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Are you British enough? Or specifically, is your game British enough to qualify for tax breaks? Well now you can find out, thanks to The British Film institute’s now-published guidelines that developers must pass in order to qualify. Here they are. A game needs to score 16 from the available …
Read More »World Cup tickets up for grabs in PlayStation ‘Play for your Country’ quiz
PlayStation is giving football fans the opportunity to score tickets to this year’s World Cup. Sony has lifted the lid on its Play for your Country with PlayStation competition, which tests the minds of football fans with a multiple-choice quiz for the chance to win tickets to this year’s FIFA …
Read More »GAME to give away free Pokémon DLC and trading cards from this Friday
Owners of Pokmon X and Y can receive free new Pokmon for their game this Friday at GAME. Pokmon X owners will receive a code for Magmar, while Pokmon Y players can obtain Electabuzz. Both are monsters from the very original Pokmon games. What’s more, and while stocks last, gamers …
Read More »No backdating for video games tax breaks
The Treasury has now confirmed that developers will not be able to claim back games tax relief. The claiming period will officially begin from April 1st 2014. A statement from UKIE read: "We can confirm that claims are not back dateable from the 1stof April 2013. Claims can be made …
Read More »Chancellor: Games tax relief one of the most generous in the world
Conservative MP and UK Chancellor George Osborne has said that today’s confirmation of video games tax breaks will create new jobs in the sector. This is a key industry of the future and I want Britain to be one of its biggest centres,” he said. 95 per cent of UK …
Read More »Naughty Xbox Live users to be punished with Twitch cut-off and reduced matchmaking
Microsoft has outlined the punishments it has in store for players who exhibit disruptive behaviour on Xbox Live. Those who reputation level falls into the ‘needs work’ category will from this month begin receiving reputation warnings”, the purpose of which is to remind players about their effect on the community …
Read More »MonoGame hopes to bring XNA-based framework to all consoles this year
Project leads for open-source project in discussions with platform holders
Read More »Zuckerberg: Oculus will be a platform for many other experiences
Once there were PCs. Then there were mobiles. Next there will be virtual reality. That’s the prediction of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who last night told investors following his acquisition of Oculus that the move was made with an eye on the long-term future of computing. [VR is] the next …
Read More »OlliOlli adding PS4, PS3 and PC to platform roster
Roll7’s skating title OlliOlli has been confirmed for some additional platforms. As well as the PC release first mentioned last month, the game is also heading to PS4, PS3, Mac and Linux some time this summer. We already have a first playable up and running on the PS4,” Roll7 director …
Read More »Hotline Miami heading to PS4, will be free to existing PS3 or Vita owners
Devolver Digital has confirmed a PS4 release for ultra-violent retro action title Hotline Miami. Speaking to Destructoid, as reported by CVG, the PS4 version will support Cross-Buy, meaning those who have previously purchased it for PS3 or Vita will get access to the new release for free. We’re going to …
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