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4:30pm Registration 5:05pmOpening Address Ed Vaizey, Shadow Minister for Culture The man who may well be the games industry’s next voice in government talks directly to the London Games Conference for the event’s opening speech. 5:10pmThe Future of Digital Distribution Nick Parker, Parker Consulting Where are we headed next? One …

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Ed VaizeyShadow Minister for Culture Ed Vaizey was elected as the MP for Wantage and Didcot in May 2005. Since November 2006, he has been the Conservative Party’s Shadow Minister for Culture. He is already well known within the games industry for having strong views on its cultural and commercial …

Leading developers and pioneers of digital distribution unite at the inaugral London Games Conference

The BAFTA Annual Video Games LectureIn association with GAME: Peter Molyneux When: Wednesday October 21st 2009, 18:30Where: BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, W1J 9LNPrice: 7.50Contact: events@bafta.org This year’s BAFTA lecture will be given by Peter Molyneux – founder of Lionhead Studios and creative director at Microsoft Games Studio. The man behind Black …

Witcher developerâ??s holding company now floats on the stock exchange

ELECTRONIC ARTS* Army of Two: The 40th Day* Brutal Legend* Battlefield Bad Company 2 (London only)* Dante’s Inferno* Dragon Age Origins* FIFA 10* Left 4 Dead 2* Mass Effect 2* Need For Speed: Nitro* Need For Speed: Shift* Saboteur We’re looking forward to this year’s Eurogamer Expo and really pleased …

Everyone knows that digital distribution is an important part of the games industry food chain. But just how important is it to consumers? New data from the National Gamers Survey 2009 proves the power of downloaded games, mobile games and games accessed via game portals. The survey, conducted by TNS, …

So when a retailer declines a new release, it’s just a polite way of saying ‘not right now’ or ‘no one’s going to be interested’. After all, book stores don’t stock every book in print, right? And music stores don’t stock every album available, do they? Well, of course they …

The Government’s plans to fund the spread of high speed broadband through taxation is unfair – and could put games’ potential digital renaissance in jeopardy. That was the view from Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey this week, speaking ahead of his keynote address at London Games Conference on Tuesday (October …