Something needed to be done and something, my dear playmates, has been done. ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) the trade body and the collective identity for the computer and video games industry in the UK, is forging full steam ahead with the development of its own London based games industry trade show – EGN (European Games Network). Planned for the exact same week as what was previously London’s only games conference, this threw a few cats amongst the flailing pigeon that is ECTS.

It was baffling to think that maybe the original London trade show’s days were well and truly numbered. So with an industry divided between two shows on the same days and the prospect of time consuming journeys across London, I needed answers. So I got in touch with ELSPA and spoke to Roger Bennett, director general of ELSPA.