Devices For All Wants Your Old Tech

Devices For All

With Devices For All, Ukie is asking the UK games industry to donate its old laptops and computers so they can be given a new home in schools up and down the country.

UKIE Submits Proposals For UK Games Growth

UK Government. Big Ben, London

UKIE has submitted a number of proposals to the UK government, ahead of the forthcoming budget (March 3rd), aimed at helping the UK games industry to grow significantly in the coming years.

UKIE Hub Crawl 2021 – Build A Better Business

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To kick off a happier, easier and more successful new year, our friends at UKIE have launched a virtual version of their hugely popular Hub Crawl 2021, with a focus on making your games company better, faster, and more successful.

UK Games Industry Hits New High

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According to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), last year was a record breaking year for the UK games industry, with game development and publishing contributing a sizable £2.91bn to the UK economy. That total marked a 9.1% increase over the previous year, meaning that games in the UK entered 2020 with their best foot forward.

UK Games Industry Economic Impact Survey

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As part of its work to support the Video Game Tax Relief (VGTR), UKIE is gathering critical economic data about our sector, through a UK Games Industry Economic Impact Survey, to ensure it can base base future work on robust and comprehensive evidence.  The organisation needs ALL games businesses - large and small - to give them accurate …

UKIE Supporting UK Gov’s Kickstart Scheme – Applications Open

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UKIE is joining the UKIE Government Kickstart scheme, to help fund games businesses to hire and train young people (aged 16-24) for roles within the videogames industry.

Access to Finance for Indie Game Studios

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The online Access to Finance event from UKIE offers an opportunity for game developers and indie studios to discover different funding and finance options, to support their games and their businesses

Monstrum 2 Wins UK Game of the Show

Monstrum 2 UK Game of the Show 2020

Monstrum 2, the procedurally-generated survival horror game from Dundee's Team Junkfish beat off the challenge from 14 other UK developers, including Codemasters, UsTwo and fellow Scottish studio Amicable Animal, to win the UK Game of the Show last night.

Two Scottish Games Nominated for UK Awards

UK Game Of The Show Nominees

Two Scottish developers - Amicable Animal and Junkfish have had games nominated in the UK Game of the Show award, which takes place at this year's Gamescom event. They take their place alongside titles such as Dirt 5, from the legendary Codemasters and developers such as UsTwo, the company behind the multiple award-winning Monument Valley. …

Learn More About the Chinese Games Market

Chinese games market

UKIE has arranged a series of online events to help UK games businesses to understand more about and connect with companies in the Chinese games market.