Mobile Game Developer IOMO Recruits & Moves Into Larger Office
November 12, 2004
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
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November 8th. Mobile games developer IOMO has rounded out its busiest year yet with a number of new recruits and a move into new, larger premises.
New members of staff include:
Jonathan Eardley- Producer
Marvin Hill - Artist
Mark Lunn - Porting Manager
Chris January - Programmer
Dave Gumble - QA Tester
Sabrina Pead- Administrator / Receptionist
IOMO has been recruiting throughout 2004 to provide it with the development resources and capabilities required to compete effectively in the rapidly growing global mobile games and entertainment sector. The company has completed over 23 games in 2004 and increased staffing by almost 70%.
To provide the company with space to accommodate further expansion in 2005, IOMO has also moved premises. The company's new address is:
IOMO Ltd,
2nd Floor,
Wessex House,
Upper Market Street,
Eastleigh,
Hants,
SO50 9FD
John Chasey, the managing director of IOMO, said, "2004 has been a fantastic year for IOMO. The mobile games sector is really starting to reach its full potential and the mobile communications industry as whole is recognising that games are a significant driver for people as they upgrade to new and more sophisticated phones. In the past twelve months IOMO has worked on a number of very high profile titles, such as Colin McRae Rally 2005TM and Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2005TM, as well as launching our own range of Pub games, which have done incredibly well all around the world. We're delighted to welcome Jonathan, Marvin, Mark, Chris, Dave & Sabrina to IOMO and we're looking forward to working on many more exciting new games in the near future."
ENDS.
Notes To Editors:
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Images of all new staff are available from: [email protected]
About IOMO
IOMO is an award winning, independent developer of entertainment content for mobile devices, based in the south of England.
Since the company was founded in April 2000, over sixty titles have been developed which include high profile projects such as the BAFTA nominated Scooby Doo, Tomb Raider, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf, Stuntman, Monopoly, Thunderbirds, TxtDating and Wentworth Golf.
Clients come from all areas of the mobile industry worldwide including manufacturers, operators, portals, wireless publishers/aggregators and traditional game publishers. They include Nokia, Eidos, Aspiro, Empire, Vodafone, Digital Bridges, iFone, Airbourne and In-Fusio.
IOMO were awarded the Best Mobile Development Studio at the Development Industry Excellence awards in 2003 and 2004.
IOMO are founding members of TIGA (The Independent Game Developers Association). www.tiga.org
For further information, please contact:
John Chasey, Managing Director, IOMO ltd
tel: +44 (0)23 8065 3301
email: [email protected]
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Brian Baglow
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