It is no secret that business in the video games industry has been booming of late, but it can be easy to forget just how much growth the interactive entertainment sector in the UK has seen in recent years. In particular, it is great to see some of the numbers coming out of my homeland of Scotland.
There is some truly fantastic Scottish talent out there at the moment (I have even had the privilege of working with some of them). With the industry going from strength to strength, and with continued government support and focus on university programmes, I'm looking forward to seeing what else will come out of Scotland in the next 10 years.
Scotland currently has 425 companies working within the video games sector – according to new data from the Scottish Games Network. Of those 425, developers make up 317, tech companies 34 and the remaining 74 are supporting companies – largely specialists in audio, animation, digital design, music etc.
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