Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
That was fun... Game In Scotland took place on Saturday afternoon. 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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The 2014 Game In Scotland event happens this Saturday. 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 …
Dundee's Tag Games is now recruiting for multiple positions across the studio. If you're not familiar with Tag, they're a rapidly growing studio responsible for a wide range of games on mobile devices. They've worked with a wide range of film and television properties, working on games including Doctor Who: Mazes Of Time, Heroes Of …
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, …
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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Understanding Intellectual Property (IP) is a something vital to every creative company - and especially every games company. Developers are either working on someone else's IP, or building their own. For real, long-term success, generating your own IP is crucial. It provides your company with real, long-term value and can - in some cases - …
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Ten very different companies gave ten very different talks and presentations at the 2013 Game In Scotland event. As part of our exclusive coverage of the event, we're delighted to make those presentation files available to the world... Romana Ramzan - Denki - GIS2013RomanaRamzan David Hamilton - Ninja Kiwi - David Hamilton - Ninja Kiwi - GIS2013 …
The inclusion of a naked, pole-dancing prince of the royal household has caused Tag Games' latest title Hotel Vegas to be banned in the UK, according to the Dundee-based developer. Tag's latest title is a celebrity gossip and scandal driven management game, in which players take control of a celebrity-packed Vegas hotel, in which the …
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Our week of exclusive Game In Scotland coverage continues with a run down of the speakers who'll be on stage this Saturday (9th of March) to tell the audience more about their companies, their games, their new releases and the future of the entire interactive industry... Denki Denki's Player Champion, Romana Ramzan will be the …