Entries in 'digital britain' (7)

ELSPA responds to DCMS letter

ELSPA responds to DCMS letter

ELSPA has issued a statement in response to the letter published by the DCMS today looking back at the games-relevant parts of the Digital Britain report.

Michael French
by Michael French
on Jun 30th 2009 at 3:39PM in News
Government calls for 'cultural tax break' evidence

Government calls for 'cultural tax break' evidence

The UK's Department for Media, Culture and Sport has today put out a call to the games industry to provide evidence for a culturally based tax break for the UK ...

Michael French
by Michael French
on Jun 30th 2009 at 3:28PM in News
New age ratings here 'this summer'

New age ratings here 'this summer'

Games publishers are already manufacturing games boxes with PEGI’s ‘traffic light’ ratings on their cover – and hope to have the symbols on UK  boxes by the end of this ...

Michael French
by Michael French
on Jun 18th 2009 at 4:32PM in News
DIGITAL BRITAIN: Nintendo throws support behind PEGI

DIGITAL BRITAIN: Nintendo throws support behind PEGI

Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sega and other leading European games publishers have talked of their joy at the Government choosing PEGI as its sole age classification system.

by Tim Ingham
on Jun 17th 2009 at 1:01PM in News

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DIGITAL BRITAIN: Dev tax improvements 'under review'

DIGITAL BRITAIN: Dev tax improvements 'under review'

The UK Government will review proposals to strengthen the nation’s game development community with an extended tax relief system.

by Rob Crossley
on Jun 16th 2009 at 11:15PM in News
DIGITAL BRITAIN: PEGI wins Government backing

DIGITAL BRITAIN: PEGI wins Government backing

The Government has heralded a new future for UK video games classification – with PEGI becoming the sole age ratings model in the region.

by Tim Ingham
on Jun 16th 2009 at 4:36PM in News
Industry confronts Govt over ‘disappointing’ Digital Britain report

Industry confronts Govt over ‘disappointing’ Digital Britain report

The industry’s most notable faces met with Labour Ministers last week – to discuss games’ exclusion from a major Government report into ‘Britain’s online future’.

by Tim Ingham
on May 7th 2009 at 3:11PM in News