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The UK is open for business 2. A world leading business environment

The UK is a home to a business, regulatory and tax environment that supports games companies. We have a diverse talent pool of creative businesses and tech giants, fantastic links to international trade partners, world-class educational courses, and generous tax breaks. Our Video Games Tax Relief has been in place since 2014, and offers 20% credit back on development costs, across all platforms and business models. The relief has been allocated to nearly 300 completed projects since 2014, paying out over £45.9m to UK development teams.

Ukie CEO, Dr Jo Twist OBE, CEO of Ukie, speaking at the Ukie Westminster Games industry VIP reception

The UK’s decision to vote to leave the EU in last year’s Referendum has posed lots of questions for businesses across the world, but one thing that hasn’t changed is that the UK games industry remains very much open for business.

Our home-grown titles include console giants Grand Theft Auto and the Batman: Arkham series, mobile phenomenon Her Story, and Indie successes such as Elite: Dangerous and No Man’s Sky.

The UK is the home to some of the most creatively brilliant and technologically innovative games businesses in the world.

We now have over 2,000 games companies in the UK, from the smallest start-ups to large multinational brands working across console, mobile, online, PC, esports, VR and AR.

Here are the top three reasons why the UK is still the best place in the world to make and sell games: 1. Talent, innovation, culture and creativity The UK has a proven history of making some of the biggest and best globallyrecognised games titles and is the European leader in developing mobile apps.

We host London Games Festival, a 10 day cultural celebration of games and interactive entertainment, which this year will see over 55,000 people attend events in venues across our vibrant capital. See page 4 to find out more.

The UK invests in the next generation of games talent, with over 100 UK-wide universities providing over 300 specialist games courses. Computing has also replaced the outdated ICT curriculum, meaning we are preparing the learners of today for the jobs of tomorrow right from the start of primary education. 3. One of the world’s biggest digital marketplaces We’re leading the way in the digital market in the creative screen sectors, with digital sales of games in 2016 at £2.2bn – larger than the combined digital sales of video and music (£1.9bn). Ukie is committed to ensuring that the UK remains the best place to make and sell games in a postBrexit world. How we do that is laid out in our Blueprint for Growth report around 5 key areas including funding, cluster growth, a stable regulatory environment, support for cultural production, access to markets, talent, and investor confidence.

Exclusive features inside: Making London games Mapping the UK capital of the world games industry >> page 4 >> page 4

UK game of the show award 2017 >> page 4

What’s happening

Wednesday 1 March: 7.00pm - 9.00pm: Ukie’s VIP UK drinks reception at B Restaurant & Bar, sponsored by UKTI, BAFTA and Games London. Invite only. Ask us about invites.

What’s on the UK Industry Stand 40 UK games businesses to meet, details inside >> page 8

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Come and visit us in the South Hall at stand 1416

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On the UK Stand: • Amiqus • Applingua • Big Learning Company • Billy Goat • Creative Dialogue Tools • Cubic Motion • Cupboard • Curve Digital • Deceptive Games • deltaDNA • Department for International Trade • Gamebench • Games London • Go Testify • Green Man Gaming • Jagex • Legendary Games • Moov2 • Multiplay

• Northern Ireland Screen • Omni Systems • Outsider • Quantum Soup • R8 • Reality Games • S4C • Sensewhere • Simul • Soccer Manager • Sold Out • SpecialEffect • Talespinners • The Trailer Farm • Tramshed Tech • Ukie • Vision Games Labs • Vision Games Publishing • Welsh Government • Wibbu • Yogscast

Ukie staff at GDC

CEO

@Doctoe

Dr Jo Twist OBE CEO

@UkieSophie

Sophie Densham

Community & Communications Officer

@dave74205

Megan Rice @MegMgumi

Business Development Executive

David Smith

Member Services & Facilities Coordinator

Turn to page 8 Stand opening times for full listing Wednesday March 01: 10am – 6pm Thursday March 02: 10am – 6pm Friday March 03: 10am – 3pm

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The UK Games Map London Games Festival

year: 38,000 people attended the range of activity and events held over the first ten days of April 2016 for the first Festival last year.

tool and data source, promoting local networking, encouraging skills sharing, connecting businesses and talent. It highlights clusters, trends and patterns of growth to investors, as well as providing academics, journalists and politicians a trusted, up to date snapshot of the industry.

London Games Festival is part of the Games London programme jointly delivered by Ukie and Film London. Backed with £1.2m funding from the Mayor of London’s Local Enterprise Partnership for London (LEAP), Games London’s three-year aim is to generate £35m of inward investment in turn creating almost 300 jobs.

The map gives us incredible insight into the size, scale and geography of the UK games sector. Some top #MapFacts are: • There are currently 2,088 active games companies in the UK • The map also lists 126 games industry service companies and 261 games-related academic courses In September 2016, Ukie launched the UK Games Map, the first interactive, dynamic, real-time database of the UK games industry. Built in partnership with Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, the UK Games Map is an invaluable

• 68% of the companies were founded since the beginning of 2010 • 72% of games businesses in the UK are based outside of London • 69% of companies are working on mobile content Check out gamesmap.uk

UK game of the show 2017 For the first time, the prestigious UK Game of the Show Award that Ukie organises every year at gamescom will now be taking place at GDC. The accolade is awarded to the best unreleased UK developed game on show at the expo. By focusing on unreleased titles the award shines a spotlight on the games that will be making the news in the future whilst also showcasing the outstanding development talent that exists in the UK. Previous winners at gamescom have included PaperSeven’s Blackwood Crossing and RoboPixelGames’ Gunnihilation. Ukie is delighted to have Reality Games as sponsors for the first award this year at GDC.

Zbigniew John Woznowski, CEO & Co-founder of Reality Games, said, ‘We understand very well how hard it is to be noticed in the gaming world, because just 2 years ago we were an Indie developer who was trying to get our foot in the door. We want to support UK talent and we know that if you get your first award, you will be motivated to work harder to develop great gaming experiences.’ The anonymous industry judges are leading figures and they will be combing the halls of GDC to identify potential winners, who will be announced at Ukie’s UK Industry Drinks Reception on Wednesday evening at B Restaurant & Bar.

Monopoly in Trafalfar Square, LGF 2016

The Games London partnership between Ukie and screen agency Film London is now in its second year and is delivering on its promise to make London the games capital of the world. And when you find out what’s in store for 2017’s event you won’t want to miss it. LGF 2017 runs from 30 March to 9 April and is expected to reach 50,000 attendees. This year, we have an expanded range of cultural events, with a live music concert in the works alongside a closing weekend parade. That’s on top of all the B2B activity, other tent poles like Now Play This, or the vast and vibrant Festival Fringe. Not to mention the return of EGX Rezzed and the BAFTA Games Awards. In between all of those significant events we have a range of cultural and thought provoking summits covering Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Games Culture, plus the return of our unique ‘women in’ W.IN networking event. Last but not least is the Games Finance Market, which connects interactive entertainment content creators of any type with a broad mix of investor and business partners. We are doubling the size of the Market this year to welcome 60 games companies meeting 60 games investors from around the world. The Games Finance Market is now the only event of this type in the UK – we’ve put a lot of effort into shaping this event so that it perfectly matches what games companies and investors need, with a two-day event in a private London hotel that offers the right meetings to each delegate. We’re very exciting about what’s in store from the end of March onwards, and buoyed by the hugely welcome reception the first London Games Festival had last

Games London is already delivering on that wider target to promote the wider UK games industry and London as a global hub for interactive entertainment that can attract investors. Our work doesn’t just cover the Festival and the Games Finance Market – we also work on inbound missions, such as a fam trip for VCs in July, and outbound trade missions, such as a nine-company delegation we took to Slush in Helsinki, Finland. Across all of this we’re already close to having created £10m potential business. We’re attending GDC this month to both promote the festival and engage more investors who don’t know about the opportunity in London. With 500 games companies in a city that’s filled with so much more potential, we hope you agree that it won’t be long until we can say that London is the games capital of the world.

LONDON GAMES FESTIVAL 2017: First events announced • 30 March – 1 April: EGX Rezzed • 3 April: AI Summit & Mixed Reality Summit • 4 April to 6 April: Games Finance Market • 6 April: BAFTA Games Awards • 7 April: W.In (Women In) networking event • 7 April – 9 April: Now Play This • 30 March – 9 April: London Games Festival Fringe For more information on getting involved in London Games Festival, contact Michael.French@ games.london. Check out www.games.london for a full and up-to-date schedule.

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Returning for 11 days across the UK capital B2B, consumer and cultural strands Games Finance Market will connect 60 games studios with 60 games investors New summits on AI and Mixed Reality, plus a live games music event... and a closing day parade! Schedule also includes world-renowned EGX Rezzed and BAFTA Games Awards

More info and book tickets via www.games.london @londongamesfest

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D = Developer

M = Media

P = Publisher

We’re a specialist, multi award winning Games recruitment agency. Working in partnership with our clients we understand what it takes to successfully deliver to all levels of professional industry roles across the world. We’re proud to support the growth of the sector, helping to build great teams every day.

Applingua is an app, game and website localization agency based in Cardiﬀ, South Wales. We work with developers the world over to localize and test their apps and games on device ready for sale in international markets.

Web: amiqus.com

Web: applingua.com

Twitter: @weareamiqus

Twitter: @applingua

Telephone: +44 (0)7795 571708

Telephone: +44 (0)2921 250140

Address: 101 Dalton Avenue, Birchwood Park, Warrington, WA3 6YF

Address: 210 The Creative Quarter, Cardiﬀ, CF10 1AF

S Big Learning Company (BLC) is an established, successful Digital Content & Games Training business and approved supplier/ trainer for Microsoft, Minecraft, KODU, BBC Micro:bit - and a certiﬁed UK trainer/re-seller for LEGO Education (products/ training), creating Edtech IP products and content for UK/International markets, with Games for Education a key growth area.

Billy Goat Entertainment Ltd is a video game developer based in sunny Belfast, Northern Ireland. Established in 2010 ‘The Goat’ specialises in crafting jovial, lighthearted, comedic experiences, currently developing for consoles and PC.

Web: biglearningcompany.com

Web: billygoat.tv

Twitter: @BigLearningCo

Twitter: @oﬃcialgoat

Telephone: +44 (0)2920 104950

Telephone: +44 (0)7860 617928

Address: Tramsheds, Pendyris Street, Cardiﬀ, CF11 6BH

Address: 51 Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 6RY

S = Service

Ukie Times 9 Cubic Motion solves some of the most challenging technical problems in computer vision and facial animation. We’re trusted by major game developers and studios to provide extremely high quality animation at unprecedented speed.

Creative Dialogue Tools aka CDT are a cradle to grave suite of dialogue and audio management tools for game development. Making ‘sample syndrome’ history.

Web: creativedialoguetools.com

Web: cubicmotion.com

Twitter: @CDT_USA

Twitter: @cubicmotion

Telephone: +44 (0)7540 726335

Telephone: +44 (0)1618 203431

Address: 101 Wilberforce Road, London, N4 2SP

Address: Rutherford House, Manchester Science Park, Pencroft Way, Manchester, M15 6SZ

S Cupboard Games was assembled in 2015 by Paul Dillon and Jonathan Hatton without any instructions or allen keys. The Cupboard aims to stack it shelves with games that create stories and experiences not possible in any other medium.

Founded in 2012, Curve Digital has published 25 titles across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS, PC, iOS and Android. We are a leading indie publisher on consoles and have an experienced and creative publishing team dedicated to maximizing the success of our titles.

Web: cupboardgames.com

Web: curve-digital.com

Twitter: @CupboardGames

Twitter: @CurveDigital

Telephone: +44 (0)7803 007965

Telephone: +44 (0)2075 660095

Address: Blick Studios, 52 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LB

Address: 3rd Floor, 63 Gee Street, London, EC1V 3RS

Web: deceptive-games.com Twitter: @deceptive_games

Deceptive Games is a video games development and publishing team working on creating high-end, quality games for all platforms. Our objective is to create deeply immersive video gaming experiences, and are continuously working on new intellectual properties to entertain, and enthral audiences. Deceptive Games has developed a number of titles including Kidnapped, The Secret Monster Society, Alone? VR and Those Damn Aliens.

Web: deltadna.com Twitter: @deltadna

Telephone: +44 (0)7919 148372

Telephone: +44 (0)1314 663690

Address: Ty Menter, Navigation Park, Abercynon, CF45 4AJ

Address: Greenside House, 25 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA

deltaDNA improves player engagement and lifetime values in Free-To-Play games. Its technology solution uses advanced data mining and predictive modelling to identify and segment diﬀerent player behaviors. Through this insight, players can be targeted with real-time individually-targeted ingame messages oﬀering personalized experiences that increase retention and revenues.

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Web: great.gov.uk Twitter: @tradegovukusa Telephone: 415-617-1372

The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) has overall responsibility for promoting UK trade across the world and attracting foreign investment to the UK economy. It is a specialised government body with responsibility for negotiating international trade policy, supporting business, as well as delivering an outwardlooking trade diplomacy strategy. DIT’s locallyengaged Creative & Media team is based in the British Consulate San Francisco.

Address: British Consulate, 1 Sansome Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94104

Web: gamebench.net Twitter: @gamebench Telephone: +44 (0)1173 705876 Address: Unit 116, Bristol & Bath Science Park, Emersons Green, Bristol, BS16 7FR

Web: games.london Twitter: @londongamesfest Telephone: +44 (0)2075 340588

Games London is a ground breaking new programme to support, grow and promote the games and interactive entertainment sector in the UK capital. The programme is funded by the Mayor of London’s London Enterprise Panel and delivered by Film London and Ukie. Highlights from our activity include: • An annual London Games Festival to showcase and celebrate the industry’s huge cultural and economic impact • An international businessto-business networking event to attract top investment to the UK • Inbound and outbound trade missions to promote the tax relief and the sector overseas • A range of training and skills initiatives

Testify is an online platform for games studios and publishers that identiﬁes what motivates players to keep playing their game. Watch and hear honest feedback from targeted players all over the world and review in an automated actionable report, helping your team and stakeholders to make games players love. Web: gotestify.com Twitter: @GoTestify Telephone: +44 (0)7917 840024 Address: 112 Donegal Street, Belfast

Green Man Gaming is a global e-commerce technology company in the video games industry and the ﬁrst choice for millions of passionate gamers around the world.

Jagex Games Studio is a Multi-Award winning games developer and publisher based in Cambridge, England. As the makers of RuneScape, our studio has a globally recognised reputation for developing hugely popular, accessible, free-to-play games and for providing an unbeatable community experience for our millions of players around the world.

Web: greenmangaming.com

Web: jagex.com

Twitter: @GreenManGaming

Twitter: @Jagex

Telephone: +44 (0)3305 001515

Telephone: +44 (0)7557 745071

Address: Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9BB

Address: 220 Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WA

GameBench is the industry standard for profiling and usability analysis of mobile games, apps and devices. Our unique tools enable developers and enthusiasts to profile the performance of games and apps, and to visualise metrics such as FPS, FPS stability, GPU and CPU usage. Collect these metrics on multiple devices and view even more in-depth metrics on GameBench’s unified web dashboard. Available for Android & iOS.

Ukie Times 11 Web sites, iOS, Android and Windows companion apps to excite, inform and extend the player experience. Working with clients including Microsoft Studios, Supermassive Games and Hello Games we build digital experiences for games businesses to support and enhance acquisition and engagement.

Award winning multiplatform, multi-player developers specialising in Unity and our own proprietary 3D HTML 5 (VR ready) technology. We have developed Mordheim: Warband Skirmish (a GW Licensed property), Docomo’s Hungry Caterpillar (for Story Toys) and Year 0 Tactics (the First 3D MMO WebGL game on Facebook and Fire TV). Web: legendary-games.com

Web: moov2.com

Twitter: @PlayLegendary

Twitter: @moov2

Telephone: +44 (0)1159 932336

Telephone: +44 (0)2380 893842

Address: Antenna, Beck Street, Nottingham, NG1 1EQ

Address: Unit 7, Chevron Business Park, Lime Kiln Lane, Holbury, Southampton, SO45 2QL

multiplay GAME SERVER HOSTING SPECIALISTS

Multiplay are the industry leaders in Game Server hosting. Our unique orchestration toolset has been built for scaling, combining physical and cloud platforms allowing for cost eﬀective, templated, rapid deployment globally. With 24x7 Support Coverage, Intelligent Game Server Monitoring and API access all included as standard.

Web: multiplay.com

Web: northernirelandscreen.co.uk

Twitter: @ Multiplay

Twitter: @NIScreen

Telephone: +44 (0)3458 681337

Telephone: +44 (0)2890 232444

Address: Unit 7, Whiteﬁeld Business Units, Lepe Rd, Blackﬁeld, Southampton, SO45 1XR

Address: 3rd Floor Alfred House, 21 Alfred Street, Belfast, BT8 2ED

Web: omni-labs.com Twitter: @OmniSystemsLtd Telephone: +44 (0)7904 698347 Address: 24 Orchard Close, St. Stephens, Canterbury, CT2 7AL

Northern Ireland Screen is the government-backed lead agency in Northern Ireland for the ﬁlm, television and digital content industry, driving global growth through boosting our economy, celebrating our culture and enhancing our children’s education. We are developing the interactive content sectors by providing project funding, skills development and ﬁnding complementary partners to content producers based in Northern Ireland. We also aim to establish Northern Ireland as an attractive place for international developers and publishers to invest.

S Omni Systems is a progressive independent games and media production company. It’s run by Rudolf Kremers, a veteran designer and author. Omni Systems has achieved notable succes with the Eufloria series of games which has garnered much creative and commercial succes. Eufloria’s nominations and awars include a BAFTA, the IGF grand Prize and several other awards. Current notable projects include PS4 and PC Cyberpunk RTS “Neopolis”, the new Eufloria Universe game “Eufloria RPG” and an inovative exploration adventure called “StarLit: Colony”

Web: outsidergames.com Twitter: @Outsidergames Telephone: +44 (0)7793 211205 Address: 763 Lisburn Rd, Belfast, BT9 7GW

Outsider Games is a game development studio, established in 2011, and run by Stephen Downey, a comic and game artist. Outsider Studios develops original properties for PC and console, including the Tiga award short listed, musical adventure game, Wailing Heights. They have also undertaken commissions from highproﬁle clients, included projects for the BBC and Lionsgate UK.

12 Ukie Times Quantum Soup are a new studio based in North Wales, specialising in narrative games. Founders Ralph Ferneyhough and Chris Payne have over 40 years of combined experience at major studios including TT Games, EA and Psygnosis.

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Web: quantum-soup.co.uk

Web: r8games.com

Twitter: @QuantumSoupLtd

Twitter: @R8Games

Telephone: +44 (0)7817 991158

Telephone: +44 (0)1642 384419

Address: Fron Heulog, Carrog, Corwen, Clywd, LL21 9AT

Address: Room P307, Phoenix Building, Teeside University, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA

Independent developer based in Middlesbrough UK, nearing completion of ďŹ rst game: Formula Fusion. An anti-gravity combat racer which carries the torch of the original spirit of the genre forward. Cutting edge graphics plus a level of gameplay and customisation not seen before in an arcade racer of this type.

D We create games based on BIG DATA. Currently we have 2 games on the market - Landlord Real Estate Tycoon - geo location property trading game, and Donut Trumpet. Both games are in top 100 ranks in 100 countries, with over 5 mln downloads.

S4C is a Welsh language television channel broadcasting over 115 hours of programmes each week. It commissions independent producers from across Wales to make the majority of its programmes. Through its commercial arm SDML, S4C has invested in several Welsh games companies and initiatives.

Web: wearerealitygames.com

Web: s4c.cymru

Address: 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX

Twitter: @s4c Telephone: +44 (0)2920 741340 Address: Parc Ty Glas, Llansien, CardiďŹ&#x20AC;, Wales, CF14 5DU

Sensewhere is a world leader in delivering location technology and services on mobiles and applications. We provide location information to 600m monthly active users in China via our customer Tencent. Our technology enables precise location information in areas with weak GNSS coverage such as indoors or in dense urban areas.

Simul is the creator of trueSKY(tm), the leading real-time weather rendering system for games. trueSKY, winner of the British Computer Society Research Prize, is used by over 50 leading game developers including Sony, Ubisoft, NCSoft and Bandai Namco to provide stunning realism and performance in-game.

Web: sensewhere.com

Web: simul.co

Twitter: @sensewhere

Twitter: @contactSimul

Telephone: +44 (0)7929 463936

Telephone: +44 (0)7941 555920

Address: 4th Floor, 108 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3AA

Address: Unit L, Baltic Creative Campus, 49 Jamaica Street, Liverpool, L1 0AH

Ukie Times 13 Sold Out Sale & Marketing is a British boxed and digital games publisher. Our goal is to insure developers retain creative control, while we help lighten the load and guide them through the publishing process.

UK based Soccer Manager Ltd has been developing and publishing games for the last 12 years. company currently has two titles on release: Soccer Manager Worlds and Soccer Manager 2017. Currently under development title, Soccer Manager Arena, which will be released in the Spring.

Web: SoccerManager.com

Web: soldout.uk.com

Twitter: @SoccerManager

Twitter: @ soldout

Telephone: +44 (0)1772 527744

Telephone: +44 (0)2034 054584

Address: Unit 2 Albert Edward House, The Pavillions, Preston, PR2 2YB

Address: 36 Whitefriars Street, London, EC4Y 8BQ

P SpecialEffect levels the playing field for people with physical disabilities by helping them to play video games. By using technology ranging from modified games controllers to eyecontrol, they’re finding a way for people to play and bring families and friends together.

Talespinners provides story and narrative services, helping studios of all sizes to devise and strengthen their game’s story. Whether writing and polishing scripts, crafting plot and characters, or troubleshooting scenes, we’ll work with your team to help you create impactful stories, characters and dialogue that will resonate with your players.

Web: specialeﬀect.org.uk

Web: talespinners.co.uk

Twitter: @specialeﬀect

Twitter: @tale_spinners

Telephone: +44 (0)1608 810055

Telephone: +44 (0)7725 570365

Address: The Stable Block, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, OX7 3EH

Address: 25 The Philog, Whitchurch, Cardiﬀ, CF14 1DY

S Tramsheds Tech is a classleading new Digital Content Warehouse and Co-Working Innovation Space for the Games, Digital Tech, CI, and ICT sectors, in Cardiﬀ’s new Creative Quarter, developing, coproducing - and eventually distributing - digital content (Creative Industries and Games), now hosting the new Celtic Games Network (established August 2016).

A crack team of games industry veterans and exciting new talent, drawn from across the creative disciplines dedicated to making game trailers that BRING THE AWESOME. If you need user acquisition collateral, cinematics, developer diaries, live action, game capture we’re all over it.

Web: thetrailerfarm.com

Web: tramshedtech.net

Telephone: +44 (0)7764 498492

Twitter: @TramshedTech

Address: 1b Church Road, Brighton, BN3 2HA

Telephone: +44 (0)2920 103090

Address: Pendyris Street, Cardiﬀ, CF11 6BH

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Web: ukie.org.uk Twitter: @uk_ie Telephone: +44 (0)2075 340580 Address: 21-27 Lamb’s Conduit Street, London, WC1N 3NL

Web: visiongamespublishing.com Twitter: @VisionGamesP Telephone: +44 (0)1517 086569 Address: 46 Jamaica Street Liverpool, L1 0AF

Ukie (UK Interactive Entertainment) is the only trade body for the UK’s games and interactive entertainment industry. A not-for-proﬁt, it represents businesses of all sizes from small start-ups to large multinational developers, publishers and service companies, working across online, mobile apps, consoles, PC, eSports, VR and AR. Ukie aims to support, grow and promote member businesses and the wider UK games and interactive entertainment industry by optimising the economic, cultural, political and social environment needed for businesses to thrive. Ukie makes connections for businesses and help them access the opportunities a digital economy oﬀers, via a successful International Trade programme, running UK Games Industry stands . Vision Games Publishing was established in 2015 with the goal of supporting talented developers in recognizing the potential of their high-quality digital titles. As a boutique publisher with an eye to future trends and consumer demands we work to create stand out marketing and PR campaigns and achieve maximum revenues for our partners. Our small, talented team brings core expertise together from across the industry to perfectly meet your needs and that of a dynamic games market. Delivering your games to a worldwide audience across PS4, PC and Xbox One.

We are a medical technology start-up designing science-backed gaming apps to measure vision in patients. For the ﬁrst time, this platform will enable patients to gain a reliable measure of their visual health, from home – facilitating home diagnosis or monitoring.

Telephone: +44 (0)7849 540455 Address: 30 Rest Bay Close, Porthcawl, Wales, CF36 3UN

Web: business.gov.uk Twitter: @welshgocreative Telephone: +44 (0)3000 615696 Address: QED Centre, Main Avenue, Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd, CF37 5YR

S Wibbu is a London-based team of game developers, linguists, and language teachers who make video games to learn languages. In March 2017, their new 3D adventure game, Ruby Rei, will be out on iOS and Android to learn Spanish and English. Wibbu’s aim is to increase motivation to learn languages.

UK’s leading family of gaming YouTube and Twitch streamers, we have over 20m subscribers and 100m+ views a month with more than 50 years of our video watched online every day. Our digitalﬁrst production studio also manages channels and produces video for a range of clients, including Xbox and PlayStation.

Web: wibbu.com

Web: yogscast.com

Twitter: @wibbu_studios

Twitter: @yogscast

Telephone: +44 (0)7740 347823

Telephone: +44 (0)7740 866250

Address: 6 Lloyd’s Avenue, London, EC3N 3AX

Address: New Bond House, Bond Street, Bristol, BS7 9DN

Welsh Assembly Government Creative Industries sector is responsible for promoting the Welsh games development sector to increase economic activity, develop key trade opportunities for Welsh companies in the game development sector. Our aims and objectives are to build and develop relationships with potential inward investors and promote Wales as an investment location for gaming sector companies.

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true SKY™ provides real time dynamic weather eﬀects for PC, PlayStation© 4 and Xbox ONE. Supporting all major engines and easy to integrate, trueSKY™ adds dynamism and atmosphere to your game while maintaining consistent high performance.

Atmospherics

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