Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Last night saw the first meeting of the new cross-party group on videogames technology at the Scottish Parliament. Convened by MSP Joe Fitzpatrick, whose constituency covers Dundee, the group is designed to look at the whole games sector and how it can do business more effectively in Scotland. Despite many companies attending the Game Developer …
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YoYo's latest release, Pollushot, is a simple physics-based puzzler in which the player must use a slingshot to stop fiendish pirates polluting the skies and take them DOWN! Pollushot takes YoYo's multi-format strategy forward, with a simultaneous release on both iOS (with optimisation for the iPad 1&2) and Android devices. The game features unlockable achievements …
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YoYo Games has launched its brand new - and very slick - website. Â The new site outlines all of the company's activities, from the hugely popular Game Maker app, through to the online community of game makers and games, as well as the more recent publishing arm. YoYo has created a greal deal of momentum …
Late breaking news time. Â There's a FREE Windows Phone 7 workshop taking place in Dundee tomorrow (Saturday 18th June). Â It's aimed at developers, students and Dare teams, but space is limited. Â So if you're interested, sign up NOW. Here are the facts: Featured Products/Topics:Â Windows Phone , Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight, Expression Studio, Expression Blend Recommended …
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Dundee, city of many discoveries. Â Home to jute, journalism and the all-new Dundee Game Jam. Â Taking place at Abertay University on (Saturday) May 28th, from 09.30 - 17.00. It's open to students, professional game developers, ex game developers, reformed games developers, talented amateurs and anyone who can put together the basic pieces of a videogame. …
3MRT's Inquizitor range of apps, which teach stadard and GCSE subjects such as English, French, Biology, Maths and Physics hit the front page of the Apple App Store earlier this week, as one of the several 'Apps of the week', chosen by the App store staff. Inquizitor uses games technology and game-like experience to help …
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Readers of this blog, as clever and pretty as they undoubtedly are, may not have come across the Consolarium before. Â Describing itself as the 'Scottish Centre For Games & Learning', the Consolarium uses commercially available games - hardware and titles - within classrooms. Â Side stepping the serious games sector and instead looking at how to …
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Online games coaching FPS Trainer is heading for 10,000 users, just in time for its live tournament at the end of this week, at the Glasgow arm of the Global Games Jam (you may have noticed their lovely banner gracing the site this week...) The company is offering a prize for the 10,000th registered use, …
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Scottish Architecture & Design is looking for game designers/developers who can help them to create online games for the organisation's website. Â The designer can be an individual or part of a larger organisation. Â The only information about the game/s notes: "Content of the games will be developed by A+DS with technical advice from the appointed …
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Play2Improve, the company behind FPS Trainer, the new online service which teaches gamers to compete more effectively in online FPS games, is holding it's public world premiere on MONDAY 20th December, at HMV's Gamerbase on Princes Street in Edinburgh... FPS Trainer, the brand new online service which combines sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based coaching technology with …