The nominations for the 2012 BAFTA In Scotland awards were announced yesterday. Alongside the glamour and household names in the film and actor categories, the far more vital and fascinating games category nominees were named. They are, in no particular order: Bad Hotel - Lucky Frame iBomber Defense Pacific - Cobra Golf Squared - Dynamo Games Bad Hotel is, we all know, a tower …
Inceptional – Officially Not A Film
We're always delighted to welcome a new company to the Scottish Games Network. It's even better when the company in question has just completed its very own boss fight with a major media giant, which was trying to crush it like a bug underfoot. So please welcome Inceptional Games. Based in Edinburgh, the company was …
Daley Thompson’s Decathlon Is BACK For iOS & Android
If you're a dedicated retro-gamer, or if you're just old, you'll be familiar with the classic sports title, Daley Thompson's Decathlon. Originally publisher in 1984 (by Ocean, fact fans...), the game offered players the chance to compete in the ten Decathlon events as the multiply-medalled and incredibly idolised Daley Thompson. The game was famous as …
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Scottish Companies Nominated In TIGA Awards
The 2012 TIGA Awards nominations have been announced, with several Scottish companies and teams included. There are several categories where Scotland is well represented - most notably the student games category which, thanks to Dare to be Digital, we dominate almost entirely. However there are many categories which rather inexplicably don't include any games from …
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Sick Kids Save Point – Gaming For Good
This weekend is the third annual Sick Kids Save Point charity gaming marathon. The event sees nearly 50 dedicated gamers across the country devoting an entire weekend to gaming, with the goal of raising money for the Edinburgh Sick Kids Foundation. First held in 2010, Sick Kids Savepoint has so far raised over £30,000 and …
Out Now – Gears Of Glory: Apex Ace
If there's one indie game we've been looking forward to over the last several months, it's Gears Of Glory. A technical top-down racer, the game offers players a more challenging experience than the normal zoomy, drivey, drifty type of arcade game. The handling needs to be learned, man. You need to spend some time figuring …
Introducing – Proper QA
There's a new company in Scotland's growing firmament of gaming wonder. It's not a development studio, but a company offering quality assurance and testing. Proper QA is based in Edinburgh and is the branchild of CEO Nick Barrett. QA is one of those aspects of development which is often overlooked, or which many people outside …
You Are In A Maze Of Twisty Little Passages, GCH, FDG, UF, Inc Mnstrs, Ghsts, Zmbs VGC
Interactive Fiction is alive and well and being written in Scotland. Yes, the purest, most literate and graphically rich form of gaming has not died and been buried in an unmarked, unregarded grave, unmourned, dismissed and forgotten. If you're not 'au fait' (literally 'with brains') with Interactive Fiction, it's the old fashioned kind of game …
Scottish Government Responds To Creative Industries Report
It's been a tumultuous and busy 24 hours. News of the research into Scotland's creative industries has spread throughout the global games sector and into the mainstream media... Now, the Scottish government has been in touch to tell us that they know it's wrong and they're working on better figures and more reliable information. Here's …
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No Revenue, No Value, No Students – Videogames Sector In Scotland Doesn’t Exist
Yesterday we reported that the digital media and interactive sectors had been inexplicably omitted from the 2012 Year of Creative Scotland awards. Today the reason may have become a little clearer. The games industry in Scotland does not exist in any significant way. It contributes nothing to the economy, there are only 200 people working …
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