It’s an industry that employs an estimated 76,000 people and adds £6 billion to the UK economy.
Now companies making video games are calling for political parties to spell out their plans at this election on how to support them at a time when many have hit crisis point — laying off staff and closing their doors.
BBC Newsbeat’s Andrew Rogers has been to one of the UK’s biggest hubs, Dundee, to meet the people working in, and campaigning for, the games industry.
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