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Scottish Enterprise aims to keep Realtime Worlds talent in Scotland

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By The Drum Team, Editorial

August 18, 2010 | 3 min read

Following the shock closure of Realtime Worlds yesterday, Scotland's regional development agency Scottish Enterprise has said it is looking at ways to keep the redundant talent in Scotland.

News broke yesterday that Realtime Worlds based in Dundee had been placed into administration with 170 jobs being lost as a result. The reason for the closure of the once thriving business has been laid at the door of the game APB, which underperformed following its release despite Realtime Worlds investing a reported five years in its development.

Speaking exclusively to The Drum of the closure a spokesperson for Scotland's regional development body Scottish Enterprise said: "This is obviously very disappointing news for both the company and the staff affected by today's announcement.

"Scotland's games industry is still very much alive and staff at Real Time Worlds have been at the forefront of industry developments. We will be doing everything we can to work with the company's management team to ensure we retain the talent and creativity of its workforce in Scotland.

"We have no doubt that there will be vacancies within the wider industry, while there may also be opportunities for staff to start up their own businesses. We'll be working with partners, including Business Gateway and Dundee City Council, to offer assistance and advice to all staff where we can."

Also, speaking about the sad closure of one of Scotland former games powerhouses is Don Smith, creative director at digital agency Realise, which had previously worked with Realtime Worlds on a project.

Smith said: "Everyone at Realise is really sad to hear about the news. Our project was completed some time ago now, but we had the pleasure of working with some very nice and very talented people at RTW. Hopefully the games industry in Scotland is strong enough to find new roles for all those people."

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