Atomhawk Joins TIGA

By March 3, 2010 Press Releases

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, today announced Atomhawk Design Ltd as its newest member.

Atomhawk Design was founded in 2009 by four highly talented and experienced industry veterans from the legendary Midway Games Inc. Led by Art Director, Cumron Ashtiani, the company strives to provide the finest digital artwork and design services in the digital media sector.

Atomhawk’s services include producing the highest quality concept and design work, storyboards, video production, promotional artwork and GUI/Web design. Atomhawk work directly with clients on their existing projects as a specialist provider and also in partnership with clients to design new ideas and creative concepts.

Cumron Ashtiani, Director at Atomhawk explains the company’s vision: “The technology behind today’s games consoles is now so advanced that there is relative parity between the different machines in terms of what they can deliver. In our view it is therefore design content and creativity that are the essential ingredients to make any product truly world class. We founded Atomhawk to deliver creative concepts and art assets which sit at the very highest level in terms of quality and design.””

Ashtiani explains the company’s reasons for joining TIGA: “Joining TIGA is part of the evolution of the company. As the company grows and matures we felt it was important to become part of the thriving UK development community that TIGA represents.””

Richard Wilson CEO at TIGA adds: “Atomhawk is an example of a small UK games company that is focused on providing specialist services which sit at the top end of the spectrum in terms of quality and creativity. The team also have tremendous energy and enthusiasm which shines through in their work.””

To find out more about Atomhawk please visit the new website at www.atomhawk.com or visit them at GDC San Francisco next week.

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Notes to editors:

About TIGA:
TIGA is the trade association representing the UK’s games industry. The majority of our members are either independent games developers or in-house publisher owned developers. We also have outsourcing companies, technology businesses and universities amongst our membership.

TIGA’s vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to do games business. We focus on three sets of activities: political representation, generating media coverage and developing services that enhance the competitiveness of our members. This means that TIGA members are effectively represented in the corridors of power, their voice is heard in the media and they receive benefits that make a material difference to their businesses, including a reduction in costs and improved commercial opportunities.

For further information, please contact Eva Field, TIGA PR Manager on: 07814 039 983, or email eva@tiga.org.

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