Below is a list of this year’s exhibitors.

e4e Interactive

e4e Interactive is the premier service partner to the games industry.

We trace our roots back to 1996 when the test house, Absolute Quality, was founded by members of the Microprose executive team. Since then we’ve built up 14 years of experience across thousands of titles, become part of e4e and merged new services into our portfolia. We now work with leading developers and publishers across Console, PC, Mac, Social Gaming, Casual Gaming and Mobile Applications and have thousands of employees in multiple delivery centers globally, including our UK operations base in Glasgow.

Our services include localisation, translation, audio, QA, community management and support, social games strategy and consulting, and social media monitoring.

Tag Games

Tag Games is an independent game developer and publisher that creates great games for a wide variety of global clients, in addition to self-publishing our own original titles.

Our in-house development teams support all major mobile and handheld games platforms including iPhone, iPad, Nintendo DSi, Sony PSP, Blackberry, Java, and BREW. In addition we also work on PS3 and Wii consoles.

We believe video games are for everyone and have successfully launched games to a global audience of billions! Our unique combination of raw talent, extensive industry experience and a slight touch of madness enables us to create games that have huge appeal such as our recent iPhone hits Car Jack Streets and Astro Ranch.

At Tag we understand that games should be carefully crafted and that in your world game-play is king!

Tag Games - seriously entertaining!

Cohort Studios

Cohort Studios currently have over 50 employees based in Dundee. They are currently developing ‘The Shoot’, a launch title for PlayStation Move on the PlayStation 3 platform in addition to working on their own internal IP.

Realtime Worlds

Realtime Worlds is one of the largest and most successful independent game developers in the world. Founded in 2002 by Creative Director David Jones with gaming industry veterans Ian Hetherington and Tony Harman, and joined by CEO Gary Dale in April 2009, the company has grown to more than 300 exceptionally talented staff. Realtime Worlds’ experienced teams have a tremendous history of creating some of the world’s bestselling video games, including the global hit franchises ‘Lemmings’ and‘Grand Theft Auto’.

Realtime Worlds launched its first title, Crackdown, on Xbox 360 in early 2007. The debut game broke records for demo downloads, sold approximately 1.5 million copies, and won multiple awards including prestigious BAFTA and Develop Industry Excellence awards. Realtime Worlds is currently working on All Points Bulletin (www.apb.com), a persistent, online action game with a contemporary urban setting and themed around celebrity, conflict, competition and creativity. In June 2009 Realtime Worlds entered into an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement with EA Partners to bring APB to PC in Summer 2010.

Codeplay

Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Codeplay research and develop advanced compiler technology and software development tools to overcome the challenges faced when writing software for advanced processor architectures.

In 2009, Codeplay began offering game development and consultation services whilst at the same time releasing their Award Winning Offload(TM) programming tools which allow game programmers to make efficient use of the Playstation 3(r) console quickly.

Dynamo Games

Established in 2004, Dynamo Games is a multi award-winning game developer, working within the smartphone and social gaming sectors.

Dynamo is the creator of the BAFTA winning Championship Manager series for mobile phone handsets.  The company has also released many titles across platforms including iPhone, iPad, PSP, including critically acclaimed versions of the cult TV quiz shows Countdown™ and The Crystal Maze™.

The company itself was chosen as one of the Top 50 mobile companies in the UK in 2007, one of only four games companies in the whole list.

Based in Dundee, Scotland, Dynamo offers creative and controlled development for Smartphones (including Android and iPhone) and social gaming across networks such as Facebook.

Dynamo’s first own-IP Online Social game “Soccer Tycoon” is due for launch this summer.

Proper Games

Proper Games was founded in early 2006 around a core team of industry veterans and is firmly focused on the emerging downloadable console game space. Proper’s aim is to bring the old school arcade values we all grew up loving to the latest generation of consoles, using their full capabilities to enhance that most important of qualities – fun!

TPLD

TPLD is one of the global leaders in the emerging Serious Games market. We are focused on delivering Games-Based Learning (GBL) solutions and technologies to aid organisations in their drive for competitive advantage.

Digital Goldfish

Established in 2005, Digital Goldfish is an independent games development studio, formed in order to create original content for mobile platforms. Based at the heart of games development in Dundee, Scotland, we are a young and highly motivated company with a determination to provide only the highest quality games across iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and mobile J2ME platforms.

With an ever expanding portfolio of original IP and licensed content, combined with a network of key relationships with publishing partners and other development studios, we are perfectly positioned to fully take advantage of the rapid growth of the handheld market.

Games have included the number one hit in America Bloons iPhone, Bloons TD iPhone, Award winning Reach For The Starz and much loved mobile game Babygrow.

One Thumb Mobile

One Thumb Mobile is based in Glasgow City Centre, and focuses on the creation of cutting edge 2D and 3D iPhone and mobile games. Our aim is to create the best possible games, pushing the boundaries of available technology. Our current focus is on the development of a groundbreaking new online iPhone RPG game.

Since its creation four years ago, One Thumb Mobile has created games and apps for leading brands including Honda, Visa, Nissan, Star Trek, Bullseye, Telefonica and Liverpool FC, and has had success with top selling iPhone games on the app store. Team members have previously worked on some of the biggest selling mobile products ever, including the multi-million selling Fast and Furious, FIFA Football and Need for Speed franchises.

Hunted Cow

Hunted Cow is a games development studio, founded in September of 2003 in the small but friendly town of Elgin.

At Hunted Cow we focus on internet-based browser games with such popular titles as Fallen Sword and Sigmastorm II.

Over the past 7 years we have grown from a company of just 2 coders to almost 20 employees and are starting to expand again with our flagship 3D title currently under production and due for release later this year.

VEEMEE

Based in London & Edinburgh, VEEMEE is a creator of original & branded content for games & virtual world platforms. Our work is centred on three areas…

Development – We conceive and create digital content and games, both original content and on behalf of 3rd parties.
Consultancy – We provide strategic advice for brands & license holders in the digital content market.
Virtual Retail – We produce our own range of virtual goods and manage 3rd party properties in the virtual world.

With clients including; Sony Computer Entertainment, Audi, Universal, O2, Game, Billabong & Marvel, we’re one of the fastest growing companies in the sector - constantly challenging what games can do.