Success stories

Scotland’s successes

Games

Scotland’s studios have achieved international recognition through the development of world-famous titles, including such classics as:

• Crackdown 
• The Grand Theft Auto Series 
• Championship Manager 5 
• The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion 
• Spinworld 
• State of Emergency 
• Lemmings 
• Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup 
• Bloons 
• Soccer Manager 
• Beautytown
• True Grit

Animation

• Top Oscar-nominated animated film, ‘The Illusionist’, was largely produced in Scotland, by two Scottish companies – Edinburgh’s Django Films and Dundee’s Digital Ink 
• Axis Animations - innovative creators of promotional animation videos for many computer games such as the recent "Dead Island" for the XBox 360
• Ink Animations – (now Digital Ink) – completed digital FX work on an animated version of The Three Musketeers (2006)

Just a few of the notable games companies operating in Scotland currently include:

• Digital Ink
• Dynamo Games
• YoYo Games
• Rockstar North