenmarket, Dundee, DD1 4QB. Yes, the West Wing. …
Proper Games Receives Investment From Abertay Prototype Fund
Proper Games has received a £25,000 investment from the prototype fund, run and overseen by the University of Abertay. The investment was announced by UK government minister for universities and science, David Willets, during a visit to the city. The Prototype fund is designed to invest directly in young, high-growth, creative companies, allowing them to …
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YoYo Games New Release – Pollushot – And Update on HTML5 Game Maker
YoYo's latest release, Pollushot, is a simple physics-based puzzler in which the player must use a slingshot to stop fiendish pirates polluting the skies and take them DOWN! Pollushot takes YoYo's multi-format strategy forward, with a simultaneous release on both iOS (with optimisation for the iPad 1&2) and Android devices. The game features unlockable achievements …
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Submissions Still Welcome For Future Games Contest
There's just over a week left to enter the Future Games Contest, which is looking for small companies wishing to win up to £25,000 for the development of new games prototypes which use games technology in interesting and innovative new ways. Winners will not only get the cash, but have their game (or technology) trialled …
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Dynamo Games Hits Top Of Charts With Crystal Maze
The Crystal Maze is back - and at the top of the charts. Dynamo's latest version of the cult TV game show, for iOS (or iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for those of you not entirely sure) has become the number 1 paid app in the UK. Recreating the classic television series, The Crystal Maze …
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Commonwealth 2014 Games Competition Winner Chosen
William Rountree, a student from Abertay University in Dundee is the winner of the game design competition run by the organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. William's concept was judged by a panel of industry experts, including Dave Jones (the gentleman behind games including Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown, just in case you don't …
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