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The future of the video games industry

As the biggest event for video games, E3, opens in Los Angeles we look at gaming's future.

As the biggest event for video games, E3, opens in Los Angeles we look at gaming's future. We hear from Tomaso and Nicolo Portunato, who run the Platform gaming bar in London. And we discuss concerns that gaming can be addictive with Belinda Parmar, who has set up a campaign group called Truth about Tech, and Kieran Holmes-Darby, managing director of Excel Esports, which enters professional teams into hugely popular online competitions including League of Legends and World of Warcraft. Also in the programme, as the US Congress begins a formal investigation into the market dominance of the technology giants of Silicon Valley, our regular contributor, New York-based business journalist Diane Brady, tells us if she thinks the likes of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google have a case to answer. Plus we ask whether more governments should follow Bhutan's lead, and use the happiness of their citizens as a key measure of success, rather than economic growth. Tshoki Zangmo is a senior researcher for Bhutan's National Happiness Commission.

(Picture: Attendees at E3 in Los Angeles. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

27 minutes

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Wed 12 Jun 2019 14:32GMT

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  • Wed 12 Jun 2019 14:32GMT