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At long, long last UK video games tax breaks are upon us, but who is it precisely that qualifies? The draft legislation calls the relief a ‘tax relief for video game development’. The legislation does not define the term ‘video game’ and the intention behind this was to avoid including …
Read More »UK developers can’t backdate games tax relief
Claims can be made for production from April 1st 2014
Read More »Little Orbit and Cartoon Network partner up to release Adventure Time game
Little Orbit and Cartoon Network have announced they will be bringing new titles to gaming consoles and handheld devices this year. The duo will be releasing two new games. One will be based on Adventure Time while the other is set to feature a number of characters from Cartoon Network’s …
Read More »Jo Twist: "We are on our way to making the UK the best place to make and sell games"
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 …
Read More »Iribe: We never intended to sell Oculus; Facebook buyout completed in just three days
Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe has said that it was never the plan to sell the company. Despite this, so convinced were he and fellow co-founder Palmer Luckey that the actual deal that saw Facebook acquire the firm for $2bn was wrapped up in just 72 hours. We got the deal …
Read More »Oculus Rift backers react in anger to Facebook buyout
A number of those who supported Oculus Rift’s Kickstarter campaign have lashed out at its sale to Facebook. Although there is nothing in Kickstarter’s T&Cs to prevent a company being acquired, many backers feel betrayed that their money has helped to fund a product that is now owned by Mark …
Read More »Green Man Gaming sponsors MCV Awards 2014
Online games retailer Green Man Gaming has backed this year’s MCV Awards. The firm has signed up as event partner for the prestigious evening. "At Green Man Gaming we are very proud to offer our continued support to the MCV Awards," said Darren Cairns, executive vice president of marketing, Green …
Read More »Oculus on long-term benefits of Facebook acquisition, promises lower launch price
Palmer Luckey has taken to Reddit to address some of the concerns being raised in the wake of Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus. Among the statements are assertions that it will result in a lower RRP for the consumer version of Rift, a shorter wait for a full release and the …
Read More »Facebook acquires Oculus for $2bn
Who saw this coming? Social media giant Facebook has made a massive move into gaming with the acquisition of VR specialist Oculus. The deal is worth $2bn – that’s $400m in cash and 23.1m Facebook shares. There’s another $300m in the offing too should Oculus hit its goals. Mobile is …
Read More »REVEALED: The biggest UK games websites
2013 was a bumper year for the UK games media, but who came out on top? MCV has obtained the latest ComScore stats for the last 12 months, which shows that – perhaps unsurprisingly – IGN was the top UK video games website by a huge margin. It’s also a …
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