TIGA CEO Dr Richard Wilson considers new data on which genres UK developers specialise in Genres are important. They offer us a way to communicate and understand games, both within…
Focus: the requisite for success in fields as diverse as war, business and politics. In the case of commerce, it is often those firms that remain resolutely focused on core…
British workers at Pret a Manger are almost as rare as hen’s teeth. The company recently revealed that just one in fifty of the job applications that it receives are…
TIGA, the network for games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the games industry, urged UK games developers to examine whether they can claim Tax Credits and…
By Dr Richard Wilson – The principal challenge holding back many small businesses, including video games developers, is difficulty in raising finance. Yet while various schemes exist to help businesses…
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/15/video-game-industry-diversity-problem-women-non-white-people Glance at last year’s big releases and you might think video games have cracked the issue of diversity. Two of 2016’s most acclaimed action adventures Mafia III and Watchdogs 2 both had…
By Dr Richard Wilson – The UK video games industry is a success story: it contributes £1.2 billion to UK GDP, it employs thousands of highly skilled people and it…
TIGA, the network for games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the games industry, has published an in-depth report looking at key trends, challenges and opportunities across…
By Dr Richard Wilson – “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads onto fortune.” I was reminded of Brutus’s memorable observation in…
By Dr Richard Wilson – The problem with continuous revolution is that nothing changes. The quality and provision of some of our vocational education has been a persistent weakness of…