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Harbottle & Lewis offer a detailed FAQ on the Games Development Tax Relief for UK games developers What is the real value of the relief?The real value of the relief for a game wholly developed in the European Economic Area (EEA) is 20% of qualifying spend, and not 25% as …
Read More »How to make the most of the UK games tax relief
Alan Moss and Mark Phillips of law firm Harbottle & Lewis share their insight into the games tax relief, and how developers can make the most out of the help the Government is offering The waiting has ended and the European Commission (EC) has finally granted full approval to the …
Read More »Plarium: Facebook hands down the best place for free-to-play games
'The opportunities it offers are unparalleled today'
Read More »Kabam opens new office in Berlin
New German office intended to give the US firm better means to support its European partners and consumers
Read More »MCV AWARDS: PlayStation will match every GamesAid Tenner donation on the night
All 10 donations made to GamesAid in the room at the MCV Awards tonight will effectively be doubled, thanks to Sony PlayStation. The format-holder has said it will match every single 10 donated to tonight’s GamesAid Tenner drive. Every year attendees to the MCV Awards (plus other events including the …
Read More »Epic to host free Unreal Developer Day in the UK
Epic offers an insight into the latest tools and technologies for UE4
Read More »The Last of Us: Remastered for PS4 is real
A now removed banner ad on the Sony Entertainment Network site has confirmed that The Last of Us IS heading to PS4. A NeoGaf user spotted an ad for The Last of Us: Remastered, which quoted an RRP of $59.99. It also carried a ‘day one digital release’ logo. Just …
Read More »Borderlands 2 Vita bundle launches in May
Sony has dated the Borderlands 2 Limited Edition PlayStation Vita Bundle for next month, with the standalone release of the game coming one week after. The bundle will feature the slimmer Vita model, according to the PlayStation US blog. $199.99 gets you the game and the Wi-Fi enabled hardware – …
Read More »Silicon teases new rendering engine for next-gen development
Silicon’s vision of next generation graphics is of crystalline reflections and weathered materials
Read More »425m paid Tetris downloads and counting on mobile
Tetris has amassed more than 425 million paid mobile downloads, more than the combined sales of boxed software. The Game Boy version of Tetris sold 35 million copies, with boxed products altogether selling around 70 million, according to the founder of The Tetris Company. Develop has more details.
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