TIGA Welcomes Creative Europe’s Support for Games Businesses but Urges Greater Flexibility for Future Funding Rounds

By August 20, 2015 Press Releases

TIGA, the network for games developers and digital publishers welcomed the news that four UK games businesses have successfully secured funding from Creative Europe out of a total of 31 companies. However, TIGA also urged the EU Commission to end the requirement for a game to have a narrative or be of a particular genre in order to benefit from Creative Europe funding in the future.

The four UK companies that have successfully secured funding from Creative Europe are Revolution Software, The Chinese Room, Italic Pig and SFB Games. TIGA made the comments following the publication of the results of the Creative Europe support programme for video games in 2015. The funding round closed on March 26th 2015.

Out of the EU-wide budget of €3.4 million, the UK received the highest total allocation of €547,000, followed by the Netherlands’s €499,000 and Denmark’s €454,000   There was significant competition for the EU’s non-repayable grants to fund the early development stage of a game (up to the first playable version).  182 applications were received from 24 countries participating in Creative Europe, the highest amount was received from Spain (25), followed by the UK (22) and France (18).  Most of the supported games are adventure, role-playing and strategy games.  This is consistent with the Creative Europe requirement for the supported game to have a strong narrative component.  They will be developed for a variety of platforms with PC and handheld devices dominating over consoles.  Four games are specifically targeted at young audiences (under 12).

Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO, said:

“Congratulations to Revolution Software, The Chinese Room, Italic Pig and SFB Games for successfully securing funding from Creative Europe.

“TIGA hopes that the Creative Europe funding programme becomes more flexible in the future so that even more games can benefit from its investment. At present, games have to have a narrative component or be of a particular game genre in order to be eligible for EU funding via the Creative Europe programme.

“TIGA will continue to promote the Creative Europe Programme, encourage funding applications and work to make the scheme even more effective in the future.”

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About TIGA

TIGA is 90% funded by independent UK businesses. 80% of our board members are developers and/or from UK owned businesses, and 50% of our board are UK business owners themselves. Since 2010, TIGA has won 24 business awards and commendations. TIGA focuses on three sets of activities:

  • Political representation
  • Media representation
  • Business services

This enhances the competitiveness of our members by providing benefits that make a material difference to their businesses, including a reduction in costs and improved commercial opportunities. It also means our members’ voices are heard in the corridors of power and positively represented in national, broadcast and UK video game trade media.

Get in touch:

Tel: 0845 468 2330 Email: info@tiga.org  Web: www.tiga.org Twitter: www.twitter.com/tigamovement Facebook: www.facebook.com/TIGAMovement LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/tiga  

For further information, you can also contact:  Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on: 07875 939 643, or email: richard.wilson@tiga.org

For more information about Creative Europe and for the link to the results on the Commission’s website, please see:  https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/selection-results/media-development-european-video-games_en

 

 

 

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