Expo
Running alongside the Conference is the Develop Expo, which is free for visitors to attend and brings together some of Europe's most innovative companies from every sector of games development.
Participating Companies at the 2009 Event
AWE B31
AWE plays a crucial role in the defence of the United Kingdom, by providing and maintaining the warheads for the country's nuclear deterrent. We are a centre of scientific and technological excellence, with some of the most advanced research, design and production facilities in the world.
Aldermaston,
Reading, Berkshire,
RG7 4PR, UK.
Tel: 0118 9825836
Website: www.awe.co.uk
B-BLOCK STUDIOS B22
B-Block Studios is a unique project from Develop Award nominee the University of Derby producing game content for external clients by employing the best of our talented students, guided by several ex-industry consultants from companies such as Codemasters, Evolution Studios and Lionhead. We are currently developing our first PSP title.
Faculty of Business, Computing and Law
University of Derby
Kedleston Road
Derby
DE22 1GB
Telphone: +44 (0) 1332 592391
Email: info@bblockstudios.com
Website: http://www.bblockstudios.com
BLITZTECH (BLITZ GAMES STUDIOS) B20
The BlitzTech games development engine and toolset middleware has powered 25+ titles (70+ releases over 8 platforms). The technology capitalises on strong cross platform support and a streamlined development pipeline. Games using BlitzTech include Dead to Rights: Retribution, Invincible Tiger (stereoscopic 3D) and SEGA's House of the Dead: Overkill. Technology available to license.
Blitz Games Studios,
Regent Square House,
The Parade, Leamington Spa,
CV32 4NL, UK.
Contact: Richard Hackett (Tech Director), Andrew Oliver (CTO)
Telephone: +44 (0) 1926 880000
Email: blitztech@BlitzGamesStudios.com
Website: www.BlitzTech.com / www.BlitzGamesStudios.com
CASUALGAMING.BIZ
CasualGaming.Biz is the only trade publication targeted at this booming market. Covering browser games, traditional boxed product and iPhone, CasualGaming.Biz hits everyone from retail buyers to game developers and aggregators. Daily news and fast-growing global readership.
Intent Media,
Saxon House,
6a St.Andrew Street,
Hertford SG14 1JA.
Tel: 01992 535647
Contact: Lesley.Blumson@intentmedia.co.uk
www.casualgaming.biz.
COMPUTER & VIDEO GAMES BA(HONS) AT SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY B24
This cutting edge degree course gives you the chance to prepare for a career within the games industry. Our staff have industry experience and an impressive portfolio of commercial titles. We have excellent facilities & use industry-standard software to teach you skills in animation, character design and games genres.
Southampton Solent University
East Park Terrace
Southampton
Adam Barton (Course leader) + 44 (0)238 031 9405
CUSTOM HOUSE B36
Custom House's foreign exchange solutions and risk management tools help companies involved in new media to streamline their international payments and minimise their foreign currency exposure. Our solutions and strategies for the media industry are adaptable to your business's specific challenges, allowing you to protect your profits and prosper in a competitive global marketplace.
Custom House - European Office
2nd Floor, 12 Appold Street,
London, United Kingdom
EC2A 2AW
Phone: 0845 88 00 416
Email: enquiriesuk@customhouse.com
www.customhouseuk.co.uk
DEVELOP MAGAZINE
Develop is the leading website and print publication serving the European and international game design sector. Targeted exclusively at programmers, artists, musicians and producers, Develop offers daily news and essential
in-depth tutorials.
Intent Media,
Saxon House,
6a St.Andrew Street,
Hertford SG14 1JA.
Tel: 01992 535647
Contact: Katie.Rawlings@intentmedia.co.uk
www.develop-online.net
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC B34
Dolby is the global leader in entertainment technologies - at the movies, at home, or on the go. Since 1994, Dolby has leveraged its expertise in high quality audio to elevate the game-playing experience. From next generation surround sound technologies for consoles and peripherals to sophisticated voice solutions for online games, Dolby continually strives to help the games industry create a deeper, more dynamic game experience.
Dolby Laboratories Inc
Interface Business Park
Wootton Bassett, SN4 8QJ
Telephone: 01793 842 100
Email: games@dolby.com
Website: www.dolby.com
EMERGENT GAME TECHNOLOGIES B16
Emergent® Game Technologies has one goal: innovation in game development. Through our state-of-the-art software platforms, Gamebryo® LightSpeedTM and Gamebryo®, we help developers fulfill their maximum creative potential by giving them the power to endlessly - and efficiently - iterate development. From prototype to final product, Emergent fuels creativity while reducing risk.
5016 N. Parkway Calabasas, Suite 210
Calabasas, CA 91302
USA
Telephone: +1 (818) 222-5355
Fax: +1 (818) 222-1232
Email: sales@emergent.net
Website: www.emergent.net
ENZYME LABS B42
Enzyme Labs is a dedicated ISO 9001:2000 certified multilingual game testing company with international facilities that provides multi-platform world class pre-certification, functionality, game-play, compatibility, focus groups and product evaluation, game balancing, MMOG and customer support services. We specialize in large scale linguistic and game testing projects and have over 450 full-time employees.
Head Office
2775 Rolland Street
Ste Adele, Quebec J8B 1C9
Canada
Telephone: +1 450-229-9999
Fax: +1 450-229-6660
Email: info@enzyme.org
Website: www.enzyme.org
EPIC GAMES, INC
Epic Games develops cutting-edge games and cross-platform game engine technology. Epic's "Unreal" series includes multiple million-selling, award-winning games, and the "Gears of War" franchise has eclipsed 11 million units sold. Epic's Unreal Engine 3 is the three-time consecutive winner and this year's Hall of Fame inductee for Game Developer magazine's Best Engine Front Line Award.
Epic Games, Inc.
620 Crossroads Blvd.
Cary, NC 27518 USA
Telephone: +1 919 854 0070
Email: licensing@epicgames.com
Website: www.unrealtechnology.com
HANSOFT AB B48
Hansoft is an integrated solution for collaborative scheduling, Agile, Lean, bug tracking, and workload coordination, used by developers in over 20 countries. New Hansoft 5.3 also includes an Asset Pipeline Editor to manage complex art creation flows, a Workflow Editor for testing, quality iteration and management sign-offs, and a flow-based Report Generator.
Bredgrand 18,
753 20 Uppsala
Sweden
Telphone: +46 18 488 1000
Fax: +46 18 488 1093
Email: solutions@hansoft.se
Website: www.hansoft.se
MCV
The Market for Computer & Video games is the dominant website and print publication for the UK and international trade. Serving games development as well as retail, distribution, media and the financial sector, MCV is the only authoritative and pan-industry voice.
Intent Media,
Saxon House,
6a St.Andrew Street,
Hertford SG14 1JA
Tel: 01992 535647
Contact: Lesley.Blumson@intentmedia.co.uk
www.mcvuk.com
NESTA
NESTA - the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts is a unique and independent body with the mission to make the UK more innovative. We believe that the UK games industry is highly innovative and has potential for growth. We are running a pilot programme to support developers in their business development and have published policy papers- see: www.nesta.org.uk/games/
We will be talking about how business growth can be supported through the industry helping itself on Weds 15th July.
Dundee University Incubator
Dundee Technopole - Unit 2
James Lindsay Place
Dundee
DD1 5JJ
Telephone: 01382 223288
www.nesta.org.uk
NOKIA C14
Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's leading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in new and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.
Nokia, C14
250-6651 Fraserwood Place
Richmond, BC
Canada
V6W 1J3
www.forum.nokia.com/games
PEPPERMINT P LTD B50
Peppermint P is the development sector's specialist PR agency. Our team has experience dating back to 16-bit days, and Peppermint has helped European developers, both large and small, achieve their share of voice in a world dominated by publisher chatter.
71 Endell Street
London
WC2H 9AJ
Tel: +44 (0)20 7240 2645
Email:
Contact: Simon Jones, Director simon.jones@peppermintp.com
Website: www.peppermintp.com
PHONETIC ARTS B30
Phonetic arts delivers 'pa 2009' cross platform technology that generates natural speech, allowing computer games to say any sentence in any type of voice. Our goal is to free games developers from the constraints of recorded samples and allow them to create rich, expressive and responsive dialog within their games.
16 Westbrook Centre
Milton road
Cambridge
CB4 1YG
Telephone : 0845 234 1224
Website : www.phonetic-arts.com
Contact: steve.tyson@phonetic-arts.com
Position: vice president
PIXELUX ENTERTAINMENT S.A B32
Pixelux was founded with a mission of automating art asset production through physical simulation. Digital Molecular Matter (DMM) technology has been designed to take full advantage of next-generation architectures to achieve an unprecedented degree of realism. Pixelux is a member of middleware programs for both the PlayStation(r)3 and Xbox 360(tm). DMM is also available for PCs. DMM is currently being utilized by LucasArts in their hit videogame, "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed." (www.pixelux.com)
6 av. de Petit Senn
1225 Chene-Bourg
Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 348 90 50
Email: info@pixelux.ch
Website: www.pixelux.com
SCALEFORM CORPORATION B12
Scaleform Corporation revolutionizes the interaction between humans and media with its groundbreaking user interface design environment for video games. The company's flagship solution, Scaleform GFx, is used in over 400 titles worldwide and is integrated with leading game engines for rapid, artist-driven UI and casual game development across multiple platforms.
Scaleform Corporation
6305 Ivy Lane, Suite 310
Greenbelt MD 20770
USA
Telephone: +1.301.446.3200
Fax: +1.301.446.3199
Email: sales@scaleform.com
Website: www.scaleform.com
SOUTH EAST MEDIA NETWORK
South East Media Network is a business led consortium providing strategic focus for the regions digital content sector, it exists to enable the South East of England's digital content businesses increase their share of the global market. SEMN is backed by the South East England's Development Agency.
Pinewood Studios, Pinewood Road,
Iver Heath, Bucks, SLO 0NH
Tel: +44 (0)1753 637211
Email: info@semn.org.uk
www.semn.org.uk
TECHEXCEL B46
TechExcel specialises in application lifecycle management solutions. The open workflow lifecycle enables a unified solution for software product development. TechExcel DevSuite is suited to plan development projects, coordinate teams, track work items and their associated milestones, empower QA professionals, and deliver crucial games to production on time. Now with Mywork dashboard and Wiki
TechExcel
Crown House
72 Hammersmith Road
London
W14 8TH
Telephone: +44 (0)207 470 5650
Website: emeainfo@techexcel.com
Website: www.techexcel.com
TESTRONTIC LABS
Testronic Labs is a global QA company dedicated to serving the needs of the game industry. Operating in three continents and with a portfolio of major game industry customers in every international market, Testronic Labs delivers expertise and security. Offering the full range of Games QA services on all platforms, we have recently launched our translation services to sit alongside comprehensive, highly-regarded localisation, functionality, compatibility and usability offerings.
185 Park Street
London
SE1 9DY
Telephone: 01753 653722
Email:
Website: www.testroniclabs.com
THE REGISTER BOOKS B40
The Register Books is the book retail arm of the popular British technology news and opinion website The Register. The Register Books offers over 12,000 computer and business books in addition to a comprehensive range of E-Learning products and official Microsoft IT training courses.
The Register Books
205 Formans Road
Sparkhill
Birmingham
B11 3AX
Telephone: +44 (0) 121 606 0472
Fax: +44 (0) 121 606 0476
Email: books@theregister.co.uk
Website: http://books.theregister.co.uk
TIGA B28
TIGA is the national trade association that represents game developers in the UK and in Europe. Established in 2001, Tiga now has over a hundred members. The majority of our members are either independent games developers or in-house publisher owned developers.
One London Wall
London EC2Y 5EB
Telephone: 0845 0941095
Email: info@tiga.org
Website: www.tiga.org
TRAIN 2 GAME B10
Train2Game's career and industry-focused, fully supported home study Games Developer & Games Designer courses represent a new and unique gateway to the fast moving world of Games Development. Train2Game courses teach students the skills necessary for entry into the games development industry, Students study in their own time, at their own pace, and are able to continue with current career commitments around their studies. On successful completion of their courses, students are awarded Tiga Games Development Diplomas.
3 Opal Court,
Fox Milne,
Milton Keynes.
MK15 0DF.
Telephone: 0845 272 8791
UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING
Universally Speaking is a leading provider of specialist games services to the global games sector. From our secure premises in the UK and Japan, we provide the full suite of localisation, quality assurance and audio services with a focus on delivering our trade mark of excellence.
Priory Chambers
Priory Lane
St Neots
Cambs PE19 2BH
UK Telephone: +44 1 480 210621
JP Telephone: 81 3 6712 1177
Email: Info@usspeaking.com
Website: www.usspeaking.com
WIRED SUSSEX B26
Supporting digital media in Brighton and beyond
Wired Sussex works with digital media companies of all sizes helping them to develop and grow. If you are working in or running a business in the digital media industry in Sussex - or if you'd like to be - find out how we can support you: www.wiredsussex.com
Wired Sussex
Studio 8, Level 4 South
New England House
New England St
Brighton
BN14G
Tel: +44 (0)1273 692888H
Email: info@wiredsussex.com
Website: www.wiredsussex.com
If you want to gain unrivalled access to some of Europe's leading developers and talk to them face-to-face, contact us now to find out how your company can get involved.
To find out more, contact:
Andy Lane at andy@tandemevents.co.uk
or +44 (0)20 7405 4500
