Tiga dismisses renewed UKIE merger talks

MCV Staff 4th October 2013 Business News

Tiga is uninterested in talk of a merger with fellow UK game industry trade body UKIE, a spokesman has toldDevelop.

During last week’s UKIE AGM, chairman Andy Payne said he was "extending a hand" to Tiga CEO Richard Wilson and the board to discuss how the two trade bodies could collaborate. He said such a merger would be easier for politicians and the media, and the current split meant the game industry only had "half our voice, half our power".

In response, a Tiga spokesman said although it was "flattered by their continued admiration" of the trade body, its position remains the same as it was in 2011.

MCV’s sister site Develop has the full story.

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