London’s gaming industry, like many others, leads the pack. In December, James Cleverly announced the government’s plans to raise the salary threshold for a skilled worker visa from £26,200 to £38,700. With Paris, Amsterdam and Stockholm jostling for position, kneejerk decisions like this will handicap London, as industry-critical talent flees elsewhere.
London is a global nerve centre in gaming. It has a diverse range of studios, lucrative opportunities for investment, and an innovative wider tech sector. This is why I set up my own game development studio here in the UK. But underlying all this is the talent pool. It greases the gears of the gaming machine. Without it, the studios shut up shop, investment runs dry and the tech sector withers.
