TIGA,
the trade association representing the UK games industry, today announced Legendary
Games as their newest member.
Legendary Games is a high growth company incorporated to introduce
online multi-player games that can be played at any time from any browser
equipped device into the growing games market on social network sites and phone
applications. Their speciality is community
oriented games that players can play directly with each other rather than on their
own.
The company was founded in November 2010 by two online Veterans Dr Gavin
Rummery and Ewan Lamont. They published Kings
of Chess and Wrath of the Elements
in 2011 and will publish the multiplayer wargame Year Zero and one other title in 2012.
Legendary Games are hiring at the moment and are looking for recent
graduates with HTML skills and a desire to work in games. For more information check out their website www.legendary-games.com
Ewan Lamont,
CEO of Legendary games explains the reason why he decided to join TIGA:
“We are
delighted to be joining TIGA. We have
been impressed by how much work they have done to support the industry in the
UK. Their work on helping to drive
government policy has been inspiring and the events and information they
provide members is excellent. I think
it is vitally important for a growing games company to be a member if its trade
body.”
Dr Richard
Wilson, TIGA CEO welcomed the organisation to TIGA:
“TIGA is focused on making the UK
the best place in the world to do games business and enabling start-up studios
to prosper and grow. To that end we are
lobbying govenrments and parliaments in Westminster and Holyrood to invest in
the video games sector and to create a favourable environment for the industry.
At the same TIGA, is helping start-ups and other studios through networking
events, information and advice and discounts on key industry services.
Dr Gavin
Rummery and Ewan Lamont have considerable experience in the games industry and
their studio Legendary Games is making some exciting online strategy games. We
look forward to working with Legendary Games and we welcome them to the TIGA
network.”
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Notes to editors:
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.
For further information, please contact Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on:
07875 939 643, or email richard.wilson@tiga.org.