U.S.-made violent video games to decrease thanks to Tax Reform Act of 2014

One of America's proudest exports is violent video games. This isn't a statistic, really - we're just stating the obvious! But thanks to the Tax Reform Act of 2014, video game developers will most likely stop creating such games because the bill does not support this genre of gaming when it comes to tax breaks.

You can read the whole bill right HERE, but the main point we're looking at is that tax breaks won't be available for violent video games. This new bill actually singles them out, too!

GammaSquad reports:

The Tax Reform Act of 2014, a new bill introduced by the Republicans to the House of Representatives, would give hefty tax breaks to companies that develop innovative new technologies. Unfortunately for video game developers, the bill is written in such a way as to specifically prevent "makers of violent video games from qualifying for the R&D tax credit." It seems like a weird thing to single out, but then you imagine the shrieking Fox News headlines if they found out government money somehow went to a new horror game or Mortal Kombat title, and it makes a depressing sort of sense.

This bill has not passed into a law yet, so there might be a chance for violent games to continue to be turned out in America. Do you think this tax break act would really affect such games in this way or would developers still make them despite not getting a tax break? Let us know what you think in the comments section below!