The games industry employs a diverse range of people in a number of different roles.
Over the next few months, BBC News is going to profile a range of jobs in the industry, as well as the firms themselves; talking with the people who actually do the work as they tell us what exactly they do.
It is a wet cold morning in Horsham, in the depths of Sussex. But in a typical office block, one company is doing something rather unusual.
Creative Assembly is putting the finishing touches to their latest strategy game: Empire Total War.
Set just after the middle ages, the game puts you in charge of one of the emerging European nations as they strive to expand their empire using a combination of diplomacy, politic, and brute force.
At your disposal are your subjects, who can be press-ganged into the navy, conscripted to the army, or put to work in the cities helping to fill the nation's coffers.
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Creative Assembly is one of a number of British game developers who between them employ thousands, make millions and have made the UK a market leader in video game development.
British developers have been behind some of the most influential games of the past 25 years: Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider, Jet Set Willy, Syndicate, Transport Tycoon, and Elite.
It’s Total War Week at the Humble Store. Games in the popular strategy franchise are up to 75 percent off.
PC Invasion: Classic Total War games such as Medieval II, Empire, and Napoleon now have their Definitive Editions which includes all the DLC. Players who already own the respective base games get the DLC as a free update.
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