A year or two back everyone said the UK games scene was in a bit of a bad time - lots of studios closing, lead programmers applying for any coding job etc. I wondered about the situation now, because I'm thinking about tring to get another game job instead of my 'serious' software development position. Any thoughts?

I sympathise, well apparently it's still pretty poor...

See if you can get a freebie copy / subscription of Develop - it has a good article this month on the UK Scene.

http://www.developmag.com/

EDIT: Click on circulation or here: http://www.developmag.com/circ.cfm to see about your copy...