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Aussie game developers want tax break
Filed under: CultureFollowing in the footsteps of the French, the Australian game development industry is seeking tax breaks from the government. The game developers are seeking a similar plan as that...
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Law of the Game on Joystiq: MMOIRS
Filed under: FeaturesEach week Mark Methenitis contributes Law of the Game on Joystiq, a column on legal issues as they relate to video games: First, I'd like to apologize to all of the aspiring...
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Tiga: Georgia incentives highlight UK game devs need tax breaks
Filed under: Culture, Business Tiga, a trade association for game developers in the UK and Europe, made a statement today that tax incentives in other territories are hurting UK games development. The...
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Tiga re-requests UK tax breaks in wake of Wisconsin incentives
Filed under: Culture, Business Tiga, the trade association for game developers in the UK and Europe, points to Wisconsin's recently passed incentives for game developers as a sign for the UK government...
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LGJ: Virtual Taxation
Filed under: FeaturesEach week Mark Methenitis contributes Law of the Game on Joystiq ("LGJ"), a column on legal issues as they relate to video games: It seems around this time every year, with W2s and...
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Pennsylvania legislators consider violent game tax
GamePolitics spent a little time at the Pennsylvania House of Representatives last week for its hearing on violent video games. During the proceedings, a pair of State Representatives questioned the...
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Tiga: 1,700 industry jobs will be lost without UK tax breaks
Tiga CEO Richard Wilson has written an open letter to the British government, claiming that 1,700 jobs will be lost in the UK video game industry over the next five years if it doesn't receive tax...
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ESA prez asks Texas to extend tax incentives for game developers
In an op-ed piece fort the Austin American-Stateman, Entertainment Software Association president Michael Gallagher asks the Texas legislature to extend the state's economic incentive programs for the...
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UK government requests evidence to support game developer tax break
Two weeks ago, British politician Lord Stephen Carter published a document titled the "Digital Britain" report, which could ostensibly change the technological face of the UK should his fellow...
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Annual ESA report boasts perfect 43-0 record against gaming regulation
Here's a lesson that governmental bodies across the nation just can't seem to learn -- if you try to regulate the sale of video games for any reason, you're stepping to the ESA. When you step to the...
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Tiga calls UK tax support 'incoherent,' seeks national solution
We're starting to notice that Tiga, the UK's trade association for the video game industry, is sort of like the tragic figure of Cassandra of Greek mythology (and ABBA's 1981 song) -- no matter how...
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Scotland fighting to keep Realtime Worlds, other native game developers
It seems Scottish government officials aren't going to let the nation's game developers get stolen away without a fight. Last week, we reported on Ireland's attempts to court Scotland's biggest game...
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Report: UK government rejects gaming tax break proposal
[Image credit: Bashed] The Guardian reports that the British government will likely reject the Games Tax Relief proposal. According to the paper, the video game industry "contributes more to the UK...
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UK moves forward with game tax relief
[Flickr: Bashed] Following exhaustive lobbying by TIGA, the UK will implement tax relief for video game developers. The change will allow game companies to keep more profits from successful products...
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Florida legislature passes bill for better digital tax breaks
Though the peninsular state of Florida plays host to a handful of video game companies, including EA Tiburon and Alienware, it's not really a hotbed of ludological movers and shakers. The state's...
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North Carolina to provide tax breaks for game companies
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture North Carolina is going to provide some epic tax breaks to video game developers. According to the ESA, a bill signed by Governor Beverly...
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UK government may close online shopping tax loophole
The gaming significance of the above headline may not seem apparent, but bear with us. This May, the UK government will consider "the continued marketing and use of highly aggressive and artificial...
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Judge rules against Hawkins personal bankruptcy, EA founder still owes...
A reading from Forbes on the prophet Trip Hawkins: And lo, the San Francisco federal judge saw through the abusive tax shelters Hawkins used to hide millions in profits from his Electronic Arts days...
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Mass. bill proposes stepping up state's game dev incentives
With EA set to break ground for a new facility at LSU, and Gameloft considering similar "endeavors" in New Orleans, Louisiana legislatures have got to be feeling good about the allure of the state's...
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Game developers bullish about Australian tax break bill
Game Developers Association of Australia CEO Tony Reed is, as you might imagine, a big fan of the $1.9 billion tax break for video game research and development that's making its way through the...
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