Dundee's Outplay has a new game in production. Alien Creeps TD is a classic tower defence game, in which players must defend the Earth against ravening hordes of heavily-armed, or possibly heavily-tentacled alien warriors, bent upon destruction and conquest. Earth forces are not unarmed themselves. Players command an arsenal of weaponry, created by mankind for …
Outplay Raises New Round Of Investment
Dundee's Outplay Entertainment has raised a new round of institutional investment worth $5M. Oxford Capital led the new investment, joining Pentech Ventures and the Scottish Investment Bank, which backed the company from its foundation and joined the most recent round of finance. Outplay will use the new investment to invest in the people and resources required …
OUT NOW – Monster Legacy
Outplay's latest release is the terrifyingly titled Monster Legacy.  It's a brand new title for iOS devices, in which players must explore secret dungeons, solve puzzles, capture a menagerie of monsters (the game promises over 100) and the use them to battle opponents. Monster Legacy has been covered and featured by a number of leading mobile …
…And Then It Was Over – Game In Scotland 2014
That was fun... Game In Scotland took place on Saturday afternoon. Â This year's event moved out of the grim and slightly sticky Fat Sam's nightclub, which had been its home for the last eight years and moved it into the spring sunshine in Abertay University's brand new games centre of excellence. The 2014 Game In …
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Game In Scotland – Programme & Speakers
The 2014 Game In Scotland event happens this Saturday. Â Taking place at Abertay University's Centre of Excellence for Videogames, the event brings together dozens of Scotland's game development studios, speakers and experts, for a day of presentations, panels, workshops and exhibition. This year's event brings together expertise and help for those interested in getting into …
Develop’s 30 Under 30 – Scots Galore
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, …
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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The Importance Of Being Idol
Outplay Entertainment, the venture backed entertainment company in Dundee has officially released its latest title, Idol Words on the Apple App Store. Billed as a cross between a word search and bingo, Idol Words challenges players to create high scoring words and clearing their playing board of letter tiles. We asked Richard Hare, president of Outplay where …
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. Â What is it? Â Where is it? Â 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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FULL EMPLOYMENT FRIDAY – Nine New Jobs Now Online
We've just added a grand total of NINE new jobs to the Scottish Games Network JOBS page this morning. Â They're all from game developers or technology companies and cover a huge range of roles, across Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh. This is our biggest JOBS update ever - and there are more to come. If you're …
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