Develop magazine has published its annual 30 Under 30, a list of up-and-coming stars in the world of games development. Quite a wide range of Scottish developers made the cut this year and were featured in the list. Step forward and take a bow please: Simon Kilroy, Software Engineer, Ruffian Alex Zeitler, Co-founder and CTO, …
Company Profile – Pixel Sword
There's a new studio in Scotland: Pixel Sword. Based in beautiful Bo'ness, Pixel Sword is an independent developer, founded by Paul Leishman. Paul's been around the industry, having worked with Proper Games, Dynamo Games and most recently Ninja Kiwi. Pixel Sword is already working on a couple of games, the intriguingly titled Pixel Raiders and the …
Dare To Be Digital 2013 Begins
IT has begun. 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, …
Dare to be Digital Announces Development Mentors
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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Game In Scotland – Speaker Presentations
Ten very different companies gave ten very different talks and presentations at the 2013 Game In Scotland event. As part of our exclusive coverage of the event, we're delighted to make those presentation files available to the world... Romana Ramzan - Denki - GIS2013RomanaRamzan David Hamilton - Ninja Kiwi - David Hamilton - Ninja Kiwi - GIS2013 …
You Want Fame? Fame Costs! Right Here’s Where You Start Playin’…
Updated: Game now in OPEN Beta Ninja Kiwi, the company formerly known as Digital Goldfish is settling comfortably into its new life as the mobile arm of the New Zealand online gaming powerhouse. The company's latest release in its quest to be more awesomer, is Road To Fame, which is now in open beta over …
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Game In Scotland – The Speakers
Our week of exclusive Game In Scotland coverage continues with a run down of the speakers who'll be on stage this Saturday (9th of March) to tell the audience more about their companies, their games, their new releases and the future of the entire interactive industry... Denki Denki's Player Champion, Romana Ramzan will be the …
BBC Radio Scotland Explores The Scottish Games Industry
On Saturday (and Sunday), BBC Radio Scotland's Business Scotland programme looked at the game industry in Scotland. What is it? Where is it? What does the new tax relief mean for companies creating games north of the border? The programme features several well known MD's, CEO's and entrepreneurs including Outplay Entertainment's Doug Hare, Ninja Kiwi's …
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Cobra & YoYo Hit The Hundred Top iOS Games
ArcadeSushi.com has published its list of 2012's best games. Two games created in Scotland make the list. YoYo Games' suicide-im-up Karoshi and Cobra's BAFTA nominated iBomber Defense Pacific both make the list. Karoshi is number 85. The site says: Karoshi takes the age old video game concept of surviving and turns it upside down. In …
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Digital Goldfish Buoyant As Bloons Reach Lofty New Heights
Digital Goldfish, the studio behind the hugely popular iOS versions of the Bloons series of games are celebrating a phenomenal start to 2012 with news that the latest game in the series - Bloons 2 - is riding high in the iPhone App Store charts and has had a very successful Christmas indeed on the Nintendo …
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