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#52026AS120982EU approves Belgian aid scheme for cultural, artistic and educational video games

🇪🇺European Union··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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The measure clears Belgium’s Walloon Region to support cultural, artistic and educational video game projects through a State aid scheme. The European Commission raised no objections, meaning the programme can run until April 2032 with a total budget of €14.4 million and an annual budget of €2.4 million. The scheme mainly affects video game publishers and computer programming businesses in Wallonia. Support may come as loans, repayable advances or equity-style funding, with aid covering up to 50% of eligible project costs.

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Key Changes

  • Approves a Walloon State aid scheme for cultural, artistic and educational video games
  • Sets a total budget of €14.4 million, with €2.4 million available each year
  • Allows support through loans, repayable advances and equity-style funding up to 50% of eligible costs

Affected Parties

Video game publishers in WalloniaComputer programming companies developing eligible video game projects+1 more…

Tags

state aid,video games,Belgium…