Tag Games Ltd was a video game developer and publisher based in Dundee, Scotland. Established in 2006, the company developed games for mobile, tablet and wearable platforms and was an early European developer of titles for both the iPhone and iPad.
Tag Games was a certified member of the United Kingdom game industry trade association The Independent Games Developers Association (TIGA).
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.
The studio's output consists of a mix of original IP development and commissioned work. Tag's clients include Rovio, Activision, EA, Ubisoft, Namco Bandai, Channel 4, Big Fish Games and Wooga.
In June 2011, the studio released its first free-to-play mobile game, Funpark Friends. The game was later nominated for the International Mobile Gaming Awards, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and The Herald Scotland mobile games awards, winning the Herald Scotland best Scottish Mobile Game 2011.
In June 2023, Scopely acquired Tag Games. Following the acquisition, Tag Games continued operating from Dundee with approximately 60 employees and became part of Scopely's development organization.
Games In chronological order (not including Live Ops products):
Title Release year Platform Publisher Dead Water -- Mobile Rock'n'Roll -- Mobile, iOS Granny In Paradise -- Mobile Football Pro -- Mobile Love Guru -- Mobile All Stars Darts -- iOS Car Jack Streets 2008 Mobile, iOS, DS, PSP, Vita TV Smash it Up -- iOS Animal ABC -- iOS ALEX -- iOS Christmas Rock'n'Roll -- iOS GUTS -- iOS Red Ball Challenge -- iOS Endemol B-Boy Beats -- iOS Mobile Pie Team Monster -- Mobile, iOS Astro Ranch 2009 iOS TumbleBugs 2010 Mobile, iOS True Grit 2010 Mobile, Android Paramount Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time 2011 iOS, Android BBC Come Dine With Me App 2011 iOS, Android Channel4 Father Jack Me Up 2011 iOS, Android Channel4 Peepshow App 2011 iOS, Android Channel4 cBeebies App 2011 iOS, Android BBC Funpark Friends 2011 iOS, Android Hotel GB 2012 iOS, Android Channel4 Hotel Vegas 2013 iOS, Android Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes 2013 iOS, Android Ubisoft Capital One Penalty Kick 2014 iOS, Android Capital One Talking Poppet 2014 iOS, Android, Kindle Mind Candy Moshi Monsters Village 2014 iOS, Android, Kindle Mind Candy Cat Tap Fever 2014 iOS 505 Games The Game Of Life 2014 Marmalade Game StudioDownton Abbey: Mysteries of the Manor2015iOS, Android, KindleActivisionToby2015WatchOSWoogaAngry Birds Action!2016iOS, AndroidRovio EntertainmentBallarina2016iOS, AndroidNickelodeonPrison Architect Mobile2017iOS, AndroidParadox InteractiveMonster High: Beauty Shop2017iOS, AndroidTabtale / MattelHotel Transylvania: Run Jump Build2018iOS, AndroidTabtale / Sony PicturesRaith Rovers App2018iOS, AndroidSelf PublishedPocket Mortys2019iOS, AndroidAdult Swim Games
References
External links Tag Games Official website