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Tag Games Type Video game developer Industry Computer and video games Founded 2006 Headquarters Dundee, Scotland Products Car Jack Streets Astro Ranch Red Ball Challenge Tumblebugs Rock'n'Roll Dead Water Employees 16 Website tag-games.com Tag Games Ltd is an independent, video game developer and publisher based in Dundee, Scotland. Established in 2006, it is focused on creating games for mobile, handheld and social gaming platforms. It was one of the first European studios to develop titles for the iPhone.[1] Beyond developing games for a variety of mobile formats, Tag has launched applications for hand held gaming platforms such as the Playstation Portable (PSP) and Nintendo DS.
Tag is a certified member of the UK game industry trade association The Independent Games Developers Association (TIGA).[2]
Tag is an officially approved developer for the Nintendo DS and Wii.[3] Tag has launched Car Jack Streets for Nintendo DS and has new projects underway for the Wii.
The studio has announced a contract with television broadcaster Channel 4[4] which will see the studio supply a range of games and applications based upon Channel 4 properties such as Come Dine With Me and Peep Show.
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History
Paul Farley, Jamie Bryan and Robert Henning founded Tag Games in 2006. Paul Farley and Jamie Bryan had previously been part of development teams at DMA Design and Vis Entertainment where they worked on titles such as Grand Theft Auto, Space Station Silicon Valley and State of Emergency.[5]
The firm is based in Scotland, Tayside region, in the city of Dundee, which is a recognised hub for computer game development.[6]
Game development
The studio's output consists of a mix of original IP development such as the self-published Car Jack Streets,[7] and commissioned work for a variety of clients including Channel 4, Big Fish Games and Zed. Tag have also published third party content including B-Boy Beats developed by Bristol based developers Mobile Pie.[8]
Tag creates games and applications for these platforms: Java ME, BREW, Symbian, C++, N-Gage, Android, iOS (iPad, iPhone), Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS
Games
In chronological order:
- Dead Water (mobile)
- Rock'n'Roll (mobile/iPhone)
- Granny In Paradise (mobile)
- Football Pro (mobile)
- Love Guru (mobile)
- All Stars Darts (iPhone)
- Car Jack Streets (mobile/iPhone/DS/PSP)
- Smash it Up (iPhone)
- Christmas Rock'n'Roll (iPhone)
- Tumblebugs (mobile/iPhone/Android)
- GUTS (iPhone)
- Red Ball Challenge (iPhone)
- B-Boy Beats (iPhone)
- Team Monster (mobile/iPhone)
- Astro Ranch (iPhone/iPad)
- True Grit (mobile/Android)
- Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time (iOS/Android)
References
- ^ "Tag Games and the wonder of iPhone". Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jan/16/gameculture-iphone.
- ^ "TIGA: Representing the Games Industry". http://www.tiga.org/New-Members.aspx. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Will Freeman. "Nintendo unveil WiiWare and DsiWare release shedule". Casualgaming. http://www.casualgaming.biz/news/29222/Nintendo-unveil-WiiWare-and-DsiWare-release-shedule.
- ^ "Channel 4’s £1m lifeline for Dundee games industry". Herald Scotland. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/channel-4-s-1m-lifeline-for-dundee-games-industry-1.1049748?localLinksEnabled=false.
- ^ Jon Jordan. "Daring to be different: Tag Games on the move from GTA to Granny in Paradise (and back again)". Pocket Gamer. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Dundee+Mobile+Cluster/news.asp?c=5199.
- ^ "Dundee’s Computer Games Industry ‘Vibrant’". Dundee SNP. 1 September 2010. http://dundeesnp.org/?p=1569.
- ^ "Car Jack Streets Review: A capable clone of Grand Theft Auto". IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. 17 March 2010. http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/107/1078211p1.html.
- ^ "Exclusive: B-Boy Brawl: Breakin' Fingers breakdance rhythm-action game coming to iPhone". Pocket Gamer. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/B-Boy+Beats+%28iPhone%29/news.asp?c=14361.
External links
- Official website
- Facebook page
- Twitter page
- Car Jack Streets official page
- Astro Ranch official page
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- Mobile phone game companies
- Video game companies of the United Kingdom
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