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Australia and Quebec developers hit by significant funding and subsidy cuts as Nordic Game Program also ends

Words of encouragement from the oldest games trade body in the world

MCV teamed up with UKIE last week to create an estimated value of the UK games market. But there are still big holes in the industry’s knowledge – particularly around digital. UKIE CEO Dr Jo Twist writes for MCV to discuss the need for a digital sales chart… As an …

The journey to finally get the tax production credits scheme in place for the games industry has been a long and sometimes rocky one. But this week, the industry had confirmation from the European Commission that, after a year of investigating whether there truly was a market failure for games …

Writing exclusively for Develop, CEO Jo Twist hails the long-awaited arrival of video games tax credits for British developers

GDC 2014: Largest ever UK stand at annual conference include over 40 companies

UK trade body UKIE has named Dan Wood its new COO. Wood joined UKIE in 2010 as its head of communications and public affairs, and during his time he has launched the Video Games Ambassadors scheme, co-ordinating UKIE’s lobbying efforts on tax relief and setting up the Next Gen Skills …

Trade body points to success of high-end television tax relief as it continues to rally for games industry equivalent

UKIE has responded to the Office of Fair Trading’s principles for online and app-based games. These guidelines – published earlier today – serve to ensure game businesses sell content responsibly. If they are not in line with these principles, they could face problems from the Competition and Markets Authority from …

'It is very important that the industry remains as joined up as possible to help each other through practical and other issues that face the UK’s games companies,' says Jo Twist