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UK video games trade body UKIE has announced that there will be no London Games Festival this year. It will be the first time in six years that the event hasn’t taken place. However, UKIE has announced that a 2012 LGF has been confirmed and will take place during the …
Read More »London Games Festival draws in 76,000
The London Games Festival saw a whopping 76,000 people attend its various games events. Between September 31st and November 4th, a range of politicians, industry figures, journalists, PRs and consumers took part in 26 events that ranged from expos and exhibitions to lectures, conferences and award ceremonies. The 2010 LGF …
Read More »LGC 2010: PSP and DS devs are ‘in trouble’
Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubert warned that developers of traditional handheld games face a crisis as iPhones and Android devices tempt away their audience. In his keynote speech at London Games Conference last night, Hubertz warned against relying on solely one platform to build a games business – especially those platforms …
Read More »LGC 2010: Bigpoint pours scorn on Facebook
In his opening keynote at the London Games Festival last night Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz shrugged off the Facebook goldfish. He warned that although companies are flocking to the social games space, specifically on Facebook, they are missing the point. Facebook games "continue to lose players" he said, saying the …
Read More »London Games Conference: The liveblog
If you’re missing the London Games Conference later today, don’t dispair – MCV is providing an updated liveblog throughout the event, starting from 5pm.
Read More »Bigpoint founder outlines London Games Conference keynote
The CEO of Bigpoint has warned that only those publishers with the right spread of browser, casual and mobile games will ride the digital tidal wave. Heiko Hubertz is presenting the opening keynote at November’s London Games Conference. The talk, ‘The Future of Online Games’, will explain that good ideas …
Read More »10 reasons why you MUST go to London Games Conference
Our special preview of the London Games Conference
Read More »LGF kicks off Earls Court next month
Plans for the UK games industry’s fourth week-long celebration of video games are starting to shape up. This year’s London Games Festival will kick off with a high-profile opening ceremony at Earls Court on September 30th, and for the next month take in a raft of industry events – culminating …
Read More »London Games Festival expands for 2010
THE FIFTH London Games Festival takes place this October as a month-long celebration of games, targeted at mainstream consumers, mass media and key Westminster figures. Festival chairman and EA VP and UK GM Keith Ramsdale has told MCV the focus behind the three-pronged event is to ‘make a collective noise …
Read More »LGF returns on October 24th
The London Games Festival is set to return to the capital for its fourth successive year from October 24th. This year’s festival promises ‘something for everyone’, according to organisers – including parents seeking advice on safe gaming for their children. Confirmed highlights of this year’s festival include: the London MCM …
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