With two separate reports currently ongoing into video game violence and its social effects, local trade body ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) has welcomed a new strategy paper from the UK government entitled “Creative Britain: New Talents for a New Economy”.
The paper contains several direct references and commitments to the video games industry in the UK, including the commissioning of research to “better quantify the economic benefits of the creative industries with special attention to the value added by innovation in those industries.”
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Source: Gamesutra