TIGA Press Releases
e4e Interactive Entertainment Services joins TIGA
Publish Date: Monday 2nd July 2012
TIGA,
the trade association representing the UK video games industry, has welcomed
e4e Interactive Entertainment Services as its newest member.
As one of the world's leading providers of post-production services, e4e
Interactive Entertainment Service, which was originally formed as Absolute
Quality, has been focused on the games market for 16 years. It has worked on
more than 3,000 game titles, for 17 of the top 20 game developers and
publishers worldwide across console, social, mobile and MMO platforms.
mong e4e’s services are testing, localisation and customer support. It is one
of the largest pure-play providers of such services in the industry and its
global operations, which span North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, has
approximately 400 employees.
Ann Hurley, e4e's European Sales Manager, said:
"We
wish to work with TIGA to raise our profile within the development and
publishing arena. The vast majority or our work is created by recommendation
which is excellent, however we wish to increase our visibility, to inform
potential clients of our services and our point of difference - the majority of
our team is made up of passionate gamers."
Dr
Richard Wilson, CEO of TIGA, said:
"We
certainly welcome e4e as a member of TIGA. It has a strong reputation, having
tested thousands of games for publishers and developers both large and small
across all platforms, regions and genres of games. The company says it wants to
connect with as many developers and publishers across the UK which is why it
has decided to join us and we look forward to working with them over the coming
months."
Notes to editors:
About
TIGA:
TIGA is the trade association representing the UK’s
games industry. The majority of our members are either independent games
developers or in-house publisher owned developers. We also have games
publishers, outsourcing companies, technology
businesses and universities amongst our membership. Since 2010, TIGA has won 11 business awards and has been nominated a
finalist for 9 other awards. In 2010 TIGA won two business awards including
‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the Trade Association Forum. In 2011, TIGA
won eight business awards including ‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the
Trade Association Forum, ‘Outstanding Organisation’ from the Chartered
Management Institute and two Global Business Excellence Awards, including ‘Outstanding
Marketing Campaign’.
Richard Wilson won
the ‘Leadership Award’ from the Trade Association Forum and the ‘Outstanding
Leader’ award from the Chartered Management Institute. In 2012, Richard Wilson
won the IoD’s East of England Director of the Year Award. TIGA is an Investors in People organisation.
TIGA's
vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to do games
business. We focus on three sets of activities: political representation,
generating media coverage and developing services that enhance the
competitiveness of our members. This means that TIGA members are
effectively represented in the corridors of power, their voice is heard in the
media and they receive benefits that make a material difference to their
businesses, including a reduction in costs and improved commercial
opportunities.
For further information, please contact
Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on: 07875 939 643, or email: richard.wilson@tiga.org.