Spending by British players on video games rose to $7.43 billion last year. This is a record for the industry in the UK, according to UKIE analysts. In 2017, the turnover of the video game industry in the country was 10% lower.

The spread of pirated video games has contributed to a 24% increase in sales of legal copies, according to experts of the European Commission.

Dollar sales of role-playing video games in the first 8 months of 2017 increased by more than 50% compared to the same period in 2016. The growth was provided by a line of strong releases from eastern and Western studios.