BAFTA Scotland Award Nominations Announced

The list of nominees for the 2014 BAFTA Scotland awards has been released. Covering film, television, animation, games, documentaries and current affairs, the awards recognise the best in Scottish screen talent. Each category has three nominations, …

Solar Flux For Fewer Bucks

It’s your soaraway summer Steam sale! You’re spending money on games you’ll never play and loving every second of it. So why not support one of your local studios and pick up Firebrand’s Solar Flux …

NOW HIRING – Firebrand Games

Glasgow’s Firebrand Games is recruiting.  The company has a number of positions on offer for both coders and artists, on both contract and permanent basis. If you’re not familiar with the company, Firebrand has created …

VG247 Scotland – Issue 1 – The Best Place To Sell Games

VG247’s news editor Dave Cook has just published issue number 1 of his new, regular, Scotland-focused editorial, VG247 Scotland, looking at the state of the games industry as it relates to Scotland and including creators, …

VG247 Scotland – Issue 0 Now LIVE – Read, Watch, Play

VG247’s UK News Editor, Dave Cook has done something disruptive.  He’s started a regular column on the VG247 site focusing on the video games sector in Scotland. Covering business news, releases, updates and interviews, VG247 …

Vote Solar Flux For Indie DB Game Of The Year

Indie DB, the website dedicated to all things indie and excellent is holding it’s annual Game Of The Year awards. Firebrand’s gravitationally challenging galactic save-em-up Solar Flux is in the running.  And we – yes …

GamesWest – New Event For Students With All Star Speaker Line Up

The University of the West of Scotland, West College Scotland and IGDA Scotland have put together an eye-wateringly good introduction to the world of gaming and the interactive industry as a career. Games West takes …

TIGA Awards Finalists Announced

UPDATE: It’s been brought to our attention we missed a couple of key Scottish finalists out.  Stormcloud games were also nominated in the Most Original Game category, while ALL of the entries in the Best …

OUT NOW: Solar Flux For iPad

Solar Flux, the original new sun-saving, gravity-defying, inertia-dampening, ufo-controlling game from Glasgow’s Firebrand Games is now LIVE on the Apple App store. We saw the world-exclusive hands-on preview at last weeks Dare to be Digital …

Solar Flux – New From Firebrand Games

Glasgow’s Firebrand Games has been fairly quiet of late.  The Studio is the developer behind a whole range of driving games for large publishers, including TrackMania on Nintendo DS to Need for Speed: Undercover to Dirt …