TIGA shortlisted for 2010 Trade Association Forum awards

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, today announced it has been shortlisted in four categories in the 2010 Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards, with the winners being announced at the 2010 Awards Dinner in London on July 1.

UK coalition set to approve Games Tax Relief

We’ve previously discussed, with the help of TIGA CEO Dr Richard Wilson, why the UK games industry needs a tax relief package. At last year’s London Games Conference, the Conservatives’ then – Shadow Culture Secretary Ed Vaizey dismissed the proposal of such a package, telling those gathered that they needed to think “more widely” than such an idea. Since then however, events have conspired to make its introduction seem considerably more likely.

TIGA calls on Conservatives to include Games Tax Relief in Mini-Manifesto

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK videogames industry has today called on the Conservative Party to include the introduction of Games Tax Relief in their set of policy proposals this week.

Game Over for UK developers?

The concern is that tediously prosaic problems can have depressingly prosaic consequences. Yes, it would be nice if British gamers could see a surge of British humour and culture in the games their native companies develop. However, developers leaving the UK en masse can and will have disastrous consequences on a very human level.