Tag Games

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Tag Games Ltd
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded2006;20 years ago (2006)
Headquarters Dundee, Scotland, UK
Number of employees
60 approx
Parent Scopely
Website www.tag-games.com

Tag Games Ltd is a video game developer and publisher based in Dundee, Scotland. Established in 2006, the company develops games for mobile, tablet and wearable platforms and was an early European developer of titles for both the iPhone and iPad. [1]

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Tag is a certified member of the United Kingdom game industry trade association The Independent Games Developers Association (TIGA). [2]

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 . [3]

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. [4]

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. [5]

Games

In chronological order (not including Live Ops products):

TitleRelease yearPlatformPublisher
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 2008Mobile, 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--iOSMobile Pie
Team Monster--Mobile, iOS
Astro Ranch2009iOS
TumbleBugs2010Mobile, iOS
True Grit2010Mobile, Android Paramount
Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time 2011iOS, Android BBC
Come Dine With Me App2011iOS, Android Channel4
Father Jack Me Up2011iOS, Android Channel4
Peepshow App2011iOS, Android Channel4
cBeebies App2011iOS, Android BBC
Funpark Friends2011iOS, Android
Hotel GB2012iOS, Android Channel4
Hotel Vegas2013iOS, Android
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes [6] 2013iOS, Android Ubisoft
Capital One Penalty Kick2014iOS, Android Capital One
Talking Poppet2014iOS, Android, Kindle Mind Candy
Moshi Monsters Village 2014iOS, Android, Kindle Mind Candy
Cat Tap Fever2014iOS 505 Games
The Game Of Life2014Marmalade Game Studio
Downton Abbey: Mysteries of the Manor2015iOS, Android, Kindle Activision
Toby2015WatchOS Wooga
Angry Birds Action! 2016iOS, Android Rovio Entertainment
Ballarina2016iOS, Android Nickelodeon
Prison Architect Mobile2017iOS, Android Paradox Interactive
Monster High: Beauty Shop2017iOS, AndroidTabtale / Mattel
Hotel Transylvania: Run Jump Build2018iOS, AndroidTabtale / Sony Pictures
Raith Rovers App2018iOS, AndroidSelf Published
Pocket Mortys [7] 2019iOS, Android Adult Swim Games

References

  1. ↑ Stuart, Keith (16 January 2009). "Tag Games and the wonder of iPhone". London: Guardian.
  2. ↑ "TIGA: Representing the Games Industry". Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Jon Jordan. "Daring to be different: Tag Games on the move from GTA to Granny in Paradise (and back again)". Pocket Gamer.
  4. ↑ "Tag Games' Funpark Friends wins Herald Scotland Digital Business Award 2011 for best Scottish game". Pocket Gamer. 31 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Kerr, Chris (29 June 2023). "Scopely acquires Scottish mobile developer Tag Games". Game Developer. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes coming to iOS and Android". Joystiq.
  7. ↑ Chapple, Craig (30 January 2026). "Pocket Mortys to shut down after 10 years". www.pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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