It's always nice to hear from a new development studio. So it's a pleasure to introduce Physmo, a new indie developer based in Glasgow, which has released its latest title, Mos Speedrun for iPhone, iPad and Mac. An unashamedly old school platformer, Mos Speedrun has been picking up incredible scores and critical acclaim from the …
Last Call – BAFTA Scotland Awards Need YOU(r Games)
Time is ticking away. Entries for the 2011 British Academy Scotland Awards close on Friday 19th of August at 17:00 BST. The new GAMES category is open to every developer from indie-vidual developers, through to the largest studios. Format is not a consideration, allowing online, browser-based, mobile and casual titles, to compete head-to-head with console …
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Plum Crazy – New From Claymore Games
Claymore Games, the indie games studio founded by Brian Hackett in 2005 has been working quietly away on a number of projects over the last year or so, but we've not heard much from them. That's all changed with the release of Claymore's Plum Crazy, for iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad...), which is OUT NOW! The …
Glasgow Caledonian Students Heading For First Game Release
According to Glasgow's Evening Times, a team of students from Glasgow Caledonian University are close to signing a deal for their first game - Ludi Gladiatorium - with a major publisher. Project leader Daniel Sneddon has already pitched the, as yet unfinished game, to an unnamed publisher in San Francisco, with another Hong Kong based …
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Awards, Commendations, Recognition, GLORY
It's awards season and Scottish companies are picking up gongs, trophies and accolades left, right and centre. Earlier this week at the prestigious Develop Awards, which took place at a glittering and star-studded event in glamorous Brighton, recruitment agency Specialmove and CGI experts Axis Animation both scooped prizes. Specialmove, which specialises in recruitment within the …
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Reinventing Literature – Tern TV Takes On Tomes
Tern TV, although best known as a TV production company, has a well established and pioneering digital group. The company's latest venture into the interactive world was recently picked up by Kotaku, who looked at Tern's new Digital Adaptations project. Digital Adaptations takes classic literary works and reimagines them within a virtual environment. Turning books into …
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Coming Soon From Firebrand – Need For Speed On 3DS
Firebrand Studios, in Glasgow, contacted us a couple of days ago to point towards some very positive coverage for the company's current project for the Nintendo Gameboy 3DS, Need For Speed: The Run. Due for release in November 2011, the game challenges players to compete in an illegal San Francisco - New York road race. …
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Dorkapalooza – Charity Fundraiser – July 9th & 10th – Glasgow
Glasgow's GameDork community is coming together this weekend, for a weekend of gaming joy - with a purpose. Over the course of Saturday and Sunday, like-minded folks will be able to gather, in the presence of much gaming hardware - and play games - all for charity. In this case, the Children's Hospice Association Scotland …
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Celtic Heroes – New Mobile MMO From One Thumb Mobile
One Thumb Mobile, the development studio in central Glasgow has been working on its first original project for quite some time now. If you've been at any of the creative events over the last few months and were lucky enough to run into the OTM team, you might have been given a sneak peek at …
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Please Welcome Huzutech – Online, Social, Community & Virtual Worlds
Ladies & Gentlemen, please welcome a new company to the happy, hard-working Scottishgames family. Huzutech is based in Glasgow and is the creator of a new technology which allows online, browser-based virtual worlds to be developed. Aimed at the social and casual end of the gaming market, Huzutech works with brand and intellectual property (IP) …
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