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NORTHERN IRELAND NORTH EAST EAST ENGLAND LONDON

UNIVERSITIES COMPANIES COMPANIES COMPANIES
University of Ulster Londonderry Atomic Planet Middlesbrough Midas Interactive Bishops Stortford Sega Europe Brentford
Entertainment Ltd Entertainment Coyote Croydon
Onisoft Middlesbrough Frontier Cambridge Develpoments Ltd
EAST MIDLANDS Fusion Digital Newcastle Gameware Cambridge Hotgen Croydon
Mere Mortals Newcastle Develpoment 8-bit Games London
COMPANIES Microsoft Game Cambridge Airplay UK London
Midway Studios Newcastle
Cosmi Europe Ltd Daventry Studios Alternatum Ltd London
Eutechnyx Gateshead
Circle Studio Derby Nice Tech Cambridge Buena Vista Games (BVG) London
Core Design Derby UNIVERSITIES Sony Computer Cambridge Capcom Eurosoft Ltd London
University of Middlesbrough Entertainment Europe
Eurocom Derby Com2Us London
Teesside Rising Star Games Hitchin
Strawdog Studios Derby EIDOS London
Koei Letchworth
Free Radical Nottingham Glu London
Microsoft Game Twycross YORKSHIRE UNIVERSITIES Imaginary Productions London
Studios University of East Anglia Norwich Infogrammes/Atari London
Rare Twycross COMPANIES JAMDAT Mobile London
MOBILE OPERATORS
Oxygen Wellingborough Idigicon Doncaster Kuju London
Interactive Gamerholix Leeds T-Mobile Hatfield Business Park MFORMA London
UNIVERSITIES Rockstar Leeds Leeds Midway Games Ltd London
The Code Monkeys Leeds Morpheme London
University of Leicester Leicester SCOTLAND
Team 17 Software Ossett Namco London
Nottingham Trent Nottingham Novalogic Ltd London
University Kuju Sheffield COMPANIES
Gamesauce Sheffield 4J Studios Dundee Player X London
Zoo Digital Sheffield Denki Dundee Rockpool London
WEST MIDLANDS Revolution Software York Dynamo Games Dundee Sci London
Games Ops Dundee Sony Computer London
COMPANIES UNIVERSITIES Entertainment Europe
Real Time Worlds Dundee
Ascaron Birmingham University of Bradford Bradford Sports Interactive London
Team Play Dundee
Blue Sphere Ltd Birmingham University of Sheffield Sheffield Learning Dynamics Square — Enix London
Swordfish Birmingham I-Play Dunfermline Konami Europe Uxbridge
Studios Ltd
Black Company Edinburgh UNIVERSITIES
Astraware Keele NORTH WEST Studios
Bigbig Studios Leamington Spa London Metropolitan London
Codeplay Edinburgh University
Blitz Leamington Spa COMPANIES Software Ltd
Codemasters Leamington Spa Travellers Tales Knutsford Intelligent Earth Edinburgh
Box Clever Interactive Stafford Monstermob Lancaster Rockstar North Edinburgh SOUTH EAST
Datel Design Stafford Bizarre Creations Liverpool Genuine Games Ltd Fort William
and Development Jester Interactive Liverpool Axis Animation Glasgow COMPANIES
UNIVERSITIES Sony Computer Liverpool DC Studios Glasgow Hailstorm Banbury
Entertainment Europe Slam Games Glasgow
Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Koch Media Ltd Basingstoke
iFone Manchester Outerlight Ltd Midlothian
University Affinity Studios Ltd Brighton
Mass Market Media Manchester
Climax Brighton
GAMES IN THE UK

University of Wolverhampton MFORMA Manchester UNIVERSITIES

Wolverhampton Kuju Brighton
Rockpool Manchester Duncan of Jordanstone Dundee
NC Soft Brighton
Evolution Runcorn University of Abertay Dundee
Relentless Software Brighton
WALES Electronic Arts Warrington University of Paisley Paisley
Fuse Games Burford
Juice Games Warrington
COMPANIES Electronic Arts Chertsey
UNIVERSITIES Infospace Eastleigh
Broadsword Ceredigion
Interactive Ltd Liverpool John Moores Liverpool Kuju Godalming
Jester Interactive Mold University Big Blue Box Studios Guildford
University of Salford Salford Criterion Studios Guildford
UNIVERSITIES Electronic Arts Guildford
University of Mid Glamorgan SCOTLAND Lionhead Studios Guildford
Glamorgan Superscape Hook
University of Swansea Deep Red Milton Keynes
Wales Swansea
Konami Europe Milton Keynes
Stainless Games Newport
SOUTH WEST Exient Oxford
Gusto Games Oxford
COMPANIES Rebellion Oxford
Pivotal Games Bath NORTH Vivendi Reading
Confirming Factor Bristol NORTHERN EAST Activision Slough
Hothouse Bristol IRELAND Smoking Gun Southampton
Saitek Plc Bristol Productions
SN Systems Bristol Creative Assembly West Sussex
YORKSHIRE Ubi Soft Weybridge
UNIVERSITIES
Take 2 Interactive Windsor
University of Bristol Bristol NORTH Software
Bournemouth Bournemouth WEST THQ Woking
University EAST
Plymouth University Plymouth UNIVERSITIES
MIDLANDS
University of Surrey Guildford
MOBILE OPERATORS WEST
MIDLANDS EAST MOBILE OPERATORS
Orange Bristol ENGLAND
Virgin Mobile Trowbridge WALES 3 Maidenhead
LONDON Vodafone Newbury
O2 Slough

As the UK Government’s inward investment service, we’re SOUTH WEST

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This map illustrates the high level of games activity in the UK
— including games development by major UK companies and
by investors in to the UK. The UK mobile operators are also
shown. The map shows a selection of well known UK based
companies and universities. www.ukinvest.gov.uk
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NORTHERN IRELAND NORTH EAST YORKSHIRE

UNIVERSITIES 1 COMPANIES 6 COMPANIES 9
UNIVERSITIES 1 UNIVERSITIES 2

NORTH WEST SCOTLAND EAST MIDLANDS

COMPANIES 12 COMPANIES 16 COMPANIES 9
UNIVERSITIES 2 UNIVERSITIES 32 UNIVERSITIES 2

WEST MIDLANDS LONDON

COMPANIES 9 COMPANIES 27
UNIVERSITIES 2 UNIVERSITIES 1

WALES EAST ENGLAND

COMPANIES 2 COMPANIES 8
UNIVERSITIES 2 UNIVERSITIES 1
MOBILE OPERATORS 1

SCOTLAND
SOUTH WEST SOUTH EAST
COMPANIES 5 COMPANIES 29
UNIVERSITIES 3 UNIVERSITIES 1
MOBILE OPERATORS 2 MOBILE OPERATORS 3

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IRELAND EAST

YORKSHIRE

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January 2006
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The map locations are a selection of the well known

games companies and universities in the UK. www.ukinvest.gov.uk