A petition; UK residents please sign.

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Interesting.

Im in Australia, Victoria - and we get substancial government assistance with the games industry (not so much straight handouts though). And its done through our "Film" department ("FilmVic" has a department called "MultimediaVictoria" which handles the funding).

It works quite well - although as stated, anyone looking for a "handout" to make a game will be sorely dissapointed.

http://film.vic.gov.au/www/html/7-home-page.asp

http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/