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Heated debates punctuated with unanimous praise for the industry
Read More »Has Labour paved the way for GTA London?
New â??culturally Britishâ?? tax test could see Rockstarâ??s dev budget slashed by £11m
Read More »Labour pledges tax help for UK games industry
Victory for the industry as Alistair Darling talks up British sector
Read More »Ministers debate game violence
Video games violence and the economic worth of the UK games industry took centre stage at a heated debate in the House of Commons this afternoon, as Labour MP Tom Watson took it on himself to defend the sector from the types of accusations regularly thrown around by the press. …
Read More »Government forms games committee
The Government is to create an all-new ‘video games committee’ – in which cross-departmental representatives will be tasked with considering changes in policy to help the industry. The decision was a result of ELSPA’s first formal meeting with new Minister for Creative Industries Sin Simon last week. ELSPA director general …
Read More »Peter Mandelson arrives in Second Life
The UK Labour party has become the latest governmental institution to turn to online social world Second Life in effort to spread its word to a brand new audience – and a 3D representation of Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has been chosen to front the venture. For the complete story, …
Read More »Governments clampdown on games a reality
MCV genuinely hates to say we told you so today – as The Guardian’s front page excitedly reports that Gordon Brown is to unleash an aggressive ‘clampdown’ on the sale of violent video games. As predicted in this week’s MCV, Labour appears to have settled on a new ‘cinema style’ …
Read More »Labour: We DO take games seriously
The Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the games industry and announced plans for further economic support, after the Conservative Party claimed that Labour was not doing enough to support the sector in last week’s MCV (cover, 17/08). Speaking exclusively to MCV, Margaret Hodge, Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and …
Read More »FEATURE: Labour and Tories join the debate on games
Top Labour and Conservative Ministers answer MCV’s questions on the games industry this week – with state funding and IP protection high on the agenda. Labour’s Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism Margaret Hodge tells MCV: We have definitely begun to more fully recognise and articulate the contribution of …
Read More »Labour to introduce â??video games GCSEâ??
Diploma to teach history of interactive entertainment
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