Georgia Guv Okays Tax Breaks for Game Developers

May 13, 2008
As expected, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed into a law a bill providing financial incentives to movies, TV shows, commercials, music videos and game developers.

As reported by the Duluth Weekly, Bill Thompson, deputy commissioner of the Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office, said:
The 2008 Entertainment Industry Investment Act... will return Georgia to its rightful place of prominence in all major entertainment industry segments.

We expect a significant increase in film and television projects, and Georgia will be the most competitive state in the country for video game productions. Georgia is one of the few states whose entertainment incentives support the video game industry.

GP: Cool GTA parody graphic, no? We found this several years ago accompanying a political commentary slamming Gov. Perdue, who is depicted on the right side of the box. Since we can't take any credit for creating this neat-o graphic in the first place, we won't be taking the heat for misspelling "Georgia" either....

Comments

Go A Bradford.

Submitted by Linkreincarnate (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 19:37.
For those interested in the networking side of things the guy behind this is named Asante Bradford (sp?). He's been working on this for a few years now. Good to see things pick up...

Submitted by Altair (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 07:49.
Lol, nice save on the misspelling Dennis. And I'm guessing we can chalk this up as a win for the game industry.

Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 08:00.
@Altair

You guess? Dude, I f***ing KNOW it's a win for the industry. Bet you five JT won't be happy about the parody. Parody once harassed JT for bashing his (Parody's) good friend Scott. Can't wait to see how JT reacts to Parody's latest attack.

Submitted by jds (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 08:26.
It should be noted that Mr. Perdue is a Republican.

Submitted by Peter (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 08:43.
Go Georia!!! ...huh?

Submitted by Altair (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 08:53.
@ Shadow:

Sorry, i forgot the [understatement][/understatement] tags. :rolleyes:

Submitted by gs2005 (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 08:55.
Nice spelling error...NOT.

Submitted by Rhade (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 09:27.
"Georgia is one of the few states whose entertainment incentives support the video game industry."

Didn't know that. =/

I thought they were doing something similar in Michigan.. but now I'm assuming it's restricted to Film and TV.

Submitted by Twin-Skies (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 09:27.
Bill Thompson...

Jack's good twin?

Submitted by Gameboy (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 09:35.
It's nice to know my home state is actually supporting the industry. I know it's previously worked with the ESRB to promote game ratings and maybe a few other things.

@ Twin-Skies

The name Thompson seems to be really really common. These days it's as bad a Smith.

Submitted by Zerodash (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 09:47.
Cue press release from the PTC or NIMF about how this guy took a "stand against families".

Submitted by Strªngعr_Dªngعr (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 10:22.
Man i can only hope more companies move to Georgia, so i can get the fuck out of LA. hate LA so much.

Submitted by MacBoy (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 11:29.
Gotta love the Grand Theft Georgia art...

Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 13:19.
@Altair

No worries. I was joking anyway.

Submitted by SimonBob on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 15:31.
Also cue the United Kingdom adding the state of Georgia to their list of people poaching their game companies with these scurrilous benefits. Call the UN, there must be some way they can prove this is illegal! How dare we provide incentives for creative mediums to move away from the overseas oppressors! (Except Keith Vaz, he's probably more than happy to see them go.)

Seriously, I flew over Georgia one time, it looked pretty nice from 35,000 feet.
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Fangamer

Submitted by TJLK (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 15:51.
Georgia's Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office works hard to be sure to get the game industry rolling in the state. Living in the state of Georgia, I've been excited about this for quite a while as I frequently hear all kinds of updates. It is a smart investment for any company to move to Georgia. Not only because of the tax breaks but because of the Georgia colleges with game development paths.

Submitted by GRIZZAM 512 (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 15:51.
Neat.

Submitted by BrandonL337 (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 16:29.
as Winston Zeddmore once said,

"I love this town!"
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