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EuroClash to publish LGF guide

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EuroClash is to publish the London Games Festival guide, the venture's announced.

The week-long event takes place in October.

EuroClash’s Simon Tapscott said, “We’re delighted to have been selected to produce this year’s official London Games Festival Guide. The combination of the vibrancy of the Festival, Eurogamer’s editorial credibility, the sheer diversity of events and the great experience of our customer publishing team means that we will create a superb Guide offering real value to consumers and publishers alike.

“We’re looking forward to supporting the Festival and helping it become the essential UK games industry event.”

Press release after the link.

EuroClash selected to publish the official London Games Festival Guide

Brighton & Bath, England, June 27th, 2008: EuroClash, the customer publishing business for the games industry, today announces it has won the contract to produce the official London Games Festival Guide for this year’s event. The festival, which is back for its third year, promises to be the best yet and to have something for everyone to enjoy.

The Guide will be distributed free at events throughout this year’s London Games Festival. It will feature information and advice on how to get the most out of the wide variety of Festival events running through London in October. It’ll also showcase the best games this autumn.

It will be written by the award-winning journalists from Europe’s leading independent websites, Eurogamer.net and GamesIndustry.biz.

EuroClash’s Head of Customer Publishing, Simon Tapscott said, “We’re delighted to have been selected to produce this year’s official London Games Festival Guide. The combination of the vibrancy of the Festival, Eurogamer’s editorial credibility, the sheer diversity of events and the great experience of our customer publishing team means that we will create a superb Guide offering real value to consumers and publishers alike.

“We’re looking forward to supporting the Festival and helping it become the essential UK games industry event.”

Duncan Best, event director for London Games Festival added, “Last year’s London Games Festival was a huge success and we were thrilled with the feedback we received from the public. We’re really looking forward to bringing the gaming industry to life in the capital again and being able to offer them a guide that will detail everything they need to know.”

EuroClash, a joint venture between Eurogamer and multiple media company MediaClash was created specifically to provide customer publishing solutions for the games industry. The company’s projects have included a 250,000 print-run magazine for Play.com.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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