David Braben's Recent Blog Entries

• Negativity Breeds Negativity

  Frontier founder David Braben offers his view on the state of the UK games industry.

  I saw Richard Wilson's piece about "how the UK can beat the recession" and I think it misses the main point.
  
  January 29, 2009
• David Braben Writes for Edge

  UK game design legend David Braben (Elite, Frontier Developments) calls on the British Government to get behind the games industry, and promote a vital business…

  The games industry is a huge success story, and is growing at a phenomenal rate, with retail sales of games rising by 26% in 2007.
  
  The corresponding growth in development is mostly happening outside the UK, due to a formidable combination of factors including high costs, substantial government assistance overseas and a skills shortage.
  

  July 22, 2008