Ukie welcomes new Labour Government
A new dawn begins: Labour has rightly recognised the potential of the video games industry to help kickstart the UK's economic recovery and to support our 'decade of national renewal'. We welcome the new Government's commitment to the Creative Sector Plan and we look forward to working with them to supercharge the future of the UK's video game and interactive entertainment industry. Our ambition is to bring our industry together in a spirit of unity and to work with the new Government to make this the most pro-video games Parliament in British History, positioning the UK as the place to develop the next generation of era-defining games. Read Ukie CEO's full comments
Ukie team heads to Brighton: We'll be heading down to Brighton for Develop, hosting a series of different events, from our Members' Breakfast, Festival of Food, to our CEO's keynote address on Wednesday. Come say hello and find out how Ukie are championing the UK games industry. Psst... Ukie is here to help your games business so following Develop:Brighton, look out for our dedicated member support initiatives and programmes designed to supercharge your business. Here to help
In the news
▶️ Esports News: Policy Manager Dani spoke to Esports News about how the next government has a golden opportunity to build a pro-games policy agenda.
🕹️ The BBC: We spoke to the BBC to highlight the often-overlooked video games industry and what the next government can do to support it.
Stories from industry
Games x Fashion: This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. You can find all previous Playable Futures articles here. For this episode we focus on the crossover between games and fashion. Digital outfits in games are shaping the ways we think about what we wear, but what does this mean for fashion brands? Read the latest feature of our Playable Futures series with Tom Parry of Umi Games Studios. Read now
Games companies can now enter the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards 2024: The awards have been revamped for 2024, and are open to all games companies with offices in the UK, including developers, publishers, service companies, retail and media, and you can submit your company through here. The deadline for all entries is Wednesday, August 15. Winners will be announced during an awards ceremony that will take place at the Royal Institute on Wednesday, 18th September. Enter today
Campaign corner
Ukie CEO heads to National Video Games Museum: Our CEO NIck Poole spent the day at with Cat Powell and John O'shea visiting the National Videogame Museum. It was a great opportunity to talk about areas of mutual interest and possible collaboration to celebrate and strengthen the UK video games and interactive entertainment industry. Learn more about the museum.
Industry events
July
Wednesday 10th July: Heroic Labs, along with their partners at AWS, will be attending Develop Brighton 2024. They will be discussing the latest trends and challenges in the field, and how we can help you succeed. A meeting space will be set up where you can meet with their team, representatives from AWS, and other industry professionals, to learn more about the latest developments in game development and how you can leverage them to create better games. More here.
September
9-11th September: We have 2 tickets to give away to the Live Service Gaming Summit, where game studios, publishers, and tech innovators converge to revolutionize their approaches to Games-as-a-Service (GaaS) with Ukie's CEO, Nick Poole attending as a speaker. Download the event agenda here. To enter, send an email to Helen@ukie.org.uk with 'Live Service Gaming Summit Comp 24' in the subject line. All entries must be in by 12th July, 12pm with the winner chosen on the afternoon of 12th July. If you want to secure your ticket now, use code MP10.