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UK Labour Leader Blames Tory-Liberal Coalition for Realtime Worlds Failure

By james_fudge

UK Labour party leadership candidate Ed Balls recently made a stop at Dundee and, in the wake of Realtime World's administration, has blamed the cancellelation of planned tax breaks for the UK games industry are the "cause of the company's failure."

In a post on his personal blog, Balls reminded readers that the tax breaks by the "previous Labour government" were cut by his colleagues in the Tory and Liberal coalition.

Balls also highlighted the stiff competition his country faces from places like Canada, where government support for the industry coupled with aggressive recruitment tactics of UK companies has made the country look like a shining beacon to developers who are looking for ways to make games and save some money. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 20, 2010 (boomark / email).