UK devs tweet elation as tax breaks finally approved

Countless developers have taken to Twitter to celebrate the news that the European Commission has finally approved tax breaks for British games developers.

The news has been a long time coming, but that hasn’t been enough to quell the enthusiasm amongst devs as they ponder how they and their peers will benefit from the new financial incentive.

Even Culture Minister Ed Vaizey got in on the action:

Thrilled Commission has approved games tax relief. We have an absolutely fantastic games industry in the UK and this will be a real boost

— Lord Ed Vaizey (@edvaizey) March 27, 2014

Tweeting developers include:

Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive

https://twitter.com/milesSI/status/449162777585020928https://twitter.com/milesSI/status/449162573771206656https://twitter.com/milesSI/status/449163630723203072

Patrick O’Luanaigh, nDreams

Hurrah! Well done to everyone involved, particularly Richard Wilson at TIGA. So pleased for the UK games industry! http://t.co/4DRj4JecNh

— Patrick O'Luanaigh (@patrickol) March 27, 2014

Natalie Griffith, Press Space

Fantastic news that industry cultural tax breaks have finally been approved. Huge congrats to all who've fought, esp @uk_ie @TIGAMovement

— Natalie Griffith (@NatLG_Spark) March 27, 2014

Andy Payne, UKIE/Mastertronic

https://twitter.com/PercyBlakeney63/status/449164291980419072https://twitter.com/PercyBlakeney63/status/449164909591662592

Jason Kingsley, Rebellion

Ten years of campaigning, lots of people telling us to stop and it's finally here.

— Jason Kingsley CBE (@RebellionJason) March 27, 2014

Mike Bithell

https://twitter.com/mikeBithell/status/449163954112454656

Imre Jele, Bossa Studios

Game dev tax break! Yay! 🙂 http://t.co/MHfIut9AFU Thanks to @uk_ie and everyone who worked hard for this!

— Imre Jele (@imrejele) March 27, 2014

Ninja Theory

Great news on the UK games tax relief.

— Ninja Theory (@NinjaTheory) March 27, 2014

Sony XDev Europe

We are thrilled to hear that the European Commission has approved UK games tax breaks, we have a thriving UK game development scene here!

— PlayStation Studios XDEV (@Sony_XDEV) March 27, 2014

Ed Fear, Mediatonic

Yay! UK game development tax breaks approved! THEY'RE COMINGGGGG http://t.co/govXFQMYyf

— Ed Fear (@edfear) March 27, 2014

Can I get a 25% pay rise now? (Dear bosses: I am joking of course. Unless the answer is yes in which case I was serious.)

— Ed Fear (@edfear) March 27, 2014

Dan Marshall, Size Five Games

I would like a tax break. Back to crowbarring British references into the game, Guv'nor, by 'eck.

— Dan Marshall (@danthat) March 27, 2014

Roll7

So happy to hear that the governement has finally pushed through Games Tax Relief! @TIGAMovement @Thomas_Hegarty @flappyfingers

— Roll7 (@Roll_7) March 27, 2014

Avatar Games

@developonline Thats great news! At last! The UK deserves this! we have a super talented country of developers here! #OnwardsAndUpwards

— AVATAR (@Avatar_Games) March 27, 2014

Simon Hope, Aardvark Swift

@developonline Fantastic! This should give the #UK #videogames ind the shot in the arm it needs! Well done to @TIGAMovement & @uk_ie et al

— Simon Hope (@Games_Recruitor) March 27, 2014