Lift London logo used since 2013
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Industry |
Interactive entertainment Video game industry |
Founded | 2012 |
Founder | Mike Rouse, Lee Schuneman, Mark Stanley, Jonathan Venables |
Headquarters | London, England, United Kingdom |
Key people
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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 |
Number of employees
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~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 and mobile games revealing at Develop Brighton that it has four titles in production.
During Lift Londons 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 pioneers and is the first game studio to adopt the new London city domain. The Lift London logo uses an ambigram in its design.