Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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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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 …
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 …
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 …