Governing; Regulatory and Industry Related Bodies - UKIE

How Has the UKIE influenced Games Development

The UKIE is a non-profit business that aims to help developers within the games and interactive entertainment industry. It is seen as a network of different people with different qualities within the industry striving to make the best games and other forms of entertainment within the industry and businesses; ranging from esports, consoles, mobile apps, VR, AR and more. They are the suggested business to go for advice, guidance and support for any developers who are aiming to work in the media and gaming industry.

The UKIE is a business that does ensure to help developers within the UK. They are making sure to provide as much support as they can, even under circumstances that can affect the industry such as the movement of Brexit. (Taylor, 2019) points out that the UKIE has plans to support game companies for the preparation of a no-deal Brexit. UKIE will tackle legal situations such as date, EU funding and IP rights. All of this as well as eBooks and podcasts will be free of charge without any membership required (Taylor, 2019). From this update from UKIE, it shows that they do take consideration for the development of videogames if it can be affected by political movements such as Brexits. Game developers can confidently rely on the UKIE to ensure games can still be made in under any circumstance, meaning games can still be produced and published even under political situations. The UKIE would ensure any changes that could affect the games industry would be resolved with solutions and ensure developers are still business with them to create more games, they arguably have helped make videogame development easier for upcoming developers as they can still receive the support they may need from the UKIE no matter the current situation in the industry.