NEWS // GAMESCOM | ALPHA STAND TO DELIVER
AT THE TIME of writing, the 53 games companies with a presence at Ukie’s Gamescom UK industry stand are:
Amiqus Atomicom Beatnik Games Born Ready Games Climax Studios Cloudant
Dead Good Media DeltaDNA
Evil Twin Artworks Fat Pebble
Firebrand Games Publishing Firefl y Focus
Four Door Lemon
GameSessions / Tangentix GameSparks Global Step
Greenman Gaming ICO Partners Ikinema
Improbable Jelly Media Kiss Ltd
Mastertronic Multiplay
Mutant Labs Ndreams
Oink / Virtual Piggy OnLive OPM
Osbourne Clarke Player Research Playmob Pole to Win Pqube
Redbedlam Revolution Ripstone Rising Star Secret Sauce Sold Out Steel Media Super Micro Tag Games Team17 Tech Data Testronic
Universally Speaking University of West Scotland Venatus Media
Waterfront Entertainment Wired Productions YoYo Games
more UK games outfi ts in networking with foreign investors, partners and the like. UKIE itself has arranged 121 meetings with UK exhibitors and large scale businesses, which UKTI is bolstering by providing other ways for studios to contact investors. One such case will see UKTI host a visit to the stand by a delegation of South Korean fi rms with interest in the sector. UKIE’s work with UKTI has also seen more UK-made games added to the branding materials of the latter’s ‘Great Britain’ campaign, meaning investors the world over in numerous sectors will, at
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various trade events – including Gamescom – see Moshi Monsters, LEGO The Lord of the Rings, LittleBigPlanet, Worms and RuneScape showcased as prime examples of national creativity in the UK. The stand also serves as a place to enable individually organised and ad-hoc meetings, and attendees are encouraged to make contact with all the exhibitors (see boxout: ‘Stand and Deliver’). “The stand is a great place to meet a huge array of UK companies that are all ready to do business with you,” says Twist. “Anyone is welcome to come and relax in our
It’s a great place to
meet studios that are ready to do business with you.
Jo Twist, UKIE
networking area, take in the seaside theme and play some games from UK developers. There is no reason to not drop by and check it out.”
SPOTLIGHTING BRILLIANCE The UK industry stand is also
supported by Unity, Amiqus, Born Ready Games, UKTI Germany, Global Step, Multiplay and Atomicon, the latter of which is partnering with UKIE to host the UK Game of the Show award, which strives to highlight the most deserving UK-made in-development title on display at Gamescom. “The UK game of the show award is a great opportunity to showcase the UK’s industry to a global audience,” says Twist. “The UK games and interactive entertainment industry is world-class. We make the biggest selling and most creative entertainment
products, we have the right business environment and a fantastic blend of creative talent to make globally successful exports. The award is a way of shouting about this and helps demonstrate the fact that we are the best country in the world to both make and sell games and we are proud of it.”
Those looking to visit UKIE’s UK industry stand can fi nd it in the business area, Hall 4.2, across booth areas A051 and B050. Gamescom runs from August 13th to 17th in Cologne, Germany. ¢
www.UKIE.org.uk www.gamescom-cologne.com
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