TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, today
announced Kukinto as their
newest member.
Kukinto
are a technology consultancy & software house, specialising in (but not
restricted to) free and open source technologies and open / industry standards.
Established in 2009, they have worked on public and private-sector
solutions, mainly involved in security, geospatial, and entertainment projects,
including the development of a custom embedded gaming / media platform.
Kukinto
have created Aurio, a 3-dimensional, fully accessible, mobile multiplayer game
for iOS and Simulare, a global, extensible, business simulation engine for
academic, business, and gaming markets. They are also in the process of
planning a unique mobile game for the visually impaired.
Phil J. Laszkowicz of Kukinto explains
the reason why he decided to join TIGA:
“There’s a strong heritage in the
UK for games development, including a rich and continued history of indie games
developers. Kukinto specialises in Free / Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS),
and believe in an ethos of adopting standards and common frameworks to assist
in the development and progression of technologies.
We feel we can contribute
to the TIGA / UK games community by providing our specialist services to
developers and publishers when bringing concepts and projects to market. With
TIGA we’re looking to create a solid partnership to support both the indie and
the established independent games developers and publishers in the UK, by
providing design and development services in both research and design, and in
product development.”
Dr. Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO
welcomed the organisation to TIGA:
“At TIGA we believe that video
games can make a positive
contribution to the economy, to education and business
and to people’s lives. Kukinto exemplify this well: their business is contributing
to the economy, they have been involved in ‘serious’ projects relating to
education and industry and they are developing a game for visually impaired
people. TIGA is proud to welcome Kukinto to its membership and we look forward
to working with them in the future.”
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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 won 10 business awards and was
nominated a finalist for 9 other awards during 2010 and 2011. In 2010 TIGA won two business awards including
‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the Trade Association Forum.
In 2011, TIGA
won eight business awards including ‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the
Trade Association Forum, ‘Outstanding Organisation’ from the Chartered
Management Institute and two Global Business Excellence Awards, including
‘Outstanding Marketing Campaign’.
Richard Wilson won the ‘Leadership Award’ from the Trade Association
Forum and the ‘Outstanding Leader’ award from the Chartered Management
Institute. 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.