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Yesterday’s Digital Britain report has proposed that UK games must pass a “culturally British” test to qualify for tax relief.

A similar system is currently employed in the UK film industry, where projects rack up “British” points depending on content.

There’s no detail yet as to how a game’s “Britishness” is going to be graded as yet.

We’re using quote marks, because “Britishness” is a concept about as nebulous as the Horse Head nebula on a particularly nebulous day.

Note to UK devs: just make games about being intrinsically miserable, saying “fuck” every other word and aspiring to work in the local Co-op. Tax credits a-go-go.

Thanks, EG.

British Board of Film Classification director David Cooke says that the regulating body could do a better job than PEGI.

His comment stems from the announcement that PEGI is now the sole games ratings board for UK.

“The BBFC has always supported PEGI and wished it well, but it continues to believe that it satisfies these requirements better than PEGI,” said Cooke.

“However, it will cooperate fully in the detailed work needed to give effect to the government’s decision. And it must be independent in substance as well as appearance, reaching its decisions and providing information on the basis of its own detailed assessments.”

More through the links.

Via MCV.