Have you had a text from Ken Livingston? If so, you’re one of 16,000 London Labour members to have received Ken’s text plea today, an effort to reach out, and harvest volunteers for his upcoming campaign…
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Eidos’ creative director and games industry luminary, Ian Livingstone, has hit out at the government over its failure to see the potential of the UK’s games industry. Calling Labour’s attitude “madness”, Livingstone told a recent interview that Britain will lose valuable people, skills and IPs if something isn’t done to give more incentive to developers and publishers in this country.
Oh dear. Sony’s desperate last minute attempts to avert LittleBigPlanet controversy are coming back to bite it. While recalling the game in the eleventh hour was supposed to stop players being offended, one group is taking issue with what it perceives as Sony choosing to censor the game on their behalf.
Blustering mop-headed London Mayor, Boris Johnson, has proclaimed his delight for the upcoming London Games Festival, which is soon to return to the capital for the third year running. His statements stand in stark contrast to a tirade he famously launched against video games in a Telegraph column less than two years ago.
It’s been blamed for a teen crime spree but Grand Theft Auto could also be blamed for getting Obama into the White House. Gamepolitics has revealed how several high profile games industry figures intend to vote.