Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Following the unprecedented award of a collective Outstanding Achievement award to Rockstar North at the BAFTA Scotland awards, Rockstar as a whole is to receive a BAFTA Fellowship at this year's Games Awards ceremony. The Fellowship is awarded annually. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the Academy and recognises outstanding and exceptional contribution to …
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Sick Kids Save Point is the country's biggest and most successful 24-hour charity gaming marathon. Launched in 2010 in Edinburgh, the event has managed to raise over £50,000 for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. In 2013 the event takes place on the weekend 11th-14th October, with hundreds of gamers from across the UK taking …
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Take 2, parent company of Rockstar Games has reported that GTA V has achieved the company's highest ever sell through sales revenues, with the game achieving $800M in global sales in the first 24 hours of release. This is a record for the GTA series, for Take 2 and may well be the highest day …
Spong is reporting that Take Two has renewed the trademark registrations for Agent, the 1970s spy title, originally announced as a PS3 exclusive back in 2009. As Rockstar North are likely finishing up work on the soon-to-be-released GTA V (due September 17th), could this be a hint regarding their next project? Given the incredibly response …
It's the start of awards season in the games world. From now until Christmas, an array of glittering and glamorous awards ceremonies will be taking place across the length and breadth of the UK, as various organisations hand out a variety of trophies, awards, gongs, certificates and other endorsements, to game developers, publishers and associated …
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Rockstar Games has announced that the much anticipated GTA V is due for release in Spring 2013. The game will be available for pre-order from November 5th. The game is currently in development at Rockstar North HQ in Edinburgh. Could this be the biggest selling GTA title yet? To date, the series has sold over …
If you were in any doubt whatsoever, that the Grand Theft Auto games are really quite popular, the latest sales figures should clear that right up. GamaSutra reports that in a presentation to a financial conference yesterday, Take 2's Strauss Zelnick revealed the lifetime sales for a number of the company's leading franchises. The most …
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Ladies and gentlemen, new indie studio, Mainly About Games, based in Edinburgh, is the latest company to join the Scottishgames family. Created by former Rockstar North senior and lead designer Anthony 'Tony' Gowland, MAG is focused on smaller titles, with 'solid gameplay, hooks and big budget polish' according to Tony's very professional press release, which …
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 to be a little like reviewing the Titanic's first cruise. No matter how impeccable the service, or exquisite the canapes, …