Out today on iOS, quirky platformer Food Run comes from Edinburgh based one-man-developer Pixels On Toast, also known as Kevin Ng. With Rockstar Games, EA and Warthog sitting happily on his CV, Ng formed Pixels On Toast in 2010 and produced titles WordCrasher and Kick Flick Soccer. Food Run is his follow up and we …
2012 in review
How was your 2012? Â Good? Â Bad? Â Indifferent? Â Inexplicably awesome? Â We may never know (unless you kept your friendly neighbourhood Scottish Games Network up to date with the latest, greatest news, releases and updates). The Scottish Games Network did quite well, thank you. Â Lots of new views, lots of new friends, lots of great interest. Â The …
Scotland – Mobile Tower Defence Capital Of The World…
It's Christmas. Â So for games sites with less dedicated editorial staff and a surfeit of lovely news, it means that it's time for round-ups, top tens and lists of the best [x] game(s) of 2012, where [x] is a genre, platform, or sub set of those based upon the site's own focus. IGN is leading …
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Jam Spreads Over Whole Of Scotland
As we've mentioned in the recent past, the Global Games Jam is a 48 hour competition which challenges teams of developers to create a brand new, original game using whatever tools, hardware and platforms they so desire. It's a full on challenge, running continuously over two days and incorporates themes and bonus achievements for creating …
Develop Magazine Publishes Scottish Regional Focus
In the most recent issue of Develop, the industry magazine for the creators of video games, there's a regional focus piece looking at the games sector in Scotland. The piece pulls in quotes from a number of companies, including Rockstar North, Tag, eeGeo, Denki and YoYo Games. The article explores the impact on the games …
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BBC Radio Scotland Explores The Scottish Games Industry
On Saturday (and Sunday), BBC Radio Scotland's Business Scotland programme looked at the game industry in Scotland. Â What is it? Â Where is it? Â What does the new tax relief mean for companies creating games north of the border? The programme features several well known MD's, CEO's and entrepreneurs including Outplay Entertainment's Doug Hare, Ninja Kiwi's …
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Scots Developers Feature In Develop’s 30 Under 30 List
Develop Magazine runs an annual list of 30 notable developers under the age of 30. Â The 2012 list was published yesterday and several individuals (and members of the Scottish games Network) feature prominently. We're big fans of celebrating and supporting new and emerging talent hereabouts, so allow us to also feature them prominently... This year's …
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Out Now – Save Santi – New From Inceptional Games
Out now, just in time for Christmas, comes Save Santi the brand new game from Edinburgh's Inceptional. Save Santi is a retro-styled puzzler in which the player must alter each level to help a handful of cute, cuddly, fuzzy and otherwise lovely little critters to reach dear old St Nick and save his jolly old …
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FULL EMPLOYMENT FRIDAY – Nine New Jobs Now Online
We've just added a grand total of NINE new jobs to the Scottish Games Network JOBS page this morning. Â They're all from game developers or technology companies and cover a huge range of roles, across Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh. This is our biggest JOBS update ever - and there are more to come. If you're …
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Play THE OFFICIAL and/or die. Apparently.
Occasionally we receive intriguing e-mails, or notifications of new games in development that we weren't aware of. Â Even more infrequently, this unknown new game can be astonishing, impressive, truly original or bewildering and terrifying. The Official sits neatly in the middle of those last two categories. Â There's something particularly creepy about the retro, low polygon …
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