This is going to be an interesting week for me, and for the entire games industry for that matter. Aside from spending the best part os 18 out of 36 hours on buses travelling between Glasgow, London and Edinburgh, I will be visiting the London Games Conference. This year’s outing will see the leading lights of the games industry debate the future of digital distribution which could see games retailers shaking in their boots and re-thinking their frankly horrendous sales strategies.
The speakers at this year’s conference are quite a progressive lot and with the likes of Kristian Segestrale, CEO of Playfish and Mark Gerard of Jagex joining representatives of the big three and event sponsors Direct2Drive, there will be plenty of scope for discussing the tearing down of games retail as we know it.
I will be placing myself right on the frontline for this one, peeps and so should you. The event will hint at how Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are planning to move their platforms forward in the near future. That’s interesting, isn’t it?
The next day I will be at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to chat with the big names of the Scottish games industry. Before you say, “Scotland?! What have they ever contributed to the games industry?” just remember that Grand Theft Auto, Crackdown, Lemmings, Manhunt, APB and Denki Blocks are all made in Scotland.
Overall, an interesting week for news and we will be bringing you this on top of our usual content. Stick with us boys and girls. GrE is the only place to find the news that matters.
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