The new call for creative Europe programme is open, EGDF finds administrative reforms alarming The new call for video game concept and prototype development under Creative Europe Media sub-programme is open. For the selected projects European Union will cover 50% of the costs up to 150 000 euro. The deadline for applications is on the […]
Press Release – Paris 15 December 2014 Green light from Brussels for the reform of the French Video Game Tax Credit: The French Video Games Trade Association (SNJV) welcomes the imminent entry into force of the new provisions. A key measure promoted by the SNJV since 2005 and adopted for the first time in Europe […]
CREATIVE EUROPE The next call for Creative Europe will open in February 2015. HORIZON2020 The full list of all open Horizon2020 calls can be found here and the list of all open calls in the the first Horizon2020 ICT call in 2015 here. ICT-37-2015/ODI: Horizon 2020 SME Instrument for ICT To who: Game developers with ambitious, but high risk ideas Any […]
Horizon2020 and FP7 research projects supporting game development This page is currently under construction. If you have a project, you would like to add on the list, please contact EGDF. Digital games have been the drivers of innovation in multiple European research projects during last years. The success of these projects is best […]
[one_third] Organisation: Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Type: Non-profit organisation, higher education Country: Finland Research focus areas: Urban environment and culture New forms of games culture Children, youth, and elderly Mobile life and tablet nomads Virtual and augmented reality Games education on: Game artists Game designers Game producers Game programmers Contact: http://games.metropolia.fi [/one_third][one_third] Organisation: Turku […]
At the beginning of this year, the European Union launched a support programme for video game development, as a part of Creative Europe programme. The results of the first call were published in August and all together 259 companies from 26 member states applied for the funding. Out of them, 29 studios from 14 member […]
Creative Europe programme grants € 3,2m million euros for 29 game developer studios In the first Creative Europe call for video game support, 259 companies from 26 member states applied for Creative Europe support for game development. Out of them, 29 game developer studios from 14 member states were granted all together 3.2 million euro. […]
Looking for funding? Open EU funding opportunities for game developers in Autumn 2014 and early 2015
HORIZON 2020 The full list of all open Horizon2020 calls can be found here and the list of all open calls in the first Horizon2020 ICT call here. ODI: Horizon 2020 SME Instrument for ICT To who: Game developers with ambitious, but high risk ideas Any SME having a sound, ambitious, potentially disruptive but high risk innovation in their hands […]
The national support schemes for video games are often realised either through tax incentives or through technology and innovation funding. Consequently, European funding for the creation of digital content itself brings significant added value and enables the realisation of culturally ambitious projects pushing the artistic limits of interactive storytelling otherwise too risky to be completed. […]
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 […]