--- title: UK government offering £28.5 million in game development... description: The UK government has committed £28.5 million to support the country's video game industry through the UK Games Fund, doubling previous funding levels. Grants... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/uk-government-offering-28-5-million-in-game-development-funding-dho8quz3d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: UK government offering £28.5 million in game development funding | daily.dev og:description: The UK government has committed £28.5 million to support the country's video game industry through the UK Games Fund, doubling previous funding levels. Grants... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/uk-government-offering-28-5-million-in-game-development-funding-dho8quz3d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DHO8QUz3D.png og:image:alt: UK government offering £28.5 million in game development funding 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 offering £28.5 million in game development funding **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The UK government has committed £28.5 million to support the country's video game industry through the UK Games Fund, doubling previous funding levels. Grants are available across three tracks: Entry Track (up to £20,000 for new studios), Emergent Track (up to £100,000 for prototyping), and Expansion Track (up to £250,000 for completing games and scaling studios). An additional £1.5 million will go to the London Games Festival over three years. The funding is part of the government's Creative Industries Sector Plan aimed at economic growth. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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