Recap London Game Developers Conference 2024
My Recap of 2024 London Game Developers Conference, a key part of the London Games Festival! 🎮🎤
Conference Welcome
Michael French, Director, London Games Festival
The Games Industry Biz view on the market
Chris Ding, Head of Games Industry, GI.biz
Pushing buttons on Super Nintendo
Fireside Chat with Keza MacDonald, Games Editor, The Guardian
PC & Console Gaming in 2024
Tianyi Gu, Market Analysis Manager, Newzoo
Video Games Expenditure Credit
Anna Mansi, Director of Video games and Certification, BFI
EVE Online’s ‘Friendship Machine’
Hilmar Pétursson, CEO, CCP
The Online Safety Act
Simon Monkman, Gaming and Extremism Lead, Ofcom
Playing politics panel
George Osborn, Video Games Industry Memo
Matt Honeycombe-Foster, UK News Editor, Politico
Dom Murphy, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, UKIE
UGC In Gaming
Ruben Veiga, Developer Community Manager, Roblox
AI & Games, The state of play
Dr Tommy Thompson, Founder, AI & Games
AI & Games panel
Yuqian Sun, AI Artist, Royal Academy of Art
Simon Barratt, CEO, Cooperative Innovations
Florence Smith Nicholls, Games Writer, IGG
Matthew Jack, CEO, Kythera AI
How do you solve a problem like discoverability?
Charley Grafton-Callaghan, Strategic Comms Consultant
Jo Cooke, Group Director, Bastion
Ben Finch, Brand Director, NDreams
David Ortiz, Communications Director, ICO Partners
Neil Long, Founder, mobilegamer.biz
The UK and London jobs market unpacked
Colin MacDonald, Founder, Games Jobs Live
Growing games studios panel
George Osborn, VGIM
Maria Sayans, CEO, ustwo Games
James Dobrowski, MD, Sharkmob
Nina Adams, Operations Director, Auroch Digital
Learnings and close
Conference curator George Osborn sums up learnings from the day and sends you on your way to the BAFTA Games Awards
Whether you're a game developer, a student of game design, or just a fan of the gaming world, this video offers a wealth of knowledge and a peek into the future of gaming. Get ready for a series of thought-provoking discussions that highlight both the challenges and the exciting opportunities that lie ahead for the gaming industry. Be sure to watch till the end for some personal reflections and takeaways from the event!