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Rockstar Games, developer more bankable country scored a massive hit this year with the Red Dead redemption exit, facing competition from rivals based in countries where the best benefits tax.

Consoles and software are flying off shelves in stores retail United Kingdom; Kinect, hands-free Microsoft interface has already sold 2.5 million in North America and the United Kingdom units and the giant software, it is satisfied that this sales figure will double before Christmas.

Last month, Call Of Duty: Black Ops broke records in international sales, generating $ exorbitant ￡ 220 m in unit sales in the United Kingdom and the United States its single opening week. There is also the effect of gaming devices to consider with Bloomberg reports that the British should pass 786 m $ for technology products this Christmas, with items such as Apple and iPhone iPad 4 (including two double game platforms) and equipment game 3D like Samsung and Sony, 3D TVs featuring prominently on the pre-order lists.

Witnessed how record profits recorded in industry set for 2010, one may wonder how successful this year Britain's local gaming industry. In a brief eye blow local industry expected to be in good shape. Rockstar Games, developer more bankable country marked a massive hit this year with the release of Red Dead redemption who had sold nearly 7 m units at the end of the last fiscal quarter, according to its Publisher 2 K.

But international, the professional association representing the industry of computer games in the UK, has published figures in November that paints a rather mixed picture of the State of UK developers and publishers.

While he noted that the games industry had seen 145 new start-ups, 131 companies closed during the same period. There has also been a change in retail games online; 80 per cent of the companies new game focused on digital distribution instead of high production range of titles retail triple A blockbuster.

More alarming, TIGA has revealed that the total number of persons employed by the gaming industry fell 9 per cent over the past two years, 84 percent of companies closing most game developers.

The video games industry has received a body blow earlier this year when the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that it wouldn't be the recipient of any tax relief, describing these proposals as "poorly targeted.

The announcement was contrasted with the comments made by the Conservative Minister of Culture Ed Vaizey in advance of the last general election. M. Vaizey said that his party "would certainly be at the beginning and seek support, we could give the industry, taking into account competition, he is confronted with countries such as the Canada".

He added that the Conservative Party was "" is committed to maintain tax R & D credits and it may be that these could be regarded as a source of support. ""

TIGA has been lobbying the Government - and continues to do so - for the introduction of the games, R & D improved tax credits, tax exemption action on skills and the maintenance of a flexible immigration policy.

Group CEO Richard Wilson argues that Government assistance will help local businesses to flourish and that he could put an end to the talented developers who leave the country for regions that provide Government incentives for the gaming industry.

International figures pointed out that although industry jobs have been lost and closed in any industry global development society, the UK was hit particularly hard compared territories benefiting from tax relief for the production of games.

The organization cited the example of the games industry based Canada, whose numbers have increased by 33% less than in the same period.

"Brains funded overseas Studios is deplete British personnel qualified and experienced studios" said Dr Richard Wilson, CEO of international "investigated in 2009 found that 23% of UK game development studios lost staff abroad during the previous 12 months and these 72% said that their staff went to the Canada".

This year was good for the British gaming industry with the impressive sales and growth of social flowered game, but international warning market still rings true.

Lack of support from the Government for this industry will mean developers will continue to leave the United Kingdom and innovations created in game that have broader applications arrive in smaller numbers.

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