Comments on: The birth of Philadelphia’s video game scene

By: Play Eternal: waiting on major release to become first AAA video game studio in Philadelphia, VGI update — Technically Philly

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:22:35 +0000

[...] or the Sony Playstation Network. If that, or another of a handful of major projects come through, a nearly three year effort to build out the city’s video game development culture will reach an…. With the growth of Worth’s Videogame Growth Initiative movement and a local technology [...]

By: Video game co.’s to receive 25 percent tax credit — Technically Philly

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:53:01 +0000

[...] two years after VGI Philly first urged state officials to consider supporting the state’s bu…, State Senator Daylin Leach (D-17) has introduced the video game tax credit bill to the [...]

By: Play Eternal becomes Philly’s first high-budget video game studio — Technically Philly

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:22:00 +0000

[...] 18 months after a group of local video game developers made it their mission to put Philly on the video game map, the city finally has its first “AAA” video game [...]

By: Technically Philly » Local, national VCs back “Startup Visa” law | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Sun, 02 May 2010 02:54:18 +0000

[...] As reported by Technically Philly, Mayor Nutter is undergoing comparable efforts to attract technology companies and startups using the city’s tax structure as an incentive. What if the city promised additional bonuses to recipients of the Startup Visa? Especially those who’d like to start a video game studio? [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:42:48 +0000

UPenn DOESN’T have the only Game Development in the country.. CORNELL does also!
http://gdiac.cis.cornell.edu/

By: Technically Philly » Nutter to Chamber: experiment with city biz taxes, retain tech firms | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:55:18 +0000

[...] Nutter’s administration will try new policies devoted to retaining “research-and-development firms and the growing video-gaming software industry,” as the Inquirer first reported. The city’s Video Game Initiative has been pushing on legislators to attract the growing sector, as covered by Technically Philly. [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:13:58 +0000

Unfortunately Philadelphia doesn’t have the foresight to make an intelligent decision. Of the major US cities it seems Philly is the one thats always a day late and a dollar short. Not surprising at all they would have the genius idea of marketing their already existing poor incentives to attract game studios. Totally support what VGI is trying to do here – its going to be a very long tough road. :/

By: Technically Philly » Center City�s Final Form Games keeps it simple | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:31:54 +0000

[...] Form Games is one of a handful of studios, along with the video game lobbying group VGI Philly, to begin building the foundations of a video game industry based in [...]

By: Technically Philly » Technically Philly and Geekadelphia Section 8 release party crowds Tattooed Mom | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:30:30 +0000

[...] video game scene, like Chris Grant, editor-in-chief of gaming-mega-blog Joystiq, members of the Videogame Growth Initiative crew and a locally-based Timegate developer who worked on the Section 8 [...]

By: Technically Philly » Ignite Philly 4 hosts Free Library and Mayoral cabinet officials as VGI impresses | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:32:58 +0000

[...] Bell of Death” � a visible and economy-boosting gaming industry in Philadelphia, as we covered in August. “Hollywood comes to the city, rapes, pillages and leaves after three months,” the [...]