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Chelsea Rapp: New Zealand Game Developers Association chair 'excited' about Budget 2023 boosting gaming sector

New Zealand's video game industry will be able to survive and thrive thanks to a 2023 Budget boost.

The Government announced $160 million would be allocated to the sector and a 20 percent rebate would be available for game development studios that met the expenditure threshold.

New Zealand Game Developers Association chair Chelsea Rapp is excited about this development and says the sector has been working towards this for a long time.

"Our program was solely intended to help New Zealand businesses create New Zealand IP. And we do think that for a lot of businesses, this is going to be enough…

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