Dynamo Games Ltd was an independent

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developer and publisher based in

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. Established in 2004, it developed titles for the

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mobile operating system. Besides developing games for various handheld formats, Dynamo launched several

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for mobile phones using

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technology. The company has a focus on developing

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titles and had translated several television franchises into the mobile phone format. Notable achievements include the

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award-winning mobile version of Championship Manager 2007. Dynamo Games was a certified member of the UK game industry trade association

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(TIGA). As of 16 February 2009, Dynamo Games became an officially approved developer for the

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, and

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. As of April 2009, Dynamo was developing its series of then new but unnamed titles for these Ninetendo formats.

History

Stuart Reid, Brian McNicoll, and Stuart Anderson all met while studying Applied Computing at the

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. They graduated in July 2003 and started Dynamo Computing Solutions. In 2004, Dynamo Games was established following the development of several successful mobile titles released under the Dynamo Computing Solutions name. Since then, the company has gone on to receive several industry awards and has produced a range of critically acclaimed titles. The developer is based in the city of

, which itself is located in the

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region of

. In 2010, the company switched its focus to social games.

Dynamo Sports

In February 2009, Dynamo Games launched a dedicated brand for its line of sports titles named Dynamo Sports. The series started with developing the

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award-nominated Football Tycoon.

Games

*Mobi-Mechanic *Mobi-Medic *

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* Championship Manager 2007 Mobile * Championship Manager 2008 *

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*Football Tycoon *

Championship Manager 2009 Express ''Championship Manager 2009 Express'' is football management simulation video game released on 1 May 2009 for the iOS by Eidos Interactive, and developed by Dynamo Games. Premise The ''Championship Manager'' series lets players assume manageri ...

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* The Crystal Maze iPhone/iPod touch * Championship Manager Legends 70s * Championship Manager Legends 80s * Soccer Tycoon *

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* Beauty Town * Tracer Cities * Golf Squared * Outpost 2:Black Sun

External links

References

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