After the success of last year’s student programming contest, Realtime Worlds is hosting its second student programming contest on Saturday, 6 March 2010 at 11 a.m in Abertay’s Whitespace, Dundee, Scotland. Read more →
DUNDEE, Scotland — Oct. 2, 2009 — In a bid to find the technology stars of the future, the Tech Media Invest 2009 (TMI) programme came to its conclusion last night at the Emirates stadium, with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) awarding the Hottest Prospect award to Realtime Worlds (RTW).
This young, Dundee-based, technology company specialises in video gaming, employing cutting edge software to enable players to compete against each other online – using customised avatars, vehicles and weapons. Their latest project All Points Bulletin (APB) is being heralded as a huge step forward in persistent multi-player online gaming. Founded by Dave Jones, RTW boast a talented team of 300 with a tremendous history of creating some of the world’s best-selling video games, including the original Grand Theft Auto, Lemmings and more recently, the double-BAFTA winning, multi-million seller Crackdown.
TMI showcases outstanding technology and media companies in the UK, with over 50 presentations from young, fast growing companies, and is sponsored by PwC. Up against RTW for the award were Adjug, Comufy, Huddle, and Slicethepie.
“Realtime Worlds impressed with the innovative technology behind their games, the quality and vision of their management team and the sheer energy and enthusiasm of their wider employees,” said Brian Henderson, director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and one of the judges. “Video gaming is a fast growing $42 billion worldwide industry which spans many platforms. The structural shift to digital makes this industry even more exciting and filled with opportunity for great companies such as RTW.”
The PwC Hottest Prospect award focuses on those companies showing promise to be the next big thing in a digital world where new apps and technologies are changing on an almost daily basis.
Those shortlisted were selected for their high growth potential, based on their submissions, presentations and in depth interviews throughout the summer.
“Realtime Worlds are delighted to have won the Hottest Prospect award at Tech Media Invest 2009,” said Gary Dale, CEO, Realtime Worlds. “This is an exciting period for the company as we head towards the launch of APB next year. We are thrilled that the judges appreciated the potential for the company and our people and share our corporate vision, ambition and our enthusiasm for APB.”
DUNDEE, Scotland — Aug. 27, 2009 — Realtime Worlds, the leading independent video game developer, proudly unveiled its latest office space with an open evening tonight. The 8,000 sq ft premises in addition to its existing 26,000 sq ft location allow the company to continue to grow towards a successful APB launch in early 2009, currently standing at 265 in Dundee, with that set to grow to in excess of 300 by the end of the year. Read more →
DUNDEE, Scotland — July 1, 2009 — Realtime Worlds, the leading independent video game developer, announced today that Joshua Howard has joined the company as Program Manager. Joshua was most recently an executive at Hidden City Games, a virtual world/games portal company based in Seattle. Prior to that he was studio head of Carbonated Games, Microsoft’s casual games studio, having been at Microsoft for 15 years. Read more →
In case you can’t make it out to E3 2009, here are a handful of photos to give you a glimpse into what Realtime Worlds is up to in Los Angeles.
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The text and slides from Hugh Malan’s presentation at GDC 2009 are now available for download as a PDF document.
BOULDER, Colo. – April 27, 2009– Realtime Worlds, Inc., a leading independent video game developer and publisher, has chosen respected interactive entertainment executive Gary Dale as its new chief executive officer. Read more →
Dundee, Scotland — April 7, 2009 — Realtime Worlds, the leading independent video game developer, announced today that is now offering paid overtime to its developers. Read more →
