Edinburgh's Inceptional hit the headlines late last year, with their initial release Save Santi, as well as news that the company was not the Hollywood movie, Inception. Now Inceptional is back with its second title, Light Hero, a defiantly retro-styled shoot-em-up (or 'shmup' if you want to sound like you're down with the gamers...), out …
Ruffian Reveal – No Crackdown 3, Tribal Towers Underway
It's been a while since we last heard from the team at Ruffian Games in Dundee. Â A couple of ice ages at least. Â So it was a pleasure to see some news and even mention of a new game from the company, yesterday afternoon. In a blog on the new Tribal Towers website, Ruffian's Billy …
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Genocide Dolphins – Scottish Indie Dev Kickstarting Surreal Shooter Of Ultimate Oddness
Radiant Silverlabs, the studio created by veteran developer Gareth Murphin has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund... something. The project, Genocide Dolphins, has started to pick up some attention from the indie games media and is generating a lot of buzz from players looking for something new. The game looks odd. Â Weird in fact. Â In …
Hebridean Productions Launches Bitzkrieg On Xbox Live Indie
If you're not a resident of Scotland, a reader or an isolationist of breathtaking arrogance, you may not be fully aware of the Outer Hebrides.  They're an island chain off the western coast of Scotland steeped in history, from the Mesolithic era onwards.  They're known for their  rugged yet eclectic landscapes, impressive number of lochs …
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Guerilla Tea – One Game a Month Challenge
Last weekend the Scottish Game Jam took place and Guerilla Tea were invited to mentor at the Dundee chapter. It was a terrific event and we all had a great time, made even better by the fact that pizza was provided on the Friday night… The spirit of turning night into day and developing a …
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Lucky Frame’s Wave Trip. Wavy! Trippy! Fun!
Lucky Frame is back - with a brand new game. Â After the awards, amazing reviews, nominations, plaudits, acclaim and general awestruck wonder that the company's previous title, Bad Hotel picked up, Lucky Frame has refused categorically to rest upon it's rainbow-hued laurels. Â The steely-eyed outfit has instead forced it's development gnomes back down the software …
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Develop Magazine Publishes Scottish Regional Focus
In the most recent issue of Develop, the industry magazine for the creators of video games, there's a regional focus piece looking at the games sector in Scotland. The piece pulls in quotes from a number of companies, including Rockstar North, Tag, eeGeo, Denki and YoYo Games. The article explores the impact on the games …
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Play THE OFFICIAL and/or die. Apparently.
Occasionally we receive intriguing e-mails, or notifications of new games in development that we weren't aware of. Â Even more infrequently, this unknown new game can be astonishing, impressive, truly original or bewildering and terrifying. The Official sits neatly in the middle of those last two categories. Â There's something particularly creepy about the retro, low polygon …
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Namaball & Lif – New Titles From Gamevial
Edinburgh's Gamevial is a development studio focusing on browser-based gaming. Â The company is one of the most prolific developers in the country, having created around 100 titles, which can be found and played through the Gamevial website. Gamevial's titles can best be described as 'diverse'. Â The company has released games including Russia's Army, a multi-player …
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Word Crasher Blitz PLUS – Minus Adverts
Word Crasher, the game which manages to combine Scrabble, Tetris and dropping Mentos with all letters on, into Coke, has been revised, updated and  polished to a mirror sheen by Edinburgh-based indie powerhouse and one man dynamo of Wonder, Pixels On Toast (aka Kevin Ng). Word Crasher now reflects the beauty and integrity of Kevin's …