Axis Studios: Animation, VFX and Realtime Production

The Scottish Games Network recently sat down with Michael Zaman and Traci Tufte from Axis Studios, to talk about the company’s growing use of ‘realtime’ technology, and it’s work in games, film, and TV.

Guest Editorial: +AsDesigned Games – From There To Here

+AsDesigned Games was formed in 2010 by several former Realtime Worlds employees; the small team was formed after the well publicised and unfortunate demise of the Dundee developer. The +ADG team consisted of a few …

APB Reloaded – Closed Beta Signup Now Open

As the headline makes entirely clear, the closed beta period for APB: Reloaded is now open for players to sign up.  Submit an e-mail to Gamer’s First and sign up for a player account and …

2010 – A Year In Gaming

UPDATED – Now includes Firebrand and Triple B Games… “Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how was the rest of the play?” Any review of the games and gaming sector in Scotland in 2010 is going …

APB Sale To Pay Outstanding Wage Claims + Interview With New Owner

Last week’s sale of APB to K2 Network, will allow Begbies-Tryanor, the administrator of Realtime Worlds to settle all outstanding wage and holiday pay claims, according to the latest report from GamesIndustry.biz. Paul Dounis from …

Realtime Worlds Asset Auction Halted By Hackers?

The Courier is reporting that the auction of assets from Realtime Worlds has been halted after hackers targeted the auction company’s servers: Over 1000 items were to go under the hammer, including high-spec PCs, LCD …

APB Bought By K2 Network For £1.5 Million

Realtime World’s short-lived online game APB (All Points Bulletin) has been acquired by K2 Network, the company behind the GamersFirst online multiplayer site. GamesIndustry reports that K2 paid around £1.5 million for the game, which …

Realtimeworlds – postscript

News surfaced on Twitter earlier today that the domain http://www.realtimeworlds.com has now been acquired and staked out by a domain hosting company. So it seems appropriate to link to an epitaph of the company, which …