SUPPORT SCOTLAND'S GAMES INDUSTRY.

SUPPORT SCOTLAND'S GAMES INDUSTRY.

SNP MSP for Dundee West Joe FitzPatrick will take on the demons of RAGNARAWK - a BAFTA award winning computer game developed by students at Abertay University (http://daretobedigital.co.uk/PlayFreeRPGGames/ragnarawk/voodooboogy/)

Joe FitzPatrick will then lead a members debate "Support for Computer Games Development" at 5pm in the Scottish Parliament in which Mr FitzPatrick will call for tax rates to be changed to support the research and development of Computer Games.

• Figures from TIGA – the industry body show that while global games sales grew by 11% in 2008, the UK development sector’s workforce shrunk by 2.5% as studios closed or contracted.


• Competitors in Australia, Canada, China, France, South Korea, Singapore and the USA all receive national or regional/state tax breaks for games production. No tax breaks for games production exist in the UK.


• The industry has warned that 1700 knowledge economy jobs could be lost without a boost to investment – many of which could be in the industry’s Scottish centres of expertise.