Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Elgin has long established itself as the most (we think) northerly games hub in the UK. As the home of the excellent Moray Game Jam, the internationally successful Hunted Cow, and the specialised engineering team at Code Wizards, the region has a deep-rooted history of digital creativity - and a community of beautiful people. Now, …
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You may have seen the recent news about Apex Legends - the multi-player battle arena game from Respawn Entertainment migrated to Amazon GameLift Servers, completing the cutover in only 10 days with zero player-facing downtime. The migration was the work of Code Wizards group, the incredible games tech company, with offices in Reading, England, Cantebury, …
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Friday marked the launch of the 2015 Moray Game Jam, which is taking place at Moray College in Elgin. Not only does this make the jam the most northerly in the whole United Kingdom, it marks the return of one of the friendliest, most collaborative events in the gaming calendar. This year's competition has pulled …
Two hours to go. Â Thus far there have been no meltdowns, no collapses, no screaming hysteria. In fact the whole of the first ever Moray Game Jam has been marked by remarkable levels of good humour, cooperation and calm. The teams are still working. The projects are, for the most part, looking good. Playable demos …
It's Saturday afternoon. The first ever Moray game jam has just past the first 24 hours and all nine teams are powering into their projects. The theme of the jam, is it changed the world and many of the teams have taken this in directions of inventions, medical discoveries or indeed the total destruction of …
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The Moray Game Jam, UK's most northerly game jam kicked off this afternoon, with over 40 competitors, split between nine teams, taking part in the first ever Jam to be held in Elgin's Moray College. The teams have 48 hours to create something epic, based around the theme of 'it changed the world', chosen thanks …
Entries are now open for the Moray Game Jam. Â Scotland (and the UK's) most northerly jam EVER takes place on the 14th - 16th of March at the University of the Highlands and Islands' Moray College. Teams are being sought to design and create a new and original game in only 48 hours. Â The prize …
The teams at Hunted Cow, Moray College and Screen HI are collaborating to create what is believed to be the most northerly game jam ever to take place in the United Kingdom. The 48 hour Moray Game Jam takes place on March 14th-16th, at Moray College in Elgin. Â It's open to teams of 2-5 people …
A nation divided.  Two opposing sides, united by a love of their country, yet torn asunder by irreconcilable differences and notions of what it means to be 'an American'.  Ideology, political wrangling and corruption descending into hostility, conflict and open warfare... Not the forthcoming US elections, sadly, but the  American civil war.  A period of …
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You might not have come across Hunted Cow before now. The studio is based up in the frozen north of Elgin and works mainly upon browser-based MMO games, including Fallen Sword, SigmaStorm II and Gothador. The company recently picked up an exporter of the year award from the Moray Chamber of Commerce and has now …
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