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Reports about loot boxes and gambling ignore key information about transparency, player spending and addiction

New initiative will promote existing parental controls to the vast majority of parents who do not take advantage of them

We talk to the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019 judges about the issues facing women in the games industry, from imposter syndrome to the lack of promotions, gender pay gap and more, and ask them what games firms can do better. Spoiler alert: they can do a lot

As the debate on crunch rises again, we look into how trade unions are increasingly under discussion as a solution for game developers – for better or worse

Ukie's CEO Jo Twist talks about the importance of Gamescom to reach international markets and what we can expect from the Ukie pavilion this year

She'll replace outgoing Nick Button-Brown, who held the post for two years

May's Final Boss talks about the issues facing the UK games industry

The government’s plan for a new Industrial Strategy came with a promise to deliver early “sector deals” to supercharge a modern, inclusive digital economy. The creative industries (and games) were identified as key in the Industrial Strategy Green Paper. Since January, we’ve been gestating. The Ukie team has been working …

We first took 22 UK businesses to Gamescom in Cologne in 2012. The UK industry stand at Europe’s largest consumer games show has been the focal point of Ukie’s annual International Trade programme ever since, helping the industry network with international companies, secure investment and promote the UK industry as …