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Our press office responds to media enquiries about the UK games industry, offering expert insights on video games, industry trends, and Ukie’s initiatives to promote and support the sector.
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To coincide with Ukie’s Members Day & Video Games Awards, Women in Games have signed a partnership agreement with Ukie. It means that Women in Games and Ukie will collaborate to support and promote greater representation and advancement of women in the UK games industry.
Following an extensive piece of research with Nordicity, the UK video games industry, a global leader in creativity and innovation, is urging the Government to reform the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) to ensure the sector remains internationally competitive and continues to drive growth.
Scan Computers and Ukie today announce a partnership to significantly improve the technological hardware provision across Ukie Education events. Scan Computers will become Ukie Education's first-ever cross-programme partner, providing equipment across both Digital Schoolhouse and Ukie Students events.
The Government has announced a £60 million support package to turbocharge growth in the UK’s creative industries. This includes £5.5 million for start-up video game studios and further funding for British music and film exports, and creative businesses outside London, alongside increased funding for the sector through the British Business Bank.
Ukie responds to report concerning the UK Video Games Council, setting out Ukie’s position, correcting factual inaccuracies, and clarifying the roles of Ukie and the Council in relation to the matters raised.
Ukie in partnership with Tencent and the Department for Business and Trade, with delivery partner Player One Consulting, have announced the second year of the Video Games Growth Programme designed to help ambitious studios across the UK scale both creatively and commercially.
Today, members of the new UK Video Games Council have been announced, bringing together leading UK games industry figures from across the games ecosystem to help shape the future of the UK’s £7.82bn video games and interactive entertainment sector.
The UK Government has published its Modern Industrial Strategy 2025 – a strategic vision for long-term economic growth, investment, and innovation across key sectors of the UK economy. As part of this strategy, a dedicated Creative Industries Sector Plan has been launched.
We’re pleased that today’s Spending Review confirms continued funding for DCMS, signalling the Government’s continued recognition of the UK’s games and interactive entertainment industry as a key contributor to wider economic growth.
Nick Poole, CEO of Ukie and former head of CILIP, has been named Honorary Professor of Digital Culture at the University of Glasgow. In this new role, Poole will support research, teaching, and policy development on digital culture and technology, helping to connect academic insight with the UK’s creative and games industries.
New data shows UK consumers spent £7.6bn on video games in 2024 and the UK’s growing video games sector is urging government to act swiftly to secure a £500 million growth opportunity or risk seeing world-class talent, innovation, and IP slip away to better-backed international competitors.
The National Videogame Museum (NVM) has unveiled a formidable roster of new Trustees joining the Board of its governing charity, The BGI. Ukie CEO, Nick Poole joins the National Videogame Museum as trustee during a pivotal moment for the Charity as it accelerates its evolution as a museum and shifts focus towards greater National impact.
Xsolla and Ukie announce partnership at GDC 2025 to empower game developers in the UK and throughout EMEA. The primary objective of this partnership is to create a new collaboration that delivers an exclusive programme, showcasing Xsolla’s unique strengths and capabilities for monetisation and commercialisation in games.
To coincide with Ukie’s Members Day & Video Games Awards, Women in Games have signed a partnership agreement with Ukie. It means that Women in Games and Ukie will collaborate to support and promote greater representation and advancement of women in the UK games industry.
Following an extensive piece of research with Nordicity, the UK video games industry, a global leader in creativity and innovation, is urging the Government to reform the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) to ensure the sector remains internationally competitive and continues to drive growth.
Scan Computers and Ukie today announce a partnership to significantly improve the technological hardware provision across Ukie Education events. Scan Computers will become Ukie Education's first-ever cross-programme partner, providing equipment across both Digital Schoolhouse and Ukie Students events.
The Government has announced a £60 million support package to turbocharge growth in the UK’s creative industries. This includes £5.5 million for start-up video game studios and further funding for British music and film exports, and creative businesses outside London, alongside increased funding for the sector through the British Business Bank.
Ukie responds to report concerning the UK Video Games Council, setting out Ukie’s position, correcting factual inaccuracies, and clarifying the roles of Ukie and the Council in relation to the matters raised.
Ukie in partnership with Tencent and the Department for Business and Trade, with delivery partner Player One Consulting, have announced the second year of the Video Games Growth Programme designed to help ambitious studios across the UK scale both creatively and commercially.
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