Saturday March 1st is the date. Â Dundee is the location. Â Game In Scotland is back for 2014 - bigger and better than ever before. This year's GIS offers something for everyone - whether you're looking for a job, starting your own company, working on a new project, or looking for advice from industry experts. Funded …
SGN Launch – Hello Glasgow! 27th November 2013
After several delays and changes in venue, the SGN Launch event finally reaches Glasgow. Â Taking place on the evening of Wednesday 27th of November at GMAC in the Trongate, Glasgow, this is YOUR opportunity to find out our plans for the SGN, ask questions, provide input and help make the Scottish games industry better. Last …
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Skye Twinned With Skylanders
Scotland today re-emphasised that it is clearly a pioneer in the global video games industry as Visit Scotland, the Highland Council and Activision today announced that the island of Skye has been twinned with Skylands, the home of the forthcoming game Skylander SWAP Force. The virtual twinning is apparently the first time that a real …
MCV’s 30 Under 30 – Vote Now
If you're working in the games industry and below the age of 30, then you're eligible for the 2013 MCV 30 Under 30, the magazine's annual list of the up-and-coming execs working in the games sector. MCV is asking readers to nominate their favourite up-and-coming stars of the UK games industry – your own staff …
Scottish Enterprise Hosts Post Mortem On Snowman
After the infamous 'melting' incident in which the magical snowman was found to be little more than a puddle of chilly water with a hat, Channel 4, in association with Interactive Scotland will host a post mortem on June 20th, at the Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre. The organisations are inviting participation from interested parties. Â Attendance …
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DIY Marketing and PR For Indie Games
This is entirely wonderful. Â I've been banging on about marketing and supporting your game for years now. Â With what seems like little effect. Â So it was a real pleasure to find an excellent piece, written by the very smart Kristina Seznec, about helping the team at Lucky Frame with their press and marketing. Â You can …
Scotland At GDC, Ladies & Gentlemen…
We rarely get to see any coverage of Scotland's presence at the Game Developer Conference, so thank you to Lazy Tech Guys, for posting their thoughts on the country's remarkable marketing efforts out in San Francisco. You can also check out this year's Game On brochure, that celebrates all things gaming. Â Or read about the …
GamesCom Cologne – UKIE UK Pavillion
GamesCom, the industry and consumer videogames event, runs in Cologne (Germany) from August 21st - 25th. Â The show has grown over the last several years into one of the world's largest games events, pulling in every major player from the development and publishing sectors. The UK Interactive Entertainment organisation (UKIE) is working with the department …
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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Introducing Brain Dead Ape
Ladies and gentlemen, please give a very warm Scottishgames type welcome to the team at Brain Dead Ape. Â A development studio with one foot in the world o' games and another in traditional software development, Brain Dead Ape is working in the mobile (iOS and Android) markets, as well as the rapidly growing gamification and …