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"Ukie appreciates that it can be difficult for start-ups, small studios/publishers to afford professional advice"
Read More »There’s still two weeks to get advice from industry experts via the Ukie hotline
MCV Women in Games Awards is tomorrow! Ukie’s Dr Jo Twist OBE will host and will be joined by Facebook’s EMEA VP Nicola Mendelsohn
With this year's event being supported by both Ukie and the Women in Games organisation
Read More »Anderona Cole on working at Ukie to ‘make the UK the best place to make, sell and play games across the world’
Every month, we pick the brain of an up-and-coming talent. This month’s Rising Star is Anderona Cole, policy and public affairs manager at Ukie
Read More »Must Play May: how Ukie and ERA are bringing families together
Ukie discusses the thinking behind the Must Play May initiative, its spring promotion in partnership with ERA, designed to bring families together to play the most appropriate and most enjoyable games for them
Read More »Ukie launches #GetInTheGame2019, a new initiative to get UK players registered to vote
Ukie – the only trade body for the UK’s games and interactive entertainment industry – has launched #GetInTheGame2019, a new initiative to encourage players to vote. By asking game businesses “to motivate their players and communities to register to vote”, Ukie hopes to increase democratic participation. With nearly 8 million …
Read More »Heaven’s Vault – how Inkle wrote its own herstory
Heaven’s Vault is out today, having recently won the Ukie UK Game of the Show at GDC. Seth Barton catches up with developer Inkle’s co-founders to talk about their passion for language, in all its many forms
Read More »UK games market up 10% year-on-year to hit a record-breaking £5.7bn – but not everyone will be celebrating
Pre-owned sales slump by a massive 30.8 per cent
Read More »Ukie becomes ‘major sponsor’ of family-friendly festival, Now Play This
"A true celebration of the culture, curiosity and creative breadth of games"
Read More »Games industry meets WHO to challenge ‘gaming disorder’ claims
"We hope that through continued dialogue the WHO will reconsider the mounting evidence put before them"
Read More »Shriek for your supper: How Supermarket Shriek is making good noise
Earlier this year, MCV awarded the Gamescom Ukie UK Game of the Show to Supermarket Shriek – despite it proving something of an annoyance for our entire team. We catch up with director William Barr about screaming goats, his hopes for a retail version and the difficulties of pitching the project
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