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Why London’s game industry is so strong — and it still needs a startup accelerator

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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LONDON — The United Kingdom is doing just fine when it comes to its game industry. London and its surrounding areas have long been home to some of the best-known game developers in the world.

But that doesn’t mean that the game industry will thrive on its own without help, according to the creators of a new startup accelerator, Playhubs.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.