Two Scottish game developers now have games up on the Steam Greenlight system - and they need your help. For our non-games industry readers, Steam Greenlight is a new crowd sourcing project on Valve's hugely popular (65 million users worldwide) Steam digital distribution system, which allows gamers to vote for the new games they would …
2013 – By Our Numbers
The lovely people at WordPress make sure every user can see exactly how their blog/site is performing by sending out an annual summary of the posts, visitors and numbers from all around the world. If you came to any of the SGN launch events in late 2013, you'll have heard that one of the key …
2013 – A Year In Releases
2013 has been quite a year for the games industry in Scotland. Â From GTA V breaking all records to become the biggest entertainment launch in human history, to the brand new development team Things Made Out Of Other Things scooping the BAFTA Scotland award for their first title, Coolson's Artisanal Chocolate Alphabet, it's been a …
BAFTA Scotland – New Talent Awards – Call For Entries
The call has gone out for entries for the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. Â This is a competition exclusive to Scotland, which is open to new creators and practitioners - students, new teams, start-up companies and the like. It allows those starting out in the screen industries to have their talent and creativity recognised before …
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OUT NOW: Eldevin – Scotland’s Next Biggest Game…?
Eldevin, the new massively multi-player online role-playing game from Hunted Cow is now live and online. After almost eight years of development, costing in the region of £1M to create, Eldevin has similarly large ambitions - to become the biggest browser-based game in the world. Hunted Cow financed the creation of the game itself, building …
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Holy Double Cow! Civil War Prequel Announced & BAFTA Moustache Sim OUT NOW
The northerly powerhouse of gaming excellence which is Hunted Cow continues to pump out a powerful stream of games, with two new titles hitting the market within days of each other... Mr Montgomery's Debonair Facial Hair we've mentioned several times in the past. Â Starting life as a Dare to be Digital game in 2012, the …
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Scotsman Adds Games Coverage
For the last several years Scotland has suffered from an almost total lack of interest in video games within the mainstream media. Outside the occasional news story from the business desk, there's been little recognition of the video games sector as a viable creative industry, or as a valuable part of the country's economy. Â Even …
The Scottish Games Network Launches As Scotland’s Video Games Industry Body
Believe it or not, it's nearly ten years since the Scottish Games Network first launched. Â In 2005 we created a simple Yahoo group to help the growing number of game developers keep in touch. Â It's grown since then to become a dedicated website and a community spread over all of the significant social channels. It's …
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Cows Get Hirsute With Stylish BAFTA Winner
Ambitious publishing house Hunted Cow has signed up yet another title for its growing portfolio. Â The latest deal, will bring the BAFTA award winning game Mr Montgomery's Debonair Facial Hair to iOS and Android in November 2013. The innovative 2D action-arcade game challenges players to become the ultimate top lip topiarist, under the barbershop tutelage …
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OUT NOW – Ancient Battle: Rome, New For iOS
Hunted Cow's prodigious output of strategy games for Apple iOS continues with the company's latest release, Ancient Battle: Rome. This is the fourth historical strategy title to be published by Hunted Cow for iOS. Â Developed by strategy experts HexWar, including the winner of the Ancients competition at the World Wargaming Championships . Â HexWar has previously …
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