It does smell of charging for a beta. However it is a pretty big game and if it is updated throughout the year then it will be worth the money. How they handle the game proper coming out will be interesting. Would hate to go through all the events again from scratch so hopefully there’s a way of migrating your game save.

Jobs – some of the Scottish game studio’s have been really badly hit over the last 12 months. A couple are still strong though. GTA IV will prove just how talented a studio based here can be.

Shipbuilding has been really stable over the last 3-4 years although that could soon change due to state of CVF contract which is a shame.