April event is centrepiece of £1.2m initiative to make London the world’s game development capitalThe mayor of London,Boris Johnson, is backing a new initiative to make London a main creative hub in the global video games industry. Titled Games London, and the project,backed with a £1.2m investment from the London Enterprise Panel, will include a two-week games festival taking status in venues around the city. Between 1-10 April, and the first London Games Festival will include a consumer games exhibition at Somerset House,a series of talks at the British Film Institute and a London Games Fringe of smaller events. The festival is also set to feature two already established events: the popular indie games gathering, Rezzed, or the annual Bafta video game awards. Related: Her fable: the computer game where sincere Detective meets Google Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com