Video Game Publishing Through the Decades

Richard M. Holmes

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Richard Holmes is a pure-bred entrepreneur. Since 1993, Richard has operated as founder, board director and/or investor in games publishing, e-commerce marketplaces, video games development, social network games, mobile games and online gaming Richard has taken companies public on AIM stock-exchange in London, raised venture capital from leading VCs in Silicon Valley and himself invested in several ventures. He has also been involved in takeovers, IP purchases, IP creation, sales, marketing, managing legal issues and has a lot of boardroom experience in public, VC-backed, investor-backed, bank-financed and private companies.

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Richard has designed, produced and published three number one hit computer games (Tactical Manager, The Settlers and Football Glory), as well as being involved in the development of and/or publication of over 400 other games across many platforms.
Richard is a director of IncaGold in Switzerland, a games publishing, promotion, and licensing business.

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During his Meet the Masters guest lecture hosted by Karma Play and Toonz Academy, Richard Holmes will be retracing his journey through the decades in video games. He will also be exploring the status of the game publishing industry today. The Meet the Masters guest lecture is completely free and will be streamed online via Microsoft Teams.

Richard Holmes is a pure-bred entrepreneur. Since 1993, Richard has operated as founder, board director and/or investor in games publishing, e-commerce marketplaces, video games development, social network games, mobile games and online gaming Richard has taken companies public on AIM stock-exchange in London, raised venture capital from leading VCs in Silicon Valley and himself invested in several ventures. He has also been involved in takeovers, IP purchases, IP creation, sales, marketing, managing legal issues and has a lot of boardroom experience in public, VC-backed, investor-backed, bank-financed and private companies.

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Richard has designed, produced and published three number one hit computer games (Tactical Manager, The Settlers and Football Glory), as well as being involved in the development of and/or publication of over 400 other games across many platforms. <br>Richard is a director of IncaGold in Switzerland, a games publishing, promotion, and licensing business.

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During his Meet the Masters guest lecture hosted by Karma Play and Toonz Academy, Richard Holmes will be retracing his journey through the decades in video games. He will also be exploring the status of the game publishing industry today.

The Meet the Masters guest lecture is completely free and will be streamed online via Microsoft Teams.

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