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Lobby group looks to expand; eyes web designers, graphic designers, writers

The Government’s Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) will now be solely responsible for the games industry. It means that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will no longer have anything to do with interactive entertainment sector. Games industry advocate Ed Vaizey, who was formerly a joint …

Culture minister Ed Vaizey held meetings with games firms today over Research and Development tax credits. The likes of UKIE, Tiga, Revolution Software, Ubisoft Reflections and Playfish were at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for the talks. Vaizey said: "We are making sure that games are at the …

With the very notion of net neutrality currently under threat, it has emerged that the British Government is to ask ISPs to block all online pornography by default on domestic internet connections. Users wishing to access such material would have to ask providers to have it unblocked. For their ‘friend’, …

Yesterday the Prime Minister once again faced the question of why he, and his government, chose to go back on promises made in the run up to the election. Before the election all three parties pledged to introduce a videogames tax relief to compete internationally on a level playing-field,” Luciana …

Body to evolve as Westminster's quango cull makes clear changes

ELSPA will be dead in a matter of days. But don’t worry – new name UKIE will come into effect on Tuesday, September 7th, with the rebrand ushering in a new era for the long-running UK trade body. UKIE (pronounced you-kee and standing for the association for UK Interactive Entertainment) …

The Department for Culture Media and Sport has declined to endorse fresh calls to ban Medal Of Honor at retail. On Sunday, Defence Secretary Liam Fox urged retailers to ban the selling of EA’s upcoming game, having expressed anger and disgust” by its content. Electronic Arts is under fire from …

Develop 2010: Abertay University and Skillset handling grants drive

Over a year on from the introduction of the controversial Change4Life campaign that infuriated the UK games industry by linking the playing of video games with premature death, the Government has confirmed that it is to withdraw all further funding for the project. Instead, Parliament intends to hand over funding …