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' …
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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 …
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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 …
New APB Owner Considering Scotland For European HQ?
The ongoing saga of APB continues, with GamersFirst telling GamesIndustry.biz they may well consider creating a European HQ and Scotland is one of the locations they're looking at: In the event that a number of ex-staff were contracted and the relaunched game proved successful, it was possible that a Scottish office could be opened. "Absolutely. …
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APB Sale To Pay Outstanding Wage Claims + Interview With New Owner
Last week's sale of APB to K2 Network, will allow Begbies-Tryanor, the administrator of Realtime Worlds to settle all outstanding wage and holiday pay claims, according to the latest report from GamesIndustry.biz. Paul Dounis from the liquidator is quoted as saying: "We are obviously very happy to have concluded the sale but at the same …
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Mr Bump Trips Onto The iPhone App Store
Mr Bump, the first title from Digital Goldfish's deal with Chorion, to bring the classic kids TV license Mr Men to Apple's AppStore is now live. Mr Bump has not only launched on the AppStore, but has taken over the popular FreeAppADay service, which offers new Apps - for free - for a day. As …