Covert Operations was a game developer founded in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 in 2000 by Niall Fraser. The company developed titles for a range of platforms including Interactive Digital Television

Interactive television

Interactive television describes a number of techniques that allow viewers to interact with television content as they view it.- Definitions :...

, mobile phones and handheld games devices. One notable title was the Game Boy Color

Game Boy Color

The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...

 version of Denki

Denki

Denki is a 'digital toy factory', based in Dundee Scotland. The company is the creator of over 180 individual games, covering a range of platforms...

's award winning game Denki Blocks!

In May 2003 Covert Operations was sold to pioneering game studio IOMO

IOMO

IOMO was a pioneering European mobile game developer and publisher based in Hampshire, England. IOMO was founded by John Chasey and Glenn Broadway in 2000. Initially a developer, the company was very successful in the early stages of the mobile game industry and worked with the majority of mobile...

for an undiclosed sum.

External links

• Covert Operations at Spong