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If there’s one tech category where the UK has consistently punched way above it’s weight it’s games development. Since spectrum days and the holy BBC Computer (yes, we’re talking Elite!) the UK games studios in this list have over contributed to the games industry where it is a net exporter to the rest of the world.
And there’s a reason we’ve hoodwinked a Grand Theft Auto shot into our featured image and that’s because the Rockstar is the studio that created GTA is British (Scottish, to be precise…). So let’s now take a look at the hottest games studios in the UK according to the UKIE which revealed the most successful video gaming experiences released in the UK to-date.
UK Games Studios UK #1 Best UK Gaming Studios UK Guide
Rockstar North – uk game developers leader
Most Successful UK Game: GTA V
Also Famous For: Red Dead Redemption II
Traveller’s Tales (“TT”)
Most Successful UK Game: LEGO Batman
Also Famous For: LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Harry Potter
Codemasters
Most Successful UK Game: Colin McRae Rally (PS1, PC)
Also Famous For: TOCA, Micro Machines, Brian Lara
Sony Studios (i.e. PlayStation London)
Most Successful UK Boxed Game: The Getaway
Also Famous For: EyeToy, F1, Wipeout
Sports Interactive
Most Successful UK Boxed Game: Football Manager 2007
Also Famous For: Championship Manager
Biggest UK Games Studios & uk game developers
The UK has a long history of making world class gaming experiences. With the global audience estimated between 2.2 and 2.6 billion people and the global software market expected to grow from $137.9 billion in 2018 to an estimated $180.1 billion by the end of 2021, the opportunities for the UK games industry have never been greater.
Source – UKIE
Core Design
Most Successful UK Game: Tomb Raider 2
Also Famous For: Tomb Raider
Eurocom Entertainment
Most Successful UK Game: James Bond 007: Nightfire
Also Famous For: GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, Spyro: A Hero’s Tale, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 007: The World Is Not Enough
Criterion Games
Most Successful UK Boxed Game: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Also Famous For: Burnout
Rare
Most Successful UK Boxed Game: GoldenEye (N64) and Kinect Sports (360)
Also Famous For: Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong Country
Team17
Most Successful UK Boxed Game: Worms
Also Famous For: Overcooked
4. Bossa Studios
Bossa make creative, inclusive games like I am Fish, I am Bread, Surgeon Simulator 2, etc. Talking one of their leading games is Surgeon Simulator 2.
Tag Games
Headed up by the ever popular Paul Farley Tag is going from strength to strength.
Outplay
Outplay Entertainment have Mystery Match Village, Crafty Candy Blast, Words Together, and Solitaire Together are some of their popular games.
Thanks to GfK and UKIE for the data from 1995 – 2018. The list is based on unit sales of physical boxed games and does not include digital. List originally published by Games Industry Biz
UK Games Studios UK #1 Best UK Gaming Studios UK Guide
