THE FRENCH have launched a brazen bid to steal UK game developers, and some of the £2 billion they contribute to the UK's GDP.
A new promotional campaign has been launched called Join the Game to encourage developers from overseas to set up in France.They promise tax breaks of up to £5.4 million every year, and highlight the funding options open to companies for research and community events.that our developers have "fought hard" for the UK's reputation as a good place to make games, but warns that "reputation can be eroded in a globally competitive industry.
"The emergence of a programme designed to poach talent and businesses from the UK should remind policy makers of this fact," she told the trade site. "Uncertainty caused by Brexit and potential for disproportionate regulation of our industry without the support of a robust evidence" could see developers wanting to set up shop elsewhere, and make the UK a less attractive destination for developers, Twist said.
Video game sales in the UK were worth over £5 billion last year, while development studios and publishers based in the UK added around £2bn to our GDP over the same period.The news of the French attempts come as Parliament is in the middle of