UK Trade and Investment, Tiga and BERR have published a fat report on the state of the contemporary international games industry. Entitled Playing for Keeps, the document is free to access and is split between Part 1 (international) and Part 2 (UK) Both parts are pdfs.
Says the introduction:
Playing for Keeps is an evidence-rich piece of research which will help inform the policies of Government departments and agencies but will also be of great value to the industry itself. UKTI, BERR and DCMS are now evaluating this research and discussing it with the industry: we need to determine together what it tells us about the UK's future competitiveness in the global games sector, about our ability to remain competitive and to fully exploit the massive growth of the global market and what actions Government and industry might take to help ensure that we have the best possible business environment for games companies in the UK.
The UK has dropped from the third most productive market in the world to the fourth, after the Canadians thanks, I'm sure, in no small part to the tax breaks put into place for creative companies. Organisations like Tiga have been pushing for similar things here. This report represents a collaboration between those in government who recognise the import of games to the UK's economy and those who've been pushing for it all these years.
Have nothing to do this weekend? Grab a cuppa and hunker down. Grab it here.
