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 …
Here’s why you can’t ignore mobile gaming
A numerical thought for the day from Unite 2013. It's taken 35 years for the PC to go from the first Apple to 'peak PC' in 2012 which saw 1.5 billion units sold. Depending on how you count some of the early handsets, the smartphone market has gone from zero sales (2002 ish) to 2 …
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OUT NOW: Gentlemen For PC/Mac
The superb, local-multiplayer duel-em-up Gentlemen from Edinburgh's Lucky Frame is OUT NOW for you lucky PC and Mac owners. The game is a Victorian-themed, bowler-hatted, multiplayer deathmatch, which in this incarnation pits two, three or four players against each other upon a single, blood-drenched device, Forsooth. Like all of Lucky Frame's titles, Gentlemen's glorious graphics …
The DEMO SCENE – The Best New Digital Art You’ve Never Seen
Tomorrow is the last day of the industry programme at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2013. This year, for the first time, it's had a number of sessions devoted to the interactive sector and ways in which digital media is fundamentally changing the creative world. On Saturday 29th at 11am, the final event is OPEN TO …
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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, …
FREE LIGHT HERO!
Inceptional's Light Hero is FREE for one week only. Yes, until May 27th, you can pick up Light Hero - for no money whatsoever - for your iPhone, Mac or PC. If you complete the game, you could even win up to $100,000... Light Hero is a retro style arcade space shooter where the goal …
Reloaded Productions Announces Kickstarter Campaign For New APB Game
Reloaded Productions, the team behind the free-to-play MMO APB Reloaded, announced exclusively at GDC last night, that they are working on a new title within the APB franchise - and have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the game. APB Vendetta will be a first-person shooter, which incorporates competitive multiplayer with free-running/parkour elements, allowing players …
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APB Reloaded Celebrates A Year In The Steam Top 5
APB inspires mixed emotions within the games industry. Some people get misty-eyed and reminisce about what might have been. Some people get angry about the the fact the game never achieved its full potential. To many the game is simply a vague memory, of a title from years back, which wasn't very good. The games media …
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Out Now – Gears Of Glory: Apex Ace
If there's one indie game we've been looking forward to over the last several months, it's Gears Of Glory. A technical top-down racer, the game offers players a more challenging experience than the normal zoomy, drivey, drifty type of arcade game. The handling needs to be learned, man. You need to spend some time figuring …
Dare Winners Announced At Biggest Ever ProtoPlay
The 2012 Dare to be Digital competition came to a climax yesterday, when the winning teams were announced at a star-studded, glamorous and confetti covered awards ceremony. The awards were handed out at the end of the three day ProtoPlay event, which drew in a record crowd of over 10,000. Players, developers, families, students and …
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