Ukie Careers Bar & GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair return to EGX
GamesIndustry.biz, the world’s leading video games trade website, and United Kingdom Interactive Entertainment (Ukie), the trade body representing the UK video games industry, today announced a renewed partnership to help guide the next generation of games industry employees through the first steps to a successful career in the video games…
UK Official Partner For gamescom 2015
The UK are the official partners for gamescom 2015 and was achieved by the direction of games trade body Ukie, one of the biggest markets for the computer and video game industry and a big location for games development. Ukie hope to expand, support and promote the UK's game industry…
BAFTA & Ukie Giving Career Advice at EGX Rezzed 2015
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and United Kingdom Interactive Entertainment (UKie) are teaming up to at EGX Rezzed in March 2015 to help the next generation of games industry professionals. Being a part of the GamesIndustry Fair the BAFTA and UKie Careers Bar will be development focused with…
TIGA Rejects UKIE Proposed Merger
TIGA has rejected UKIE's merger after UKIE CEO Andy Payne proposed it last week at the trade groups annual general meeting. A spokesperson told Development that TIGA will be rejecting the offer when Payne was "extending a hand" to unite the two for the sake of the UK games industry.…
UKIE And PEGI Defend Against Criticism of Age Rating System
Last week the PEGI age ratings system came under fire following videos being uploaded to Youtube of children receiving copies of September's hit release Grand Theft Auto V. Mainstream media around the UK, including the BBC, suggested that UKIE and PEGI weren't doing enough to make parents aware of the…
Game Industry Trade Group UKIE Calls For Merger With TIGA
Develop has reported that at the Annual General Meeting on the 26 September for UK games industry trade body UKIE, chairman Andy Payne proposed a merger with similar group TIGA. Both of these groups are responsible for keeping up the fight for tax breaks for the UK games industry. At…
Ukie Outlines Urgent Case for EC to Introduce UK Tax Credit
Ukie have used their response to the EC investigation to outline why there is a clear and evident market failure relating to the production of culturally British or European games being made by British studios, which the UK Government’s proposed games production tax credit scheme would address. Here is the…
EU Commission Launching Investigation Over “Doubts” About UK Games Tax Relief
Today the UK games industry got some bad news in the form of postponed tax breaks for the industry. The EU Commission has decided to launch an "in-depth investigation" as to whether the cuts are needed as doubts were raised over them being needed at all. The 25 percent tax relief…