Spiffing Games Wants You To Get Infected

Dundee-based indie games developer Spiffing Games has released its latest title, Infected, which is now free to play online. Infected is an unashamed homage to classic board games like Go or Othello, in which the player has to place pieces on a grid to occupy as much space as possible and turn the opposing player's …

Knock Knock. Who’s There? Doctor…

Doctor Who?  Yes, Tag's latest TV tie-in, Doctor Who: The Mazes Of Time, was shown off for the first time earlier this week, with two initial screenshots (one of which is above) released by BBC Worldwide. The game is due for release is early December, but there's no word yet on the precise date or …

Space Police on Super Highway 9 – New Xbox Indie Game From Haiku Interactive

Edinburgh's Haiku Interactive has released its latest title on the Xbox Indie channel.  Space Police on Super Highway 9, is a top-down, vertically scrolling racing game, in which the player has to patrol the infinite road network of galactic highway 9, tracking down law breakers, ne'er do wells and perps, then ramming them off the …

Scottish Government Seeks Game Developer For Commonwealth Games Design Competition

The Scottish Government has launched a game design competition which will tie a student designer and a development studio together, to create a game for the 2014 Commonwealth Games website. While details of the student design side remain uncertain, it looks like students from universities around Scotland will be asked to submit concepts for a …

3MRT Launches New iPhone Apps

Edinburgh-based 3MRT is a company working in the 'educational' or 'serious' gaming sector, using games technology and techniques to create 'accelerated learning software designed to improve the retention of information and exam performance of its users.' 3MRT's flagship InQuizitor range is now available for the iPhone and iPod through the Apple App Store. Published by …

Artist In Residence 003 – Dan Bendon

This weeks Scottishgames.net banner comes to you courtesy of Mr Dan Bendon, the editor-in-chief of Scotland's most personable (and opinionated) online games website: Ready Up. Mr Bendon tells us he was inspired by a Scottish legend and felt that Scottishgames' unique blend of news, updates and analysis, was similar in a way to the zesty …

Lol Rare Smile Shock As Pop Babes Rock Shoot Ad Spot

Cohort Studios' PlayStation Move game The Shoot has been featured in a TV advert in which Sugababe Amelle and dubstep star Katy are seen playing the game...

Ludometrics Partners With Comedy Unit For First iPhone Title

Ludometrics, the company founded by Dave Thomson (Denki, Slam, Games Kitchen) earlier in 2010 has released its first title - an iPhone app based on the Comedy Unit's TV series, Gary: Tank Commander. Featuring a range of soundboards, almost guaranteed to confuse non-Scots, with classic clips from Gary (Gary McLintoch) himself, alongside 'Gary's Mystic Ball' …

NESTA To Establish Developer-Led Games Publisher

NESTA - the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts has called on UK game developers to contribute to the creation of a developer-driven (and owned) publisher, to help ensure the protect the future of the games sector in Britain. NESTA is looking for game developers t get involved in establishing a developer-owned and …

Cobra Launches iBomber Defense

Dundee's Cobra Mobile has announced the latest title in its popular iBomber franchise.  iBomber Defense for the iPhone/iPad has been published in conjunction with mobile publisher Chillingo. iBomber Defense takes the franchise in a new directi0n.  The first two titles were set inside a bomber, with a birds-eye view of targets on the ground.  The …