A Dundee games development studio is looking to grow its workforce by 50% this year after investing almost £200,000 in new premises in the city.
Tag Games, which has worked on famous global brands such as Angry Birds, Dr Who, and Downton Abbey, is making the short move from Seabraes House to the Vision Building in the Greenmarket area of the city.
The new office has capacity for more than 60 staff and Tag chief executive Marc Williamson said he planned to reach that staffing level this year.
“We currently have 44 staff and our drive over the next 12 months will be to fill as much of the larger space as possible,” he said.
“We are negotiating a lot of contracts at the moment and we should have lots of positive news coming out of the studio over the next year.
“Last year we were working on lots of products that had already existed – we worked with NaturalMotion on racing game CSR2 and with cable network Adult Swim on a game for the Rick and Morty cartoon.
“We have 10 years of great memories at Seabraes House, but we have outgrown the space now and we are starting a new decade in a cool new environment.”
The new offices has been designed in partnership with Blairgowrie fit firm SteamPunk, in their first office project.
Meeting rooms in the new space have been clad in steel that is designed to rust and give an industrial look. The concrete boardroom table has mobile phones embedded in resin.
Mr Williamson said he hoped the design would fuel his workforce’s creativity.
He added: “We want to give people who work here the best equipment to work on, the best projects to work on and part of that is having the best space to work in.
“Making games is a creative endeavour and we want to provide a cutting-edge working environment that will inspire that creativity and make the team proud to come to work every day.
“SteamPunk has been an amazing partner in bringing our plans for the new office to life.
“They’ve created a space designed from the ground up just for us that reflects the ambition of the business.”
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