27/05/08 12 more UK studios back new Games Up? campaign

A total of 15 companies from the UK games industry, including the likes of Codemasters, Microsoft Game Studios, Activision (via Bizarre Creations) and Real Time Worlds have signed up to become key sponsors of the Games Up? campaign, Develop can reveal.

Their names join Frontier, Sony and Eidos, whose support was previously confirmed here.

Officially announced this morning (May 27), the campaign is an organised effort by the UK games industry to lobby the Government for better economic and education support.

In total the Games Up? campaign represents over 200 companies, over 75 per cent of the UK games industry's developers and publishers - but 15 key companies are driving the effort forward, with support from across the industry backed by ELSPA and Tiga's involvement.

The official sponsor list:

Bizarre Creations (Activision)

Blitz

Codemasters

Eidos

Electronic Arts

Exient

Frontier Developments

Microsoft Games Studios

NCSoft

Real Time Worlds

Relentless Software

Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Europe

Sports Interactive (Sega)

Take Two Interactive

Ubisoft