After Brexit, France promises subsidies and tax breaks to relocating game devs
France hosts a healthy game development scene including studios like Arkane, Dontnod, and Quantic Dream, as well as one of the industry’s biggest publishers in Ubisoft. Now, the country is promoting its support of the game industry to developers who might be looking to relocate in a new programme called Join the Game - conspicuously against continued uncertainties around Brexit.
The newly-launched site highlights France’s 30% tax break for production expenses, and its subsidies for the production of original work and “technologically ambitious prototypes.” The country also allows for equity loans of up to €2 million, allowing repayment contingent on the company’s growth.
The campaign does not make explicit mention of Brexit, but the implications of an English-language site recruiting international companies to join its game industry is tough to ignore. As The Guardian reports, there’s been plenty of worry around Brexit and how it will affect the UK game industry - especially as 57% of UK developers employed EU workers in 2017, according to a UKIE survey.
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