games industry

Games community nightlife festival Format.GG expands with Liverpool events this year
Games community nightlife festival Format.GG expands with Liverpool events this year

Format.GG, billed as Europe’s largest games industry nightlife event, is back in September 2024 with an expansion to […]

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 February 20, 2024
13% of UK games staff are from low-income backgrounds; national Into Games campaign launches to help more people get careers
13% of UK games staff are from low-income backgrounds; national Into Games campaign launches to help more people get careers

UK non-profit Into Games says it’s launched a national campaign to support more working-class people into careers in […]

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 January 9, 2024
‘We want Germany to become the leading destination in esports’ – German Games Industry Association calls for tax code changes
‘We want Germany to become the leading destination in esports’ – German Games Industry Association calls for tax code changes

German League of Legends player BrokenBlade lifts the LEC Summer 2023 trophy with G2 in Riot’s Berlin studio […]

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 August 15, 2023
Esports conference ESI London 2023 returns with expansion into broader games industry and film
Esports conference ESI London 2023 returns with expansion into broader games industry and film

ESI London 2023, the well-established annual UK-based conference for the esports industry, will return once again this year. […]

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 March 23, 2023
Deep dive into UK Government loot box findings: Nadine Dorries explains why the Government is not banning the sale of loot boxes to children following a two-year review, despite finding a ‘higher possible risk of harms’ to young people
Deep dive into UK Government loot box findings: Nadine Dorries explains why the Government is not banning the sale of loot boxes to children following a two-year review, despite finding a ‘higher possible risk of harms’ to young people

The UK Government has announced it is not banning the sale of in-game loot boxes to children in […]

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 July 18, 2022
UK Government partners with games industry to promote ‘Stay At Home, Save Lives’ messaging in games
UK Government partners with games industry to promote ‘Stay At Home, Save Lives’ messaging in games

The UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has teamed up with video game companies […]

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 April 6, 2020