Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Microsoft has confirmed that the venue for next month's Mobile App Accelerator Camp (MAAC) will be the Dovecot in central Edinburgh. The MAAC is a one day workshop which promises to teach developers everything required to create a professional, polished and successful application, as well a creating a chance to be accepted for AppCampus. Places …
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The University of the West of Scotland, West College Scotland and IGDA Scotland have put together an eye-wateringly good introduction to the world of gaming and the interactive industry as a career. Games West takes place at the UWS Paisley Campus on December 4th 2013. The bad news is, that the event is aimed at …
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Microsoft is coming to Edinburgh in early December. Â The company is holding a Mobile App Acceleration Camp for developers, to help them prepare applications for the AppCampus and and a successful game or app. Â Participants can pitch ideas to people who understand the market, industry mentors and gain valuable feedback on projects. The MAAC is …
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The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is doing rather well these days.  In the last two weeks we've been able to mention  it sitting at the top of the UK all-format charts, fighting off the competition from many of the world's largest franchises. This week, it's the hat trick.  Another number one slot.  Well done …
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At 5pm on Sunday the 11th of August, the 2013 Dare to be Digital ProtoPlay event drew to a close. Â The four day even in central Dundee, pulled in a record breaking crowd of 13,000 players, gamers, developers, designers, stars, ministers, legends and families. Fiona Hyslop, the Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs opened …
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The Xbox 360 editition of Minecraft has retained the top spot in the UK all-format Top 40 for the second week in a row, fighting off competition from The Last Of Us (#2) and Animal Crossing: New Leaf (#3). As we pointed out last week, the chart is stuffed with major, multi-title franchises, sequels and …
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Crackdown, the superb free-roaming, crime-fighting, car-racing, gang-busting, orb-collecting, high-jumping sandbox game created by the late, lamented Realtime Worlds has just been released FREE for Xbox Live GOLD members. If you have a gold membership then for the next couple of weeks (we believe) you can download it for no money whatsoever. And you should. Â It's …
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Codeplay is an enigma.  One of Scotland's most successful technology companies, with a truly global reputation, yet they work on such secret projects that most people never know about all the consoles, mobiles and devices it helps shape, optimise and prepare for developers to build the next generation of awesome upon. Now Codeplay is hiring.  The …
IT has begun. Â Dare to be Digital 2013, the games design and development competition for students is now LIVE in the city of Dundee. Fifteen teams from all around the world have come together for the next nine weeks to build a new and original game, before demonstrating it in front of thousands of families, …
Dungeon Smash is a brand new Xbox Live Indie game, from Haiku Interactive in Edinburgh. The game is a re-imagining of the classic arcade title, Gauntlet, where players must explore multiple levels of an infested dungeon, fighting off enemies, finding provisions and seeking the kidnapped princess. The game promises some real old-school arcade action, using …
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