Georgia Incentive Act Signed by Gov.
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has finally gotten around to signing off on the Act that started out as House Bill 1100.
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Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has finally gotten around to signing off on the Act that started out as House Bill 1100.
And now for part 2 of my report on SCAD’s GDX. This part covers the last two panels I attended as well as my final thoughts / opinions on this event. See the report after the jump.
This is part 1 of my 2 part feature on the second day of SCAD’s GDX. It was a pretty busy day, including the keynote and four panels. Hit the jump for my report on the keynote and the first two panels.
So I arrived a little late to the party today but I still managed to attend two of the round table discussions and a bit of the reception. Details on my visit after the jump.
SCAD’s GDX Starts today at 4:00 p.m. I won’t be there till probably 7 or so but you should get there as soon as you can. The roundtable discussions could possibly be the most informative part of this conference.
The schedule:
4 p.m. ? Registration
5 p.m. ? Introductory remarks: Matthew Maloney, academic director of the SCAD-Atlanta [...]
Last night was the first GGDA Meeting Tony and I have attended. All was well and we got some more information about the upcoming SIEGE con. Price should be somewhere between $25-$45. Which is more than reasonable for a three day conference.
We also managed to get on a few good rounds of Call of Duty [...]
The Georgia Game Developers Association is having an open house of sorts tomorrow night, inviting both members and first-time guests to Computer ArenA in Roswell for beer and games from 6:30 until closing.
All members and guests will get a special $5 all night play pass, normally $5 an hour. There will be a [...]
So what does this mean for you? Georgia House Bill 1100 allows the available tax incentive for Film, Music, and Interactive Entertainment Projects to be increased from the previous 9%-12% to 20%-30%. Which is a pretty dramatic increase. This gives Georgia a better position to attract out of state companies to complete their productions [...]