Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
We've mentioned the forthcoming Digital 2013 event a couple of times now: connecting Scotland's digital and creative industries - talks, workshops, exhibitors - all the things you'd hope to see at a show focusing on technology, digital media and the creative industries. Now there's a new element within Digital 2013 - the Scottish Games Lounge... …
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The Digital 2013 conference and exhibition 'Connecting Scotland's Digital & Creative Industries' has announced the first speakers taking part in the SECC, Glasgow on April 25th. The big news is that games will be represented, with Chillingo COO Edward Rumley taking to the stage. Â If you've not been paying closer attention to the mobile sector, …
Halo Creator Bungie and publisher Activision caused controversy last week with the information-lite teaser for the new persistent world shooter, Destiny. Flirting with the world's media and treating potential players as pawns in a strange global drip feeding frenzy of marketing may work for two of the world's largest games companies, but it lacks a …
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Piracy has been a part of the games sector since the early days of the home computer revolution. Â Things have moved on since the surreptitious trading of cassette tapes in school playgrounds. Â The advent of mobile devices, digital distribution and online gaming have created new ways for developers and publishers to monetise their games - …
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We've mentioned Quartic Llama several times in the last few months. Â The company received Prototype funding for its first title, lit up Abertay University as part of the NEoN festival and has participated in every opportunity to show their games off and talk to the public. It's as though they're excited and enthusiastic about what …
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Edinburgh's FanDuel, the fantasy sports betting company has raised $11M of investment from a variety of venture capital funds including Scotland's Pentech and Comcast Ventures, the VC affiliate of Comcast Corporation). Other participants were existing investors , including Piton Capital, Bullpen Capital and Richard Koch. The company plans to use the new funding to increase …
Denki Blocks! - the legendary game of yore. Â Multiple award winner, multiple platform encompasser and ultimate expression of sliding sticky blocks around a variety of environments in order to get them to bond in interesting shapes, has never really been away. Â It lives in the hearts of gamers everywhere and has untold legions of fans, …
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In the most recent issue of Develop, the industry magazine for the creators of video games, there's a regional focus piece looking at the games sector in Scotland. The piece pulls in quotes from a number of companies, including Rockstar North, Tag, eeGeo, Denki and YoYo Games. The article explores the impact on the games …
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Scotland has proven itself a pioneer once more. Â Cobra in Dundee made history yesterday by releasing the first commercially available software for the astounding Raspberry Pi computer. The company's critically acclaimed Storm In A Teacup title joined popular free software applications on the Pi Store, such as Libre Office and Asterisk, as well as freely …
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Frenetic Studio is a design and development company based in the heart of Glasgow. Â The company is now looking for a Backend Developer to create a companion website for their latest iOS game as well as a junior developer and artist/animator for the same project. Details can be found on the Scottish Games Network JOBS …