Wardog Studios secured a significant win at the Scottish EDGE Round 24 Awards. The studio received £75,000 in the Creative EDGE category, which will enable the studio to begin work on its first original intellectual property (IP).
The Scottish EDGE Awards is an ongoing competition which recognises and rewards Scotland’s most promising businesses. This year, 37 winners across various categories shared a total prize pool of £1.5 million.
Since it was established in 2019, Edinburgh-based Wardog has established an international reputation as one of the world’s leading co-development and art studios, working with some of the biggest AAA titles in the world, including: Call of Duty (Black Ops 6, Modern Warfare 3, Warzone 2.0), Starfield, Hunt Showdown, Spectre Divide, Killing Floor III and Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds.
The Creative EDGE funding will enable the studio to develop its own unique IP. This represents a significant step forward for the studio, allowing it to leverage its expertise and build a new brand within the industry.
Wardog’s success highlights the growing recognition of Scotland’s video game development sector and highlights its potential when looking beyond the limited range of games-exclusive funding options.
Announcing the win on LinkedIn, Wardog CEO, Jade Law, said:
I’m really proud of everything I have achieved with Wardog Studios, but it has been five years since founding the studio and like most entrepreneurs I recognise I’m ready for the next stage in my grand ambitions.
Reflecting on entering the competition, Jade added:
Not many games studios apply for Scottish Edge, I wasnt sure if we really fit the criteria. The whole process is worth doing though, as it makes you really reflect on not only your businesses success and objectives, but your own as an entrepreneur.
I’m really grateful to the Scottish Edge team for having faith in me and my business.At 18 years in the industry, I’m finally going to make my own game.
Scottish Edge Round 24
The Round 24 awards ceremony took place in the Royal Bank of Scotland Conference Centre in Gogarburn, Edinburgh, and united forward-thinking entrepreneurs from across the country.
Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Employment & Investment, delivered an opening speech celebrating the awards’ significance for Scotland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Veteran awards categories returned for the 24th round, with the £75,000 Scale EDGE Award, supported by Royal Bank of Scotland, going to international football fan experience disrupter, Triptix Ltd. Meanwhile, MedTech-focused ventures MedAscend and SimPat were among those victorious in the Scottish Enterprise supported Young EDGE category, which offers grant awards for companies whose founders are under the age of 30, as the top £15,000 winners. Those successful in Wild Card, which provides a grant to pre-trading businesses, included Seaweed Services, who received the category’s Ailsa Reliability Solutions supported £10,000 award.
The STV supported award of £70,000 plus £75,000 worth of ad airtime was given to sustainable bedding brand, Ava Innes, while Gut Wealth emerged as winner of the Scottish Government backed Pathways category, winning £100,000 for an innovative bacteria-based digestive health supplement.
Round 24 also saw the return of the £70,000 Circular Economy EDGE Award, which is supported by Zero Waste Scotland, and went to The Bettii Pod Ltd for its world’s first, free to use menstrual cup and disc washer plumbed into the cubicles of away-from-home toilets. Pride Outside, who educate and empower workplaces to achieve their inclusion ambitions, won £75,000 in the Social Enterprise category, supported by the Postcode Innovation Trust.
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