We've been filling up on shortbread at Tag Towers today as, like the rest of Scotland, we celebrate St. Andrews Day 2016.

Us Scots have a fantastic and ever-growing game development scene especially in our hometown of Dundee, but we couldn't help but think that Scottish characters are a little under-represented in games themselves. That in mind, we trawled the depths to find three of the best (maybe worst in some cases) so you don't have to.

So, let's raise a glass of Irn-Bru to this little lot...

At Tag Games we are always looking to invest in our people and our business practices so we were delighted to make our Scottish Business Pledge earlier this month.

The Scottish Business Pledge is a government-led initiative that aims to make Scotland a wealthier and more forward-looking nation. It does this by setting guidelines to boost productivity, competitiveness, sustainability and workforce engagement in businesses all over Scotland. 

A great year for Tag Games has just got even better as we scooped the "Digital Business of the Year" gong at the 2016 Courier Business Awards! 

Celebrating innovation and success in business throughout the Tayside and Fife region, this year's Courier Business Awards saw over 700 attendees descend on Dundee's Apex Hotel for the event. 

It's become a bit of a tradition to push the boat out at Halloween in Tag Towers and 2016 proved no exception. Amongst others, we saw pirates, ghosts and a gruesome re-enactment of last week's stomach churning episode of The Walking Dead. Here's a few more highlights.....

With the nights getting darker and Halloween fast approaching it's the ideal time of year to indulge in some ghoulish gaming treats.An ever-present on console since the 90s, the horror genre has now made inroads into mobile and there are some fantastically frightening titles now available on iOS and Android stores. So switch the lights off, turn the headphones up to full and give this lot a try...

This week over 2000 games industry professionals have headed to Paris, as the French capital hosts Game Connection Europe 2016. The show is a major event in the European games calendar and a place where numerous deals are struck and partnerships formed. Speakers at this year's event include senior members of staff from mobile and console developers such as SCEE, Rovio, Sega and Kabam.

After much speculation regarding the mysterious "NX", Nintendo finally revealed their upcoming console in a three-minute teaser video last week. Officially called Nintendo Switch, the latest hardware venture by the Kyoto company is set to be a console / handheld / tablet hybrid with detachable controllers. After the Wii U struggled to find a place in the market the success (or failure) of this  new console could prove a defining point in Nintendo's history. Here's what some of our greatest minds thought of the initial reveal...

VR has never been far from the headlines in 2016 and with the the success of our recent VR GameJam, it's become somewhat of a hot topic in our office too. We decided to speak to some of the great thinkers at Tag Towers to get their ideas on whether VR is set to be a new dawn, or a retread of the early 90s...