TIGA today announced Double Eleven Limited as its newest member. Double Eleven is a hand-held and mobile game developer based in the heart of Middlesbrough’s ‘Digital City’. The company was founded in 2010 by
ex-R* Leeds employees Lee Hutchinson and Matt Shepcar. The company is currently working on high profile, yet to be announced, titles for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
Lee Hutchinson, Co-Founder of Double Eleven, explained the company’s vision: “At Double Eleven we pride ourselves on being a highly technical and innovative games studio. We hire only the best of the best and it is our mission to develop the most entertaining and compelling games for digital and handheld platforms by pushing technology and creativity to their limits.””
On joining TIGA, Hutchinson said: “We are proud to be a part of the UK games industry but a lot of companies are going through difficult times at the moment. We respect the work of TIGA in supporting the industry and are joining to add our support also.”
Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO stated: “Everyone who works at Double Eleven is highly experienced, having worked in the industry for an average of ten years. The studio is bursting with creativity and drive. I am extremely pleased to welcome Double Eleven to the TIGA family.””
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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 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 07875939643: or email richard.wilson@tiga.org; or contact David Hodges on 02070911653