TIGA Publishes Manifesto for the Scottish Video Games Industry 2016 - Seite 2

Dr Richard Wilson, CEO, TIGA comments:

1. See Gibson, N., Gibson, R., Wilson, R., Making Games in the UK 2015 (TIGA,  2015).

2. This data is based on a survey in February 2016 of UK video games developers.

"The video games sector in Scotland is a success story with significant potential. It is exactly the kind of industry that policy makers should be supporting: it is R&D intensive, provides high skilled employment and is export focused. Yet too many studios face difficulty accessing finance, the industry suffers from some specific skills shortages and discoverability of games is a major challenge.

"TIGA's Manifesto for the Scottish Video Games Industry 2016 sets out a clear, concise and comprehensive programme to grow the industry. In particular,  Scotland should introduce a Scottish Video Games Fund to improve studios' access to finance and establish a Growth Accelerator Programme to promote commercial advice and investor readiness programmes to games developers. These measures would give a boost to studios, enhance the Scottish video games industry and support the wider Scottish video games industry."

David Hamilton, Director, UK Operations, Ninja Kiwi Europe, Dundee: 

"The Manifesto for the Scottish Games Industry published by TIGA sets out proposals to help grow the industry. TIGA work tirelessly to strengthen the games industry and we support the proposals included in this manifesto. The games industry in Scotland has been a huge success and the introduction of a Scottish Video Games Fund will ensure success going forward."

Andrew Richards, CEO, Codeplay, Edinburgh: 

"TIGA have done an excellent job of collecting together really practical ways of helping Scotland's video games industry to grow, create jobs and export. We would like candidates in this election to take a good look at all of these well thought out proposals."

Chris Stamp, Studio Director, Kobojo UK, Dundee: 

"Scotland has a wealth of creative and technical talent in the games sector which, although already punching well above its weight globally, is still far from fulfilling its full potential in terms of the direct economic benefit to the Scottish and UK economies. The measures outlined in TIGA's Manifesto for the Scottish Video Games Industry represent some practical, achievable steps towards ensuring that Scottish video games businesses are able to bring a bigger share of the rewards from this major modern industry into our economy, and lay the path for a new generation of success stories."