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Latest figures from HMRC claim £119m has been paid since 2014
Read More »UK games tax relief reaches £73 million in last financial year
Why E3 shows that games shouldn’t be a technology leader
The dust has now settled on E3 and deltaDNA CEO, Mark Robinson, responds to our opinion piece on VR at the show
Read More »UK games industry makes £4.33bn in 2016
UKIE announce the figure. Our sister site MCV has the analysis
Read More »British Games Institute support surpasses 350 signatures
Livingstone and Gibson backed initiative gets Sony, Rare, Playground Games, Jagex and others on board
Read More »Livingstone and Gibson call for new UK games investment fund
Both UKIE and TIGA will back the newly proposed British Games Institute scheme to promote cultural, creative and economic impact of games.
Read More »A fifth of the UK games industry is female, with 4% BAME
2015 Creative Skillset survey shows improvement in representation, but suggests there is much more to be done
Read More »Games industry veteran Fergus McGovern has passed away
Popular toys and video game entrepreneur Fergus McGovern passed away at the weekend. He was just 50. McGovern is best known for co-founding Probe, a games developer that had worked on a number of major video game franchises including FIFA, Alien, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Mortal Kombat. He sold …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2016: THE FINALISTS
With just eight weeks to go until the big night, the finalists of this year’s MCV Awards are revealed. Is your name on the list…? Over 80 different companies are shortlisted for this year’s event, which takes place on Thursday, March 3rd at the Hilton Bankside, London. The biggest number …
Read More »You can take part in the first census of the UK games industry since 2012
The first examination of the UK games business in three years is now underway – and you can help. The 2015 Employment Census of the Creative Media Industries is being conducted by Creative Skillset in an effort to examine the makeup of the British industry and help companies and the …
Read More »‘No excuse’ for lack of diversity in games, Payne says
Games veteran Andy Payne says there is "no excuse" for the lack of diversity within the industry workforce. Delivering the opening keynote at today’s European Women In Games Conference, the UKIE chairman addressed the difference between the gender split in the games industry compared to other sectors. Creative Skillset research …
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