Five Pixels is one of the winning teams from this year's Dare To Be Digital. Seek is their first game. It was released in early November and has already scooped a TIGA award for the Best Student Game. Seek is a first person game in which the player must find their friends, who are lost …
OUT NOW – High Steaks! New From Future Fossil
Scientists. From the amiable if eccentric lab-coated boffins of British fame, to the megalomaniacal 'Fools! I'll show them. I'll show ALL of them! Mwah ha ha...!' Frankenstein-esque human centipede creators, they love meddling in things they ought not to. And if you're meddling with things you ought not to, then clearly, second only to building …
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OUT NOW – SAS Zombie Assault 4
Zombies. They're everywhere. Rising from the dead, lurching around corners, falling to pieces (yet inexplicably failing to be eaten by starving dogs, packs of wolves or the more ubiquitous bacteria...) And of course, they're always, always looking for human flesh and/or brains. It's a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which many would become mad - and many …
Games Meets Textiles – OUT NOW – Strawberry Thief
Sophia George, the V&A museum’s first ever Game Designer in Residence, has launched her first game, inspired by her work with the V&A - a brand new iPad game inspired by the work of textile designer William Morris. Strawberry Thief takes its title from from a famous William Morris furnishing fabric, which is on display in …
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OUT NOW: iBomber 3
A full five years after the launch of the original iBomber - and the start of an epic series of games - Cobra has just released the latest title - iBomber 3. Like the original, the aim of the game is simple. Blow stuff up. It's like the apotheosis of video gaming. Blow stuff up, get …
OUT NOW – Incandescence
Tippety tappety went the programmer, staring at the screen. The tealy-orangey wash of the monitor lit his face, like a well-considered light source in front of his serious face. If this was a cool Hollywood movie, the code on the screen would have been somehow projected onto his serious face. But it wasn't. It was reality. …
OUT NOW – Shred It!
Shred It! is a brand new and original mobile game from Glasgow's EM Studios. It's a snow boarding title, challenging players to make their way down a really big mountain, avoiding obstacles, pulling tricks, collecting power-ups and looking cool. To keep things exciting, the course is procedurally-generated, so the obstacles and collectibles are always in new …
Channel 4 And Chunk Stand Up To Cancer – Reverse The Odds – OUT NOW
One of the most exciting things about the games industry is the fact that it's being used for more than princess rescue, coin collection and blowing things up in ever more photo realistic detail. More and more often companies from outwith the games sector are realising that games, game mechanics and gaming experiences can be extended beyond …
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OUT NOW – Inceptional’s Exceptional Offer – Games For Free
Edinburgh's Inceptional has released it's latest title, iLectronz for Google Play and the Apple App Store. And to celebrate, has made all of it's games FREE! iLectronz is described as a bit like a vertical Pac-Man, only different. Demanding precise hand/eye coordination and reflexes like an electronic cat, which has had lots and lots of fizzy …
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