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Michael French, head of games at Games London, discusses the return of the London Games Festival last year, what we should expect from this year’s edition, kicking off today, and tells us more about next week’s Games Finance Market. Why bring the festival back in 2016? This isn’t a return of …
Read More »Interview: London Games Festival
Sean Cleaver speaks to festival director, Michael French, about this years London Games Festival and an offer for Develop readers
Read More »UK inter-school eSports competition to take place as part of London Games Festival
The list of events that make up the London Games Festival have been announced and a surprise eSports competition is in the mix. The Digital Schoolhouse eSports Tournament Grand Final will take place on April 4th at the Gfinity Arena. 400 secondary schools and sixth forms have been competing online …
Read More »London Games Festival 2017 announces event line-up
Now Play This returns, along with several other cultural roles
Read More »UKIE’s Jo Twist talks 2016 for UK games, Brexit and London Games Festival
2016 has been an eventful year for both the games industry and the UK as a whole thanks to the EU Referendum vote that took place this June. We speak to UKIE boss Dr Jo Twist OBE to take the pulse of the UK games market. How would you assess …
Read More »London Games Festival returns next March
11-day celebration of capital’s games industry aims to attract 50,000 visitors
Read More »London Games Festival 2017 kicks off March 30th
Put the date in the diary, London Games Festival 2017 will run from March 30th to April 9th. The event will kick off with EGX Rezzed at the Tobacco Docks, while the week will also feature the BAFTA Games Awards, which will take place on April 6th. Other events include …
Read More »BioShock creator Ken Levine to deliver EGX Rezzed keynote
Ken Levine will headline next year’s EGX Rezzed on Thursday, March 30th. Levine is the man behind the BioShock series and details of his talk will be revealed ‘soon’. He is currently working on an unannounced narrative-driven game for Take-Two. Levine is one of the original creators of 1998’s Thief: …
Read More »Giant Monopoly kicks off London Games Festival this weekend
A giant Monopoly board full of video game references will appear on Trafalgar Square this weekend. The activity is part of London Games Festival, which kicks off today (Friday, April 1st) and runs until April 10th. The Monopoly board is 15 metres squared and has been customised to tell the …
Read More »Guide to the London Games Festival
The London Games Festival kicks off today and runs until April 10th. There are 32 events set to take place across nine days, with over 500 games to be shown. There are two sets of events – official ones such as BAFTA and Rezzed, and ‘fringe’ events, which includes the …
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