The European Union wants possible an end to government support for game developers. The giving of state aid is prohibited in the EU, but game developers were given an exception. The deadline for the scheme expires, however.
The EU prohibits state aid to unfair competition between member states, but for some sectors, such as the film industry, an exception will be made. In 2007, game developers such exception for five years, but who is going this year so it expired and a renewal is uncertain.
France gave, for example, a tax credit of up to 20 percent of game developers, a report Developer. If France support further intends to grant the EU must first approve it, but the conversations between France and the EU run smoothly. “The French scheme does not hinder competition within the EU caused,” he told the EGDF chairman Guillaume de Fondaumiere on the European Commission. In the Netherlands ‘artistic’ games awarded a grant from the ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Also, there were millions invested in projects such as the Dutch Game Garden.
Canada is one of the countries that try hard for game developers to attract very favourable overheidsbelastingverminderingen. Some great ontwikkelstudio’s such as Ubisoft and EA already have branches in Quebec opened because the city has tax advantages that can walk up to 37.5 percent.