--- title: UK government begins rollout of £30m Games Growth Package description: The UK government has launched the latest phase of its Games Growth Package, allocating £28.5 million through the UK Games Fund to support early-stage... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/uk-government-begins-rollout-of-30m-games-growth-package-9cwfzxxtn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: UK government begins rollout of £30m Games Growth Package | daily.dev og:description: The UK government has launched the latest phase of its Games Growth Package, allocating £28.5 million through the UK Games Fund to support early-stage... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/uk-government-begins-rollout-of-30m-games-growth-package-9cwfzxxtn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9CwfZXxTN.png og:image:alt: UK government begins rollout of £30m Games Growth Package og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # UK government begins rollout of £30m Games Growth Package **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The UK government has launched the latest phase of its Games Growth Package, allocating £28.5 million through the UK Games Fund to support early-stage developers and studio growth. Funding is split into three tracks: Entry (up to £20,000 for new studios), Emergent (up to £100,000 for prototyping), and Expansion (up to £250,000 for project completion and growth). An additional £1.5 million goes to the London Games Festival over three years, totalling £30 million. A further £20 million has been allocated to the Tay Cities region to support local talent and creative technologies including games and VR. UKIE and London Games Festival representatives welcomed the investment as a boost to the UK's global competitiveness in games. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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