UK’s £1bn gaming industry to get new grading system
18th June 2009
Interesting to read that the Digital Britain Report has focussed on how it will help the video gaming industry maintain its lead over other countries by using the European grading system. The Digital Britain report released on Tuesday by Lord Carter also outlines plans to review a tax relief for the industry. One question, raised by Mary Mathiews of Blitz Games, to Lord Carter at the successful Digital Birmingham event yesterday, identified the possible difficulties the government may face in trying to identify exactly what ‘tax relief to promote the sustainable production of ‘culturally British videogames’ might mean. Lord Carter inferred that key words were culture and British, but I guess to a city like Birmingham that could mean just about anything. Richard Wray of the Guardian explores the piece further. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jun/17/digital-britain-videogames
