Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Rockstar is revered as one of the world's most fashionable games companies. The publishing giant's latest line of desktop couture reflects this, with a focus on the fabrics of Scotland. Visitors to the Rockstar website can now decorate their desktops with the iconic Rockstar logo bedecked in a variety of fetching textiles including Argyle (as …
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OK, the game this post is actually about is a brand new online title from the recently formed Mainly About Games studio, called Run From The Sun. However, the chance to use Bucks Fizz lyrics for a headline, was just far too tempting to pass up. Please do NOT get confused. You SHOULD go to …
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It's awards season and Scottish companies are picking up gongs, trophies and accolades left, right and centre. Earlier this week at the prestigious Develop Awards, which took place at a glittering and star-studded event in glamorous Brighton, recruitment agency Specialmove and CGI experts Axis Animation both scooped prizes. Specialmove, which specialises in recruitment within the …
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Games creators and publishers are becoming increasingly comfortable with the idea of using talent from outside 'the industry'. Professional writers and musicians are now an established part of the development process - and thanks to titles such as L.A. Noire, stage and screen actors are becoming just as valued. However, the idea of using a …
Musemantik came to our attention several months ago, after exhibiting and presenting at the excellent Engage-Invest-Exploit event at Edinburgh University's world famous Informatics School. Musemantik has now announced the launch of its first two products which are aimed at game developers and promise to increase the players engagement with games, while saving time and money. …
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Ladies and gentlemen, new indie studio, Mainly About Games, based in Edinburgh, is the latest company to join the Scottishgames family. Created by former Rockstar North senior and lead designer Anthony 'Tony' Gowland, MAG is focused on smaller titles, with 'solid gameplay, hooks and big budget polish' according to Tony's very professional press release, which …
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Lucky Frame, a new development studio based in Edinburgh. Focusing on "interfaces for music using games consoles and mobile devices' and "other fun stuff", Lucky Frame is the brain child of Jon Brodsky and long-time Scotishgames hero Yann Seznec. The company's focus on musical interfaces and interesting stuff based around …
iPhone users can now download and enjoy TWO brand new games from Edinburgh-based development studio Fat Bob Games. (For those of you who were brought up beneath rocks, or suffered in a non-literary household, Fat Bob wis Oor Wullie's heavier companion, who enjoyed the odd jeely piece). Fat Bob's first releases are two 'twin' games …
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If you've been to any games or technology related event in Scotland over the last few years, the chances are you'll have run into Codeplay. The company is one of the oldest games-related studios in Scotland, having been around since 1999. However Codeplay is no simple game developer. Instead it has created a global profile …
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Direct from Scottishgames partner SQUARE-GO.COM: Conpulsion is Scotland's premier games convention and has been running under that name for the past 15 years but has existed in various forms for the past 25, acting as a community hub for Scottish gamers and visitors from across the world. At its roots, Conpulsion is predominately concerned with …
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