Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Edinburgh's Gamevial is a development studio focusing on browser-based gaming. The company is one of the most prolific developers in the country, having created around 100 titles, which can be found and played through the Gamevial website. Gamevial's titles can best be described as 'diverse'. The company has released games including Russia's Army, a multi-player …
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So in the run up to the joy of Christmas and the virtual madness of thousands of new apps, price drops, sales, new handsets, the closure of Open Feint and the many, many days of stress and madness to come, we thought we'd do something lovely for all of the games companies in Scotland. If …
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At a star-spangled awards ceremony, presented by Edith Bowman, in Glasgow last night, the 2012 BAFTA in Scotland awards were handed out. Winners included household names such as Billy Connolly (lifetime achievement award), Gregor Fisher (Best TV Actor) and Stuart Cosgrove (Outstanding contribution to Broadcasting). However, for the second year in a row, all eyes …
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Despite hundreds, if not thousands of years of anecdotal sightings, reports and intriguingly blurry photos, there has been no definitive proof of the existence of mysterious cryptids such as the yeti, sasquatch or skunk ape. Reports of flying bipedal hominids are even rarer. One thinks of John Keel's experiences in Point Pleasant, Virginia, with the …
The Blazing Griffin team's Kickstarter campaign to fund the sequel to The Ship, has been revamped, updated and improved. While we loved the performances and production values of the original video on the popular crowd-funding site, many people expressed concern that it didn't feature enough information about the game, the studio, the project, or indeed …
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The Scottish Game Jam is a 48 hour game development marathon which takes place every January, as part of the larger Global Game Jam, which pulls in teams and individuals over over the world, competing to make a new game in only two days. Scotland's Game Jam has taken place in Glasgow Caledonian University for …
Word Crasher, the game which manages to combine Scrabble, Tetris and dropping Mentos with all letters on, into Coke, has been revised, updated and polished to a mirror sheen by Edinburgh-based indie powerhouse and one man dynamo of Wonder, Pixels On Toast (aka Kevin Ng). Word Crasher now reflects the beauty and integrity of Kevin's …
It's the start of awards season in the games world. From now until Christmas, an array of glittering and glamorous awards ceremonies will be taking place across the length and breadth of the UK, as various organisations hand out a variety of trophies, awards, gongs, certificates and other endorsements, to game developers, publishers and associated …
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Edinburgh's Blazing Griffin studio is creating a sequel to The Ship and is using the brand new UK-friendly version of Kickstarter to fund the game. The Ship: Full Steam Ahead will be a steampunk-themed sequel to the incredibly popular murder-em-up, placing players in a thrilling Victorian environment and allowing them to do one another in …
Rockstar Games has announced that the much anticipated GTA V is due for release in Spring 2013. The game will be available for pre-order from November 5th. The game is currently in development at Rockstar North HQ in Edinburgh. Could this be the biggest selling GTA title yet? To date, the series has sold over …