The European Commission has approved the British Games Tax Relief (GTR) for game developers. After an in-depth investigation, the Commission concluded that the measure, providing incentives to developers to produce games meeting certain cultural criteria, is in line with EU objectives. According to TIGA, the trade association representing the UK video games Industry, the measure […]
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Reboot Develop 2014 Biggest game developers conference in South-East Europe. For more information visit: http://www.rebootdevelop.hr WHERE? Zagreb, Croatia at Double Tree by Hilton congress center WHEN? April 26th to 27th 2014 THEME? The conference is focusing on challenges of modern game development, next generation of video game entertainment devices, VR gaming and development and indie game […]
Unofficial Creative Europe Guidelines A print friendly version of the guidelines can be downloaded from here. Official guidelines and application forms can be accessed here. If you have any feedback or you have spotted any errors in the guidelines, do not hesitate to contact COO of EGDF, Jari-Pekka Kaleva (jari-pekka.kaleva@egdf.eu).
European Commission provides record funding for European Game Developers The European Commission has made a record number of funding instruments accessible for game developers under the new Horizon2020 research and innovation funding programme. This is in addition to 2.5 million euro annual funding for games through the Creative Europe programme. For the first time, the Commission […]
European Game Developers interested in Horizon2020 projects BULGARIA Company: COPRIX media Type: SME Country: Serbia, Bulgaria Focus areas: Cross Platform Serious games and gamification Crossplatform teaching aids for preschool and primary school Educational Games Augmented reality Industry dissemination and validation Contact: www.coprix.net FINLAND Company: LudoCraft Oy. Type: SME Country: Finland Focus areas: Serious games and gamification Collaborative games Avatar [...]
During recent years, one of the main goals of EGDF has been to reintroduce video games as a stand-alone support category in the European support programme for audiovisual media. This goal was finally reached in the Autumn of 2013 and now the first European call for video games is open under Creative Europe programme. Furthermore, as EGDF […]
EGDF welcomes the European game development support scheme EGDF, the trade association representing European game developers, has welcomed the first call for proposals under the video game development support scheme of the Creative Europe programme. The new support scheme has an annual budget of 2.5 million euro and, unlike in the previous European funding […]
In its general assembly the European Game Developer Federation has elected a new board in Berlin for the year 2013 – 14. The EDGF’s President will continue to be Guillaume De Fondaumiere, who is the Vice- president of the SNJV, the French video game trade association. Guillaume De Fondaumiere is CEO of the Paris based […]
In the context of an official statement as interested party the European Games Developer Federation has given insights as to why they believe that the introduction of a support system similar to what already exists in Canada or France is culturally and economically necessary. Member organizations within the EGDF, including the Finnish games producers’ association, […]
HOW A MOBILE GAME DEVELOPER CAN OVERCOME FRAGMENTATION, LACK OF FUNDING AND BARRIERS TO ACCESSING THE USERS? The second Mobile Game Arch workshop was organized in Helsinki on the 27th of August 2012. This one-day workshop was organized by EGDF and the Mobile Game Arch Project in co-operation with Mobile Monday and Aalto Centre of Entrepreneurship. You can access […]