Lift London

Lift London
Subsidiary
Industry Interactive entertainment
Video game industry
Founded 2012
Founder Mike Rouse, Lee Schuneman, Mark Stanley, Jonathan Venables
Headquarters London, England, United Kingdom
Key people
 Lee Schuneman
(Studio Head)
Mike Rouse
(Studio Director)
Mark Stanley
(Chief Technical Officer)
Jonathan Venables
(Art Director)
Struan Robertson
(Creative Director)
Trang Ho
(Server Software Director)
Simon Prodger
(Marketing Director)
Haiyan Zhang
(Incubation Director)
Salvatore Fileccia
(Development Director)
Products Video games
Owner Microsoft Studios[1]
Number of employees
 ~60
Website http://www.lift.london

Lift London is a British video game developer located in London, England. The studio is part of Microsoft Studios EMEA division and is the first European studio to be built by Microsoft Studios from the ground up. The studio was established in August 2012 by Mike Rouse, Lee Schuneman, Mark Stanley and Jonathan Venables and official opened on 5 November 2012 with 8 members of staff. In January 2013 Lift London was officially announced by Phil Harrison and Lee Schuneman. The Studio will create F2P tablet[2] and mobile games revealing at Develop Brighton[3] that it has four titles in production. Its first title was Paint 3D and was released with Windows 10 version 1703 on April 5, 2017[4].

During Lift London's official announcement Lee Schuneman outlined the studio's desire to be an incubator for indie developers and announced that it had partnered with Dlala Studios to create a new IP. Lift London is part of the .london[5] pioneers and is the first game studio to adopt the new London city domain. The Lift London logo uses an ambigram in its design.

References

  1. ↑ "Eurogamer Article - Microsoft Studios announce Lift London".
  2. ↑ "Gameinustry.biz Article - Coverage of Lift London announcement".
  3. ↑ "Edge Online Article – Lift London Develop Brighton announcements".
  4. ↑ "About Us - Lift". www.lift.london. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  5. ↑ "Dot London Pioneers".


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