A New Challenger Approaches: KO Studio Games steps out onto the Scottish Games Stage

KO Studio Games, a brand-new independent game developer based in Fife, Scotland, is set to officially launch this Friday. Helmed by Russell Anderson, a lifelong gamer with 20 years of industry experience, the studio aims …

OUT NOW – Dueling Wizards

Dueling Wizards is the latest release from Scotland’s Cog Mobile. Based in Fife, the company develops apps and games for commercial partners. Dueling Wizards however is an original new title, which puts the player into …

APPARITION – Inter-University 24 Hour Coding Challenge

There’s a brand new inter-University Jam, or Hack, or coding marathon taking place on the 11th & 12th of October. Organised by the British Computer Society and sponsored by Amazon’s Development Centre and code ninja’s …

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 …

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.  In 2005 we created a simple Yahoo group to help the growing number of game developers keep in touch.  It’s …

Courier Business Awards Looking For Digital Entries

The Courier, independent broadsheet of note for the globally acknowledged tech cluster of Dundee has teamed up with accountancy wizards Henderson Loggie has launched a Business Awards competition, aimed at companies operating within it’s ‘patch’ …

Scotland’s Luke Dicken Becomes First IGDA Director Outside US

The International Game Developers Association has voted Scotland’s Luke Dicken to the board of directors, the first director of the organisation from outside the USA. Already a director of IGDA Scotland, Luke now joins the …

Scottish Companies Attend Mobile World Congress

The Courier has helpfully pointed out that several Scottish companies are attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.   It just lists the ones from Dundee and Fife however. Outplay, Tag, YoYo and …