EU Game Funding Announced

[-HP-]

The European Commission created a 1.5m€ fund to help European game developers to build their next game prototype.

The "MEDIA/Interactive works" program allows developers who have released a commercial title between 1 January 2005 and the date of their application to apply for a financial help that can amount from 10,000€ to 100,000€ depending on the project. This grant don't have to be refund.

More information can be found both on the related European Commision website and on the EGDF website.

Source:

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums ... _id=463892

More about it:

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society ... dex_en.htm

http://www.egdf.eu/

[Warby]

10.000 to a 100.000 euro and a 1.500.000 total so 15-150 projects can get in ?

hmmm...

100.000 seams too little to completely finance something worth playing

but its the thought that counts

[Pericolos0]

Every bit helps I guess

[mjens]

If it is for a little game dev companies this cash can save the whole company...

[Thrik]

It might not be massive, but hell, it's a step towards games getting the same kind of non-publisher funding that movies have enjoyed for ages. With the budgets of games getting so immense it's about time.

[Sentura]

ill say. this hopefully means smaller companies can get bigger in a shorter time.

[Sindwiller]

It might not be massive, but hell, it's a step towards games getting the same kind of non-publisher funding that movies have enjoyed for ages. With the budgets of games getting so immense it's about time.

Indeed.

[Steppenwolf]

Now Uwe Boll can make his own games!

[Psy]

One small step at a time.

[Zacker]

Despite not being an a lot of money, then it's still a very significant step forward for the games industry in the EU. I just hope that aren't giving this out just to shut up people from the industry.