Glasgow-based Axis Animation is one of Scotland’s leading CGI animation studios, working with bluechip video game publishers such as Electronic Arts, Sony Entertainment and Bethesda.

The artistic direction of Axis’s work is what really stands out, their trailer for Dead Island 2 made its debut during Sony‘s E3 press conference last week and has already created a huge amount of hype with its high-energy, comedic tone. It was also a big departure from the their much darker and provocative 2011 trailer for the original Dead Island.

MD Richard Scott puts Axis’ success down to hiring the best people possible – the studio of just over 30 people consists of 12 different nationalities – and valuing creativity and skill-set over software experience, with the latter being taught on the job. It’s certainly a formula which works for them.

If you’re interested in hearing more about Axis, they’ll be giving a Gab talk, Thursday 26 June at Citizen M, Glasgow.