TIGA, the trade association representing the UK gamesindustry, today announced Creative Scotland as their newest member.
Creative
Scotland is the national development agency for the arts, screen and creative
industries, and its ambition is to see Scotland recognised as one of the
world’s most creative nations and with a cultural economy that exceeds the UK
average and contributes to sustainable economic growth.
Creative Scotland seeks to invest in distinctive and
engaging digital interactive media content. It has a £500,000 Innovation
programme with an application deadline of 23 September 2011. It will seek
projects that contribute to the development of the creative industries and
foster innovation in Scotland. Guidelines and application form can be found
here: http://www.creativescotland.com/investment/investment-programmes/innovation-fund
Creative Scotland has already made a
range of investments in interactive content. Beauty Town, a Facebook game by
Dynamo Games in Dundee is just about to complete a Beta phase and be actively
promoted. Dynamo Games has taken its
award winning skills in mobile gaming to a new level with this creative social
networking game. Beauty Town offers a fun way to engage with fashion and style
through communication and a frisson of entrepreneurship. Creative Scotland have
also just completed terms on an investment into Digital Adaptations – The
Thirty Nine Steps, an interactive adaptation of the John Buchan novel by the
digital arm of Tern Television.
Morgan Petrie, Portfolio Manager – Technology, Digital Media
and Market Development explains the company’s reasons for joining TIGA:
“”Scotland has produced a succession of world-class
interactive titles and Dundee currently ranks as the third best location for
games development in the EU. Scotland’s games sector contributes over £30m to
the economy annually, and Creative Scotland wants to make sure we celebrate and
support the talent and creativity of the companies and people who work here.
TIGA has been a relentless and vocal campaigner on behalf of the Scottish video
games industry. Creative Scotland is joining TIGA to ensure we work effectively
with the industry.””
Dr. Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO welcomed the organisation to
TIGA:
“TIGA has consistently championed the world renowned
Scottish video games industry in political circles and in the media. Many
Scottish video games businesses are already TIGA members. Now that Creative
Scotland is a TIGA member we will be able to coordinate activities to support
the Scottish video game industry still more effectively. I am delighted that
Creative Scotland has joined TIGA and I am looking forward to working with them
to advance the interests of the Scottish video games industry.””
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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 games publishers, outsourcing
companies, technology businesses and universities amongst our membership. TIGA
was awarded ‘Trade Association of the Year’ and the ‘Member Recruitment Award’
at the Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards 2010. TIGA has also been
named as a finalist in the 2010 Chartered Management Institute (CMI) National
Management and Leadership Awards in the category of ‘The Outstanding
Organisation of the Year Award (SME)’. TIGA is an ‘Investors in People’
accredited organisation.
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 Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on:
07875 939 643, or email richard.wilson@tiga.org.