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UK games industry is shrinkingDela @ Apr 14, 2007 23:11 | 10 comments
Tiga, the UK trade association for game developers, conducted a study which showed that in 2001, there was 400 independent game studios, but now there is only about 150. Australia and Canada have been successful at attracting developers by offering incentives for companies relocating to the regions. The state of Victoria in Australia offers A$375,000 over two years to locally based game developers.
In Canada, grants and tax breaks are offered to the companies. Many of the UK businesses have simply just closed too, while others have been acquired by bigger corporations.
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According to a Financial Times report, the number of gaming companies located in the United Kingdom has drastically fallen over the past six years. Last month, SCi Entertainment announced it would open a studio in Montreal, Canada, which would begin developing four games for next-generation systems. The move followed many other studios who have decided to move some interests away from the UK.
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Comment by: vinny13 (Apr 14, 2007 23:57) I didn't even know the UK had a gaming industry :S |
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Comment by: iwillgetu (Apr 15, 2007 02:01) well i knew that bullfrog (the makers of "theme park") was in uk but don't know if it still is? |
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Comment by: pigfister (Apr 15, 2007 06:47) *cough* Bullfrog/Lionhead Studios, i mean populous was an amazing game way back when Peter Molyneux was the man but can you imaging these bedroom programmers being able to write the hundreds of thousands of lines of code that they now demand for modern games, and the extra expense of production especially for the likes of the ps3 because of the Blu-ray drive and complexity of programming required. all the bedroom talent is gone and the huge companies now command what is produced so the innovative days are surly gone and the likes of re hashes of games is the future in their eyes like ridge racer 26 ect. i mean as soon as Motostorm was released they announced Motostorm 2 ffs how sad is that? |
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Comment by: chickenR (Apr 15, 2007 06:54) Rockstar North (GTA3/Vice City/San Andreas/Manhunt) is based in the UK (Scotland) and Rockstar Leeds was just opened not too long ago.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 15, 2007 13:03) the UK gets no respect the industry tries to hard to force regions and all it dose is cause strife and even devs chose to move when they can to get away from it. |
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Comment by: borhan9 (Apr 17, 2007 00:18) Quote: Maybe i should extend my computer qualifications to programming if working in Melbourne is like that it is a very attractive offer for future developers. |
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Comment by: BUDDD (Apr 19, 2007 11:56) In the UK The growth industry is Bureaucracy. This bunch has the foresight and imagination of a potato , well half a potato anyway.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 19, 2007 12:08) Originally posted by BUDDD:
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Comment by: gtaUK (Apr 20, 2007 11:14) Originally posted by vinny13:
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 20, 2007 11:57) Quote:Originally posted by vinny13:
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