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The biggest names in UK games development have told MCV that they’re overjoyed that the European Commission has rubberstamped tax breaks for UK studios. But they warn the hard work must begin now to prove they are worth the investment from the UK Government. Tax breaks for UK games developers …

Tax breaks for the UK video games industry are happening. The ‘will they won’t they?’ saga that has rumbled on for years has now been green lit, as previously confirmed by MCV last week. The European Commission has concluded that UK plans to grant certain tax relief to producers of …

Block lifted on tax incentives for UK developers

Trade body readies celebration with TV Coalition, suggesting games tax relief announcement is near

The Evening Standard claims tax relief will finally be confirmed by the weekend

Tax breaks for UK games studios will be announced this week, says The Evening Standard. The newspaper’s report follows our own article last week, which revealed the tax breaks have been given the go-ahead despite not receiving an announcement at the Budget. The only news in the Budget about tax …

It may have missed The Budget, but tax breaks for UK games developers will go ahead, MCV can reveal. High-level industry sources have told MCV that the European Commission has told UK Government officials that subsidies for production are approved, after a long-running investigation into whether they were really needed. …

But new addition to incentives could suggest positive negotiations with European Commission

The UK’s video games industry trade body says that tax breaks for video games developers remain a realistic hope. Rumour had spread prior to today’s budget from Chancellor George Osborne that the long-awaited tax breaks would be included as part of the statement. They did not, although the post-budget statement …

GDC 2014: Execution Labs’ Jason Della Rocca says impact of games tax relief is overstated