This week GI Biz launched the first in a series of insights, interviews and articles from global games leaders sharing their vision of the games industry in 2022 and beyond.
In partnership with Ukie, Sumo Group and Diva Agency, the series is designed to encourage thought and discussion about past and future trends that will come to shape our sector.
Kicking off the series was an article from Sir Ian Livingstone, co-founder of Games Workshop. The former life president of Eidos and co-founder of game start-up investment outfit Hiro Capital discussed the metaverse, total addressable market growth, AR/VR and more. Read the full article here.
Next up was Steven Ma, senior Vice President of Tencent. Mr Ma is responsible for publishing and operations of licensed games, the QQGame platform, QTalk, and back-end R&D, along with Tencent Games’ global business development and investment initiatives. In this article he posits that the future of games is, not the metaverse, but ‘Hyper Digital Reality’. Read the full article here.
Articles will be added to this blog as the series unfolds.