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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 …

DICE, Sony and Lionhead veteran Ben Cousins has launched a spirited attack of what he argues is the wrongly maligned free-to-play sector. Writing on Polygon, he argues that far from acting in the interests of consumers, critics are instead merely acting to defend their own positions in the increasingly threatened …

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 …

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‘Soon’ is not typically a word one associates with Sony title The Last Guardian. But DualShockers reckons that when asked by Famitsu in its latest issue, Sony said that a release date for the much-delayed game could be in the offing ‘soon’. Last month Sony Studios’ Scott Rohde refused to …

New German office intended to give the US firm better means to support its European partners and consumers

Neil Schneider from the Immersive Technology Alliance discusses the potential of VR

Sony’s PS4 exclusive InFamous: Second Son has broken new records for the series. Sony Australia has revealed that the game shifted 1m units in its first nine days on sale, making it the fastest selling game in the five-year-old series. The 1m number includes both digital and physical sales. It’s …

Three international teams now confirmed to be working on Ubisoft’s new-gen Tom Clancy MMO