The Government today published its response to the Livingstone-Hope review.
The aforementioned review delivered 20 recommendations for the Government to implement that would encourage growth in the key skills required to maintain Britain's place at the forefront of the international games development community.
The Government's response, available here, is a 19 page document that lays out how the State hopes to work with the industry to improve computer literacy amongst students.
Although the Government stopped short of the review's call to implement Computer Science into the national curriculum, their response offers hope that the Government is keen to listen closely to the industry and its recommendations.
Ed Viazey, minister for Creative Industries, said: "The economic and cultural value of the UK's video games and VFX sectors is clear and the long-term potential of their global markets present a great opportunity for UK-based businesses."
"It is an industry that has real potential to create the high quality jobs of the future that will be so important as we recover from the recession. We need to invest in talent that will ensure the UK remains at the forefront of games creativity."
Speaking to The Independent, Livingstone reiterated: "Recommendation 1 is to bring computer science into the National Curriculum as an essential discipline.... computer science is "essential knowledge" for the 21st century."