The UK is without a shadow of the doubt one of the most important markets in the global video game industry right now.
In part, this is due to its cultural impact. Despite being a rather small island nation, UK video game trade body Ukie reports that there are 2,269 “active” games businesses in operation, with 149 service companies and 100 education institutes also residing in the UK.
Which there is no definitive measure of this, the UK might – square mile for square mile – feature more games talent than any other country on planet Earth. This is the island that produces the likes of Grand Theft Auto, Candy Crush Saga, Fable, GoldenEye, Total War, Tomb Raider and WipEout, to name just a few. That’s just IP created in the UK, too, and does not take into account the number of talented work-for-hire studios that have been trusted with triple-A IP like Forza, Crackdown, Devil May Cry, and Dead Island.
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