CrazyBiscuit
Member since: Jul 30th, 2009
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Kinect bundled with slim 4GB Xbox 360 Arcade for $300, new console for $200 in August
Jul 20th 2010 12:38PM (Joystiq)Scotland fighting to keep Realtime Worlds, other native game developers
Oct 9th 2009 8:33PM (Joystiq)Ireland trying to court Realtime Worlds, other Scottish devs with tax holiday
Sep 29th 2009 12:33PM (Joystiq)Ireland trying to court Realtime Worlds, other Scottish devs with tax holiday
Sep 29th 2009 12:32PM (Joystiq)I'm Irish, from Dublin and there's been tax breaks for every industry in Ireland since the '70s. It entices foreign investment away from other countries in the European Union and has kept us one of the strongest competitors in Europe with one of the strongest economies.
@SylvyLombax
If keeping our economy strong by supporting business and having one of the highest GDPs in the world is backwards then very well. It is because of our tax laws SylvyLombax that we have been strong ecomomically and I guess you don't remember the Celtic Tiger in the '90s but our ecomomic boom is down to business and attracting business. Its tax laws that attract multi nats, such as pharmaceuticals and computer manufacturing.
Yes we hit a bump last year but so did every country on the planet. We are coming out of recession which is more than most other countries can say.
There was word of a games developer setting up just down the street from me about a month ago, never heard who or anything else though, probably just rumour.
And for the note, nobody calls it the emerald isle and we don't drink whiskey much.
Machinarium has become too gorgeous
Aug 6th 2009 7:30PM (Joystiq)Battlefield 1943 players upset over lack of Irish identification [Update]
Jul 30th 2009 10:00AM (Joystiq)