Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
UPDATED: We originally stated that the Xbox One could emulate existing Xbox 360 games. It's now clear Xbox One will not offer emulation of Xbox 360, Xbox Live or Xbox indie games. Our non-games readers might have missed the excitement, buzz, then deluge of social media updates, from developers, journalists, games industry pundits, analysts and gamers …
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Dare to be Digital, the world's leading competition for student game developers has announced the developer accord members for the 2013 event. Developer accord members are companies who give up time to provide guidance and mentoring for the 15 teams which will be developing games for nine weeks over the summer. This year, the teams …
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Dundee's YoYo Games, the company behind the Game Maker development software has launched a competition to reward developers creating games for Windows 8. If you're not familiar with Game Maker, it's a simple development platform, which allows anyone from the age of around 9 to build games, without having to know how to code, or …
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The phenomenon which is Minecraft has taken the Xbox by storm. By the end of March 2013, IGN reported that sales had passed 6,000,000 copies. It's the fastest selling Xbox Live game of all time, the biggest selling Xbox Live game of all time and the Xbox version became profitable less than 24 hours after …
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Unicorn Space Command is a brand new game, created by Martin Grant, 2nd year Games Technology Student at the University of the West of Scotland (that's right, there IS life outside Abertay). Martin took part in a recent games jam at UWS sponsored by Microsoft. Using Construct 2, an HTML5 games editor, he came up …
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The MCV Awards were held in London last night, with Scotland's independent games retailer, Game Centre picking up the trophy for Best High Street Independent Retailer and the Xbox 360 version of Mojang's Minecraft, developed by 4J Studios, walking off with the Sales Triumph award. If you've not come across Game Centre yet, they're an independent …
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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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We're always delighted to hear from new companies working in and around the games sector here in Scotland. We're pretty well in terms of developers. At the last count - and with another couple still to be added to the site, we have 86 development studios in the country. Today's Introducing is different. We were …
Three of Scotland's most experienced game developers have set up a new game development studio based in Dundee. Stormcloud Games has been launched by Frank Arnot, Andy West and Pat McGovern, who between them have over 50 years of development experience and have launched 45 games, covering almost every genre and platform, including Minecraft (XBLA), …
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Angry Mango, the team behind the Dare to be Digital and BAFTA-award winning title, Mush has launched today, exclusively for Windows mobile phones. Mush offers an original blend of physics based gameplay, coupled with touch and tilt controls. Players must navigate a complex, but charming cartoon world by tilting the phone and making Mush rise …
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