TIGA, the trade association representing the UKgames industry, is delighted to welcome Facepunch Studios as its latest member.
Facepunch Studios is an indie video game developer
which makes games for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Its main product is Garry’s Mod, available on Steam.
Produced by Garry Newman for Valve's Half-Life 2 back in 2004, it grew in
popularity and became a standalone product in 2006.
Mr Newman founded Facepunch Studios in 2009 on the
back of the unprecedented success of Garry’s Mod and to this day it are
constantly listening to the community and updating GMod with the most requested
features. As of December 2012, it has had more than two
million sales of Garry’s Mod. Today, it is working on a variety of new projects
and is actively looking for programmers and artists to work for it at its new
offices in Walsall, West Midlands.
Craig Gwilt, director of Facepunch, said:
“We are hoping
to meet new contacts, keep up to date with important news and developments in
the industry and attend some of the events TIGA holds.”
Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO, said:
“From small beginnings in the fan community to a
viable and growing business, Facepunch Studios in an inspiration to fledgling
game developers and we look forward to working with them in the future.”
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. Since 2010, TIGA has won 14 business awards and has been nominated a
finalist for 16 other awards.
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.