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'UK is most expensive country in the world to develop a game'

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DEVELOP writes: Eidos' Ian Livingston says Government must invest to aid industry growth 'or suffer the consequences'

Eidos' Ian Livingstone has issued a tough warning to the Government, saying that the UK games industry will vanish if authorities don't act to properly address rising costs and the industry skills shortage.
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jspc1989 - 533 days 2 hours ago
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its pretty much the most expensive place in the world for anything lol.

fuel would be the cheapest in europe here if the government was to rebate some of the ridiculous amount of tax they plough of us so they can buy there precious second homes whilst the rest of us struggle just to keep going.

in all honesty things are getting ridiculous over here. x
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superaktieboy - 533 days 2 hours ago
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NOOOO you beat me to it :( the 60GB PS3 was £425.. what you buy here, you can buy twice in a place like US and Japan.. even Australia is much cheaper than here..
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riksweeney - 533 days 2 hours ago
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A single journey on the London Underground costs £4 (about $8), but it is supposed to be the best in the world, when they're not striking over something.

Come to think of it, we're pretty overdue a strike aren't we?
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LeShin - 533 days 1 hour ago
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lol don't tempt fate
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OgTheClever - 533 days 1 hour ago
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In the last postal strike I was waiting for global defence force to be delivered (look it up if you havn't heard of it).

That was a horrible few weeks and I expect riksweeney has gone and jinxed it again.
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Panipal2005 - 533 days 1 hour ago
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Ian Livingstone! Isn't he the guy who wrote a shedload of Fighting Fantasy books?
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Gam71 - 533 days 1 hour ago
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UK is a country?
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kosha - 532 days 23 hours ago
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Sometimes people group them all togther and say there one. I bet the welsh dont like being grouped with england as being one country
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Gam71 - 532 days 23 hours ago
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Yeah I know what you mean.

Being English I don't like being grouped with the welsh scots or irish, (don't mind the isle of man so much)

Bit of a sloppy title even though I can't think of a better word to use than country. That said I didn't make the article.
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Hoggy1983 - 533 days ago
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I agree, cost of living is really high. Dont even get me started on house prices! I live in Edinburgh where a friend has just bought a 2 bedroom flat for £235,000! Its mad. Although we get a really good exchange rate with the USD, the Euro is becoming stronger and stronger.
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Gam71 - 533 days ago
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Who would've thought the euro would work.
I don't like it getting stronger as I'm in Amsterdam next week.

Need my beer money.
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Armyless - 533 days ago
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6 - The government should move out of the people's way
And let free-markets determine what people want. I don't expect a bunch of crabby old men to get much right with that much power.
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Skizelli - 532 days 21 hours ago
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Hopefully things will start looking up for you guys. Things aren't so great here in the States either. It seems like everything only gets more expensive, so it's hard to be optimistic in that regard.
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