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August 14, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best English Video Games companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Video Games industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top English Video Games Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Fnatic

Fnatic

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Leading esports performance.

Bidstack

Bidstack

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Bidstack empowers brands to place advertising into spaces that sit naturally within video games.

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Electric Gamebox

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Electric Gamebox delivers immersive team adventures in the worldโ€™s smartest room

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Azoomee

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Azoomee / Da Vinci is a kidsโ€™ global media company and app development studio with offices in London, Berlin, Istanbul and Luxembourg.

Bidstack

Bossa Studios

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Bossa Studios is a games developer and publisher, creators of BAFTA-winning Monstermind, Surgeon Simulator and Worlds Adrift.

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Stakester

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Stakester is a mobile first skill-based competition platform that enables competitors to compete with each other for prizes.

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Inspired Entertainment

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Inspired is a global games technology company, supplying Virtual Sports, Mobile Gaming and Server Based Gaming systems.

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Green Man Gaming

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Green Man Gaming is a global pure play e-commerce and technology business in the video games industry.

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Mediatonic Games

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Mediatonic develops and publishes games for digital platforms such as smartphones, PCs and consoles.

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OTHERWORLD

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The brick-and-mortar metaverse. An island paradise in the cloud reached through a growing network of multi-sensory immersion pods.

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110 Industries

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110 Industries is a video game production company with a focus on AAA titles for gaming consoles and cloud gaming services.

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Space Ape

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Space Ape is a mobile gaming company dedicated to creating the highest quality games for players.

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Reality Games London

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Mobile games based on real world Big Data as a content.

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Talewind

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A professional UK games studio focused on creating incredible experiences for the metaverse.

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Supersolid

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Supersolid is a mobile games studio based in London, UK.

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MIRA Rehab

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Digital Health Company that is Gamifying Physiotherapy and Transforming Rehabilitation.

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Snatch

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Snatch is a computer game development company that provides a radical reinvention of the brand experience.

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Fundamentally Games

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Fundamentally Games is helps developers and organisations transform their games into services, from concept to live ops.

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Fusebox Games

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Live the stories you love with Fusebox Games.

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Gfinity

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Gfinity is focused on promoting the development of the e-sports scene in the United Kingdom.

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PlayCanvas

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PlayCanvas is a cloud-hosted, collaborative platform for building video games.

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Ginx TV

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Ginx TV, founded in 2008, is a UK-based international media company dedicated to the creation of videogaming TV channels around the world.

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Netspeak Games

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Netspeak Games operates as a zero-crunch studio that develops online multiplayer games.

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Pixion Games

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Pixion Games is a studio focused on building competitive esports games for mobile device.

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Trailmix

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Trailmix is a mobile game studio company that combines storytelling with free-to-play mobile gaming.

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Entain

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Entain is a multinational sports betting and gaming group operating in the online and retail sector.

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Captive Media

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Captive Media manufactures an interactive entertainment and digital signage system for installation in washrooms.

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PlayWorks

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PlayWorks is pioneering post-app-store mobile games across social networks and messaging apps.

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Falcon Interactive

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Global game development company, specialized in delivery of high-end gaming content. Makers of the Arizona Derby #1 Game on Steam Greenlight

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Devolver Digital

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Devolver Digital is a video game company that publishes online and offline games for the distinguished gamer and their refined taste.

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Brightlobe

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Brightlobe builds games to improve preschoolersโ€™ long-term educational outcomes.

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SKARA The Blade Remins

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SKARA is the next generation of eSports with versus fighting mechanics and RPG elements.

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Vumicentral

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A single app for all your entertainment needs

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The Secret Police Ltd.

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The Secret Police Ltd. is a video game studio that is currently developing their first game.

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Gaijin Entertainment

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Gaijin Entertainment is a fast growing game development company established in 2002. Gaijinโ€™s team specializes in creation of games for

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QuizTix Limited

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QuizTix is a knowledge entertainment company. In May 2014 it launched QuizTix, a fun and original series of social quiz games.

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Odd Owls

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Odd Owls is a game development company focusing mainly on mobile apps.

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Level Up Media

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Level Up Media is a technology company that creates online destination for gaming and eSports fans to watch on demand video.

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Loot Masters Studio Ltd.

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Mobile Games Design & Development Studio

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Gameway

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Gameway is the mobile gaming experience of the future.

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GAME

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Game.co.uk is a games retailer with many deals on video games, consoles, accessories, and the latest preorder games.

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Starlizard

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Starlizard, they provide their clients with the most accurate predictions of football matches in the world.

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Sportech

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Sportech plc is one of the gaming companies, providing a variety of gaming opportunities.

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Venatus

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Venatus is a global advertising technology platform, focused on gaming and entertainment.

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Oryx Entertainment

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Augmented, Virtual Reality for Web and Mobile

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AntStream Arcade

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The de facto retro games platform. With 1000 games ready to play, you can enjoy old console, arcade and computer classics on most devices

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Splendy

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Splendy is a video game developer company.

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Momentum Games

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Creative viral effective projects with our dreams

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CeX

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CeX is a seller of video games, computers, digital electronics, TVs and monitors.

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Curve Digital

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Indie developer & publisher of fine video games.

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PlayStack

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PlayStack is a company that helps developers in end-to-end funding, publishing expertise, and technology to develop the next big game.

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LoveShark

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LoveShark is London-based Augmented Reality studio.

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Rocksteady Studios

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Rocksteady Studios is a multi-award winning videogame developer based in London, England. Located in a spacious, purpose built converted.

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Drum Roll

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Drum Roll is an online platform that creates educational games for its users.

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Gambody

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Gambody is an online marketplace that aims to unite two popular and prosperous niches, gaming and 3D printing

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Chucklefish Limited

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Computer games developer and publisher

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Tonic Games Group

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Tonic Games Group is a Development & Publishing group that believes that games are for everyone.

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VideoGamer.com

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VideoGamer.com is a website focused on video game news, reviews, previews, and videos.

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Six to Start

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Six to Start is an independent game developer specializing in story-like games and game-like stories.

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itcher

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itcher, an entertainment discovery application, providing community powered recommendations around movies, tv shows, books, music, and games

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Drest

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Drest is an interactive luxury styling game.

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Everguild

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Everguild is an independent game studio operating from UK and Spain, with a particular focus on polished mobile CCGs.

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Stride Gaming

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Stride Gaming is an online gaming operator focused in the bingo-led market. Stride operates in regulated markets only.

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Supernova Capital

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Supernova Capital main focus is fighting the โ€œsignificant amount of stress and pressure.

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Freefly VR

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Freefly is a virtual reality headset powered by your smartphone.

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BRAVOCOMPANY

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Creators of coffeebreak eSports โ€“ Competitive real-time multiplayer and audience entertainment for the mobile generation.

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Playcast Media

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Playcast Media offers video games on a games-on-demand system for cable and IPTV operators.

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Anvio VR

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Anvio VR is a hardware company that manufactures ANVIO VR, designed to provide complete freedom of movement for the player.

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Five-BN

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Five-BN is a video game development studio that develops adventure games based on the hidden object.

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Hutch Games

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Hutch Games creates racing, cars video games, digital game development and mobile games development.

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Slightly Mad Studios

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We are a multi-award winning developer founded in 2008. Together weโ€™ve collectively worked on over 150 titles

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Viker

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Viker is a mobile studio that designs, develops and publishes mobile and computer games for OS and Android systems.

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State of Play Games

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State of Play make creative and innovative games and animations which have won a number of international awards.

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EDITEC

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EDITEC is a gaming and entertainment company contributing to economic wealth.

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Four Thirty Three

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Four Thirty Three is a company which develops games apps for iPhone & iPad

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Simonโ€™s Cat

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Simonโ€™s Cat Ltd. is a company which develop gaming apps for iPhone

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Emote Games

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Emote Games develops next generation online games across social networks, offering digital entertainment to its users.

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Playerthree

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Playerthree is an independent development studio creating games, interactive learning apps and VR for mobile, desktop.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

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Supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence.

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Roll7

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Roll7 make games that are Simple to Play.

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GumBug

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GumBug is a game development studio.

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Introversion Software

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Introversion Software is an independent game developer and publisher.

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House of Greenland

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Integrated video agency and series/documentaries studio

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Playfire

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Playfire is a social networking app that enables video gamers to create their profiles, track favorite games, and follow other gamers.

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Bidstack Group

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Bidstack is the forum for in-game advertising, bridging the gap between players, game developers and advertisers.

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Purple Smash

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Purple Mash is an edutainment company that allows children to learn through games and other creative tasks in their software.

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SOLAR SAIL GAMES LTD

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SOLAR SAIL GAMES LTD is a super-shiny, independent game development nanostudio that deals with online ,mobile & video game services.

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PlayUKinternet

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PlayUKinternet is a gaming site that allows users to participate in international lotteries.

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TeePee Games

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TeePee Games focuses on the discovery, distribution and delivery of games across social networks.

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HotGen

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HotGen Ltd is an established and trusted independent video games developer working within traditional video games as well as the

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TidalWare

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Enterprise and interactive software with top national and international brands.

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ADIA Robotics

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Making drones smarter

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Yakuto

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Yakuto is a mobile games developer that has created various games for Android, iOS and iPhone users.

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24Lottos

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24Lottos offers the official lottery tickets to the worldโ€™s most popular games at the most competitive prices.

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