UKIE
UKIE (UK Interactive Entertainment) is a company that attempts to expand the gaming industry in the UK but they also are capable of supporting other companies. They ensure that the games industry is healthy in aspects such as cultural, political, economic and social environments helps the gaming businesses out. they support other companies by running things such as campaigns which allows information to spread across the UK of what has improved and what has been achieved in the gaming industry. UKIE receive help from politicians and the government which helps them spread in awareness and allow the information to travel a further distance. They aim to make the gaming industry a better place within the UK by raising the current issues that are occurring such as tax, age ratings, industry classification and more crucial aspects. They also want to spread information so the people who want to join the industry know more which would benefit them as they would know more about what they are getting involved with.
http://ukie.org.uk/events-and-trainingIGDA
IGDA (International Game Developers Association) is an association which work with other companies from all over the world. It is also a non-profit organisation which means that this is optionally done to ensure that they games industry is on point and doing well. They spread information about all of the issues that are currently held in the industry where they attempt to fix all of the issues that stop them from completing tasks and prevent progression/ get in the way. They also help young people looking for jobs in the gaming industry get a job, where there are companies that are being supported such as small companies that create indie games and then larger companies making the top telling games currently. IDGA was originally made in 1994 and the purpose was to initially protect the games industry.
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/yetizen-and-igda-present-yetis-on-ice-tickets-5616178140WIGJ
WIGJ (Woman in Games) main purpose is to inspire woman to join the games industry considering that the main stereotypes of games in general is that they are play mainly by the male gender. Most people believe this because the majority of the industry seems like it is aimed towards men with aspects such as violence, sport, fighting etc. Since this exists, this portrays the belief of male gamers believing that woman cannot play games and if they do, they are not skilled at playing that game which is obviously false as gaming takes strategy and skill which woman are fairly capable of handling. They also want to make the characters within the video games seem more realistic and less portrayed and seen on women with the dream figure that everyone wants and desires to have. This can lead to problems in real life which could be easily avoid if the proportion of what the woman look like in games was more balanced and focused on general aspects such as attitude, personality etc.
http://www.womeningames.com/BAFTA
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Art) praises media within the games industry in Britain for doing well at what they do. This is things such as art, audio and game-play mechanics, which are all obviously very different things which would increase the chances of different variety to receive awards because it is extremely unlikely for one game to be the best at absolutely everything. This is between big titles such as The Last of Us, Life is Strange, Minecraft and more. BAFTA also hold small competitions between younger gamers where they receive awards and get praised for the hard work they have done and achieved.
http://www.bafta.org/games/awardsMEF
MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) helps developers to create lightweight applications much easier. They help the developers out by giving them certain tools to make the task easier and it also helps them improve at what they do as they learn faster by using the better equipment, which also leads to making it easier to produce more applications overall.
http://www.carrierroundtable.com/events/2014-02-19-se-mef-seminar-on-iva-konferenscenter/ELPSA
ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publisher's Association) is a video game rating system and the aim was to establish what is involved within the game and it gives a games age rating. This is discussed and concluded by looking at the aspects that are shown in the game including violence, blood/ gore, strong language and sexual activity. As the games industry developed and evolved over the many years, too many things in the nature of games had changed where ELPSA eventually reinvented themselves as UKIE which has some of both minor and major changes to improve the program making it overall more efficient.
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Entertainment_and_Leisure_Software_Publishers_Association http://www.cubed3.com/news/10961/1/bbfc-to-sue-elspa-on-traffic-light-ratings-system.html
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