Games developer Nomad woos Fund cash

A DEVELOPER of games for mobile, tablets and PCs, has boosted its growth prospects after clinching investment from the North West Fund.

Warrington company Nomad Games, which launched its first product, a game called Talisman Prologue based on the adventure board game, which became an international hit, has received an equity investment from The North West Fund 4 Digital & Creative.

Talisman Prologue reached the number one mobile download in its category in 27 countries. Talisman is based on the highly successful classic board game created by Games Workshop.

Nomad will launch a multi-player version in the next few weeks and has  a strong pipeline of games based on other established board and card games.

Nomad was founded in 2011 by chief executive Don Whiteford who was previously behind Juice Games, a studio that was subsequently sold to THQ, Inc, which later decided to move development to Canada.

Mr Whiteford said: “The team at Nomad are respected across the industry for the quality of their work, and have a proven track record producing award-winning titles and building successful studios.

“With our first title already topping the charts, the support of franchise-owners such as Games Workshop, and now the financial backing of the Fund, we are very excited by the prospects for growing another successful studio.”

Joannne Evans, investment director at AXM Venture Capital, which manages the fund 4 Digital & Creative, added: “We are very pleased to back a team with such a strong reputation, and to see a strong independent studio regenerated within the North West region to fill the gap left behind by multi-national game developers.”