The Age has an article on local developers at E3, outlining how many delegates were over there to wheel and deal, and how important the event is for the industry..
Australia's delegation, made up of 145 executives from 42 game companies, was keen to attract new investment, publishing, manufacturing and outsourcing deals to Australia."I feel fairly confident there will be a couple deals done," Evelyn Richardson, president of the Games Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) which represents the industry in Australia, told AAP.
"Quite a few of the guys will stay in the US after the show to close the deals."
The article also reports that the local industry wasn't considered for tax incentives, like those the film industry enjoys, from Tuesdays budget. Evelyn Richardson comments on nations that are backed by tax incentives for their games industry who are actively poaching talent and business away from Australia...
"I spoke with three publishers a few nights back, European and American, and the first question they asked me was 'What's happening in Australia with tax incentives?'," Richardson said."I had a lot of publishers ask me what incentives are being provided.
"Singapore in particular is very aggressive right now. Not just with publishers, but with developers and trying to attract talent."
This isn't so surprising, the government will only give tax incentives to the rich, old and right wing. Blah blah rant over.
At least the local games industry is growing each year, so eventually something will have to be done
Or else we'll end up working in Singapore!
What's wrong with Singapore? It's nice and clean.