Entries in 'tiga' (34)
COUNTDOWN TO LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE: Should UKIE & Tiga unite?
The unification of trade bodies Tiga and UKIE would be approved by four times as many industry professionals as those who oppose, new data suggests.
UKIE and Tiga take charge of Edinburgh
Games industry trade bodies UKIE and TIGA have teamed up to deliver this year’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival.
Devs up £7m thanks to Budget
After the UK Government announced it would raise R&D tax credits by 200 per cent in today's Budget, games industry trade body Tiga has claimed the 'decisive victory' could be ...
UKIE 'deeply disappointed' Tiga ruled out merger
UK games industry trade association UKIE says it is disappointed developers organisation Tiga rejected proposals to merge the two bodies.
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Tiga: We do not see the value of a merger
It has emerged this afternoon that despite repeated calls for a union between the UK's two video games trade bodies, developer organisation Tiga has outright abandoned any chance of the ...
Proposed Tiga UKIE merger is off
Negotiations for a merger between Britain’s two biggest game trade bodies have broken down, Develop can reveal.
OPINION: We all win if trade bodies merge
Only the other day I joked to one of the leaders of our two trade associations that we were due the yearly, previously silly, ‘Why don’t you guys merge?’ questioning ...
UKIE and Tiga set for talks
The two UK games industry trade bodies are to start exploring common ground, MCV understands.
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UKIE welcomes Livingstone-Hope review
Official UK video games trade body UKIE has welcomed the recommendations of today's Livingstone-Hope skills review.
Livingstone: A united industry makes sense
Following the surprise recommendation of a possible strategic alliance between UK games trade bodies UKIE and TIGA in today's Livingstone-Hope skills review, report author Ian Livingstone has espouse the virtues ...
UK's trade bodies 'must be united'
As part of its wide-reaching video games education review being revealed today, the Livingstone-Hope report has called for closer ties to be forged between the UK's two main video games ...
Tiga turns to games publishing
British games industry association is taking the plunge into games publishing in a landmark partnership with UK stronghold Jagex.
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MP Watson impressed with ELSPA/TIGA unity
Labour MP Tom Watson has publicly backed the newly announced ‘tax break partnership’ between trade groups TIGA and ELSPA.
ELSPA and TIGA partner for tax breaks
Britain’s two pivotal game trade associations are to team up in a bid to breathe new life into the campaign for game tax breaks.
Hung parliament could aid the industry
TIGA CEO Richard Wilson has told Develop that he believes a Hung Parliament, now confirmed as the result of yesterday’s election, “may well work in the favour” of the UK ...
ELSPA urges Tories to back tax breaks
The games industry is growing impatient with the Conservative party.
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UKTI funding Gamescom trips
British game companies are being offered up to £1,000 each to exhibit their business at the upcoming Gamescom event in Cologne.
Tax breaks ‘will create 3500 new UK jobs’
New measures to introduce game development tax breaks will give Britain 3,550 graduate-level jobs.
Shadow Culture Minister calls for single trade body
Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has recommended that industry trade bodies TIGA and ELSPA merge – to form ‘The Video Games Association’.
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.
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 ...
Tiga: Govt ‘narrow-minded’ with creative industry funds
Tiga CEO Richard Wilson has told Develop that Westminster is once again taking “narrow-minded” measures, following reports of new funding initiatives for the creative industries.
Budget 2009: Govt has ‘failed to back the games industry’
Games industry group Tiga has slammed the Labour government for “failing again to back one of the principal creative industries of the future.”
New bank funding scheme may aid developers
Numerous development studios in the UK may soon be eligible for a proposed bank funding scheme set up for start-up and high-risk businesses.
Budget 2009: Tiga’s demands
Game interest group Tiga has called on the government to introduce a set of schemes in the forthcoming budget that could aid the game development sector.
