NEWS Videospiel News (5 Betrachter)

Teile unseres Teams haben sich außerdem schon mit der Vorproduktion unseres nächsten großen Projekts befasst. Dieses Spiel befindet sich nun an einem Punkt, an dem es die ganze Aufmerksamkeit unseres Studios benötigt, damit wir es zu unserem bisher umfangreichsten und besten Produkt machen können.

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EU Commission to launch investigation into UK games tax relief, “doubts” it’s necessary

The European Commission believes there is “no obvious market failure” in the UK games sector to provide tax relief to developers, and has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed scheme backed by the industry and trade groups.

The UK has intended to introduce 25% tax relief on a maximum of 80% of a firm’s production budget should the video game qualify.

However, the commission wonders whether such aid is necessary to stimulate video game production, and feel it would not “fuel a subsidy race between Member States.”

“The market for developing video games is dynamic and commercially promising,” said Joaquin Almunia, Commission VP. “It is not clear whether the taxpayer should be subsidising this activity.

“Such subsidies could even distort competition.”

It was also questioned whether “limiting expenditure for the tax relief to goods or services ‘used or consumed’ in the UK would not be discriminatory,” reports GI International.

The commission is also concerned whether the cultural test developers would have to undertake would ensure the relief would support only games “with cultural content without leading to undue distortions of competition.”

Trade bodies UKIE and TIGA, both huge supporters of the scheme, expressed disappointment in yet another delay to relief, and plan to continue pushing the matter.

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"Going very well. Everyone here who has seen it and played it is very excited about what Shinji and Tango are up to."

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Dustforce is just over a year old now. How well has it fared in the past year, and what does that mean for Hitbox Team? In this article, we discuss in great detail the financial performance of Dustforce, in the context of our own goals for the game. Come and learn about some of the financial issues of a tiny development team, such as how we funded Dustforce, and how much it costs to make a game.

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