Mayor of London Sadiq Khan commits a further £1.2m to Games London to fund a three year programme and help London take its share of Global £100 billion market. This covers the yearly Games Festival also that will commence very shortly from April 5th to April 15th 2018.
Games London is a ground breaking new programme delivered by Film London, the capital's screen industries agency, and UK games industry trade body Ukie. The project is backed by the Mayor of London with funding worth £1.2m from the London Enterprise Action Panel.
Established in 2015, Games London runs a number of initiatives to make London the games capital of the world. It relaunched the London Games Festival in April 2016 with the celebration of the culture and business of games now attracting over 50,000 visitors. Other areas of activity include inbound and outbound trade missions and work connecting and supporting games development skills in London.
Games are serious business.