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Industry veteran working with Aspirations Academy Trust to offer 3,000 students base knowledge to work in games
Read More »Ian Livingstone is opening two schools
Industry veteran Ian Livingstone is opening two academies in Tower Hamlets and Bournemouth. The Livingstone Academies will provide 3,000 students a ‘rigorous education’ based in the STEAM subjects. That’s science, technology, engineering, arts and maths. These institutions will be opening under the Aspirations Academy Trust. As a part of the …
Read More »London dev The Secret Police receives funding from former Sega boss
London-based mobile studio The Secret Police has received funding from Amuse Capital, headed up by former Sega president Hayao Nakayama. This isn’t the only high-profile investment the developer has attracted either. Ian Livingstone has put money behind the firm, and acts as its chairman, while Starbound and Terraria creator Finn …
Read More »Let’s support the education of games developers… through games
Digital skills champion Ian Livingstone discusses an ambitious new project that hopes to upskills the UK's aspiring games creators
Read More »Sumo Digital opening second UK studio later this year
Expansion revealed as Ian Livingstone joins as chairman and Kats Sato hired as development director
Read More »Ian Livingstone joins Sumo Digital
Developer Sumo Digital has appointed games industry legend Ian Livingstone CBE as a non-executive chairman. That’s according to GI.biz, who says that Livingstone is one of two hires the LittleBigPlanet 3 and Forza Horizon 2 360 edition studio has made. This the latest in a long list of executive position …
Read More »Livingstone: ‘We are in the second Golden Age of games’
Ian Livingstone is one of the UK game industry’s greatest success stories. Starting up Games Workshop alongside fellow Brit Steve Jackson in their flat in 1975, Livingstone moved from board games and role-playing novels into video games during the mid-‘90s, joining Eidos Interactive and securing major franchises including Tomb Raider. …
Read More »Livingstone: Investors fund people, not profit forecasts
Ian Livingstone, Charles Cecil and others share expert tips for devs seeking funding
Read More »Demand for computer literate games professionals far outstrips supply
Former Eidos chairman and Creative Skillset Games Council chair Ian Livingstone CBE on why the industry workforce needs to speak out about their skills and training needs
Read More »Livingstone School will focus on ‘games-based learning’
Industry veteran Ian Livingstone wants kids to learn how to solve problems, not just pass exams
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