According to a report on Gamasutra, UK Chancellor George Osborne promised support to the video game industry in a private meeting earlier this month with key media and entertainment executives. Among the topics discussed at this meeting were the Government's 'Growth Review' that launched late last year and how the government can work with digital and creative industries to offer better support.
"The fact that we had representation at the meeting is an acknowledgment in itself that the video games industry is being taken seriously and that it is important socially, culturally and economically to the UK," said Ian Livingstone, Eidos president for life and one of the senior entertainment executives that attended the meeting.
Livingstone spoke well of chancellor Osborne and his eagerness to work with the industry:
"There was certainly a great sense of his wanting to work with, and assist, the digital and creative industries to ensure they become a cornerstone of the UK economy, acknowledged and viewed as a valuable sector like the financial and pharmaceutical sectors."
We might hear more on this subject during Osbourne's upcoming Budget meeting on March 23.
Source: Gamasutra
