Yahoo News King's Award for Island's very own videogame developer
Isle of Wight based business Stainless Games has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade.
Stainless Games is one of 252 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise.
Stainless Games was founded in 1994 and is a videogame developer of international renown.
Stainless has always been based in the Newport area, employing over 50 people on the Island and around 30 elsewhere.
Stainless Games founder Patrick Buckland (Image: Stainless Games)
Over the last 30 years, Stainless has made games for some of the biggest companies in the world, including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Hasbro, with best-selling titles including Carmageddon, Risk: Factions, Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers and Scrabble.
Another Stainless title, Red Baron, can be played at the Isle of Wight Aviation Museum at
Sandown Airport.
Patrick Buckland, Stainless founder and CEO, said: “We created Stainless back in 1994 with the intention of bringing high-tech employment to the Isle of Wight by doing what we love: making video games.
"We started with eight staff and have since grown to over 80, and have made games for most of the biggest companies in the world as well as selling our own products globally.
In doing so, we bring tens of millions into the UK economy whilst providing enjoyment to people the world over.
This is our 30th year in business and we’re very proud to mark the occasion with
this King’s Award.”
