The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is reportedly set to unveil plans to make a major play in the gaming industry at this month's Edinburgh Interactive Festival.
Scotland on Sunday reports that the BBC's new media boss, Simon Nelson, who is set to deliver a festival keynote on August 14, will detail the corporation's plans to put a greater emphasis on games.
The BBC currently offers downloadable games linked to popular shows such as Doctor Who, as well as providing a limited amount of child-orientated games via its CBBC and Blast operations.
According the festival programme of events, Nelson, who introduced podcasting to the BBC, will reveal why the corporation has 'something to learn from games and how games will figure in the beeb's new media folio in the future'.
UPDATE: The BBC has responded to the report, telling CVG that the upcoming presentation will "not reveal a major move into the games industry".
Here's the statement in full:
'Simon Nelson Controller Portfolio & Multimedia, BBC Vision will be doing a keynote at the Edinburgh Interactive Games Festival. However, the focus of his speech is on what the BBC can learn from the gaming industry (and vice versa). The presentation will not reveal a major move into the games industry and is in fact just reflective of the way in which various sectors of the entertainment industry are now converging and can learn from each others methods of working.'
From computerandvideogames.com
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