Australia Passes $1.9 Billion Tax Break For Local Game Industry

Australia and games often don’t go hand in hand, most notably when it comes to banning them. In a surprising turn of events, the Australian state of officials have passed a bill that will go into effect next month. The aforementioned Bill is going to provide local developers with a whopping $1.9 billion tax break, that they may spend on research and development.

Kudos Australian officials, not only from me, but from the developers you have tremendously helped. Hopefully we’ll see more projects on the scale of Team Bondi’s LA noire, and hopefully one day this country will allow me to buy Mortal Kombat in a store, rather then sneak it through customs in my private regions. Here’s for wishful thinking.

Source: Joystiq