LONDON , Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- TIGA, the network for video games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the video games industry, today released new data showing that employment in the Scottish video games development industry grew 17 per cent between November 2018 and April 2020 . Scotland is the fourth largest games cluster in the UK (after London , the South East and the North West).
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"Employment in the Scottish video games industry grew by over 17 per cent between November 2018 and April 2020 . Growth in headcount has been driven in part by inward investment by several major overseas companies, such as Epic and Unity; partly by strong growth in Scotland's larger studios; and partly by a spate of start-ups.
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