Biome Collective Representing Dundee at London Design Biennale
Dundee has chosen Biome Collective to create a new interactive experience focusing on mental health and wellbeing to represent the city at the 2018 London Design Biennale.
Pixel Blimp Wins Place On Microsoft Accelerator Programme
Dundee’s Pixel Blimp, the team behind games including Wee Paper Planes and more recently, the fiendishly difficult Free The Network, has won a place on Microsoft Venture’s accelerator programme. The programme is an intensive fourteen …
Ludometrics Bodychecks Radius Fest
Radius is a new indie games festival, held in the heart of London. It took place last week and drew in dozens of indie developers including our very own David Thomson of Ludometrics fame. Because …
European Commission Approves Tax Relief For UK Games Industry
After years of campaigning, outreach, advocacy and explaining things patiently to various governments, parliaments and public sector bodies, the European Commission has finally approved the games production credit scheme. From April, companies across the UK …
OUT NOW – Genes In Space – Fight Cancer, Save The Galaxy
Games can change the world… In July 2013, the team at Guerilla Tea announced that they were working with Cancer Research UK on a new game which would use real world clinical research data. Players …
Games Media Awards Nominees Announced
The Games Media Awards, the annual games media shindig which awards the games media for being the very best games media has just announced the nominees for 2013. One Scottish website, one Scottish journalist and …
Lub Vs Dub – Scottish Game Jam Winner Hits The App Store
Lub Vs Dub is a brand new game, for iPhone and iPad, which was born in the blistering forge of the 2013 Global Game Jam. The game picked up the Best Tech and Best Game …
V&A Appoints BAFTA Winner As First Ever Game Designer In Residence
The V&A Museum “the world’s greatest museum of art and design” has appointed its first ever Game Designer In Residence. It’s someone who may be familiar to Scottish Games Network readers. Sophia George is (deep breath …
IDEAScotland: New Innovation Centre Opens In Dundee
IDEAScotland (Innovation and Digital Enterprise Alliance Scotland) is a new innovation centre located in Dundee’s University of Abertay. The centre will support start-ups in the digital, technology and creative sectors. IDEAScotland has been created by Scottish …
V&A Seeking Game Designer In Residence
The Victoria & Albert museum is offering one game developer a unique opportunity to explore, experiment and engage with interactive entertainment in an entirely new way. The museum is advertising a game design residency, which will …