OK, it's a subjective question. Who is the best designer in the UK? Now the team at Zappar have helped answer that question with their new project. Hot on the heels of working with supermodel Solenn Heussaff and some ice cream; a couple of the world's biggest wrestling stars, classic english literature, reinventing greetings cards …
Alt-w Creative Fund Now Open For Entries
The Alt-w fund supports artists to explore experimental and interactive activities, make use of technology as both a platform and medium, and recognise the rapidly evolving role that digital culture plays in todays society. Creators can apply for up to £10,000 of production costs from the fund. To provide more background and context on the …
Denki Is Hiring! Player Champion Required
The games industry is changing. It's a business which has always been driven by technology but, for many years, this meant that the gee-whizzery and eye candy aspects of games soaked up all the time, attention and column inches. more polygons at higher frame rates and ever more elaborate rocket launchers were the order of …
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Are You LinkedIn? Ultra Limited Exclusive Memberships Now OPEN
Yes, you can now join the Scottish Games debates, discussions and strategy planning on the professional social network LinkedIn. Membership is by approval only and for strictly limited to professionals working within the digital media space (and students on relevant courses). Join now for early bird incentives and unique super powers.
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The Prototype Fund, administered by the University of Abertay in Dundee has helped a wide range of digital media companies get started with grants of £25,000 and access to facilities and students from the university's numerous games courses. The next round of funding is due in the very near future and the prototype team are …
Grown Ups ONLY
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a request... 'Grown-up Gaming' - Focus Group Series This is a series of focus groups which will contribute to a new study into gaming culture being produced at the University of Glasgow. These will all be held at the University of Glasgow campus. All participants must be 18 or over, …
Qix Starter
Tracer is a brand new title from Dynamo Games for iPad - and very shortly - your other favourite iOS devices. Then Android, just to make sure everyone is happy (bar Blackberry users of course, but there's no helping some people...) Tracer draws inspiration from classic arcade titles such as Qix and Xonix, taking players …
World Exclusive – £1M Investment For Scottish Games Company
Development Studio Serious Parody has raised over £1M in investment to expand the studio's games portfolio. This will allow the company to establish a new dedicated studio, based in Dundee and recruit 18 new members of staff in the coming months. Serious Parody has raised the majority of the money from private investors, with a …
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Minecraft Xbox 360 – Biggest Ever Day 1 Sales – Profitable In First HOUR
As the headline suggests, the Xbox 360 version of indie sensation Minecraft has been doing rather well. Microsoft announced at the end of the week that the game had broken existing sales records for first day sales. While no figures have been announced, the game was apparently making profit within the first hour of release, …
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Denki Announces New Plans – Exciting Plans – Secret Plans…
The team at Denki have released a filthy teasing hint that they're working on their next new game. Following the success of Quarrel on iOS and Xbox Live, Denki's next move has been the subject of intense speculation in and around the digital media and interactive industries globally. Now, the first tiny wisps of insubstantial …
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