Half-Space Consulting
Find your space in games

Half-Space is a strategic consultancy that helps businesses, non-government organisations, and regulators to understand the business, social, and political landscape underpinning games

Our Services

Research

We produce research reports, workshops, and presentations to help your organisation understand the games industry, drawing on our world-class contact base of industry leaders, political officials, and analysts.

Strategy Development

We work with your organisation to develop a bespoke strategy for the games industry, translating your aims into tangible strategic plans and tactical recommendations.

Connection

We connect you to the people, businesses, and contacts you need to make through one-to-one meetings, roundtables, events, and more to ensure that your strategy in games succeeds.

Why work with us

  • Half-Space Consulting is run by George Osborn, a leading expert on the commercial, social, and political factors shaping the industry. Our expertise will help guide your organisation to success.

  • We’ve helped global businesses, political officials, leading journalists, and thousands of professionals around the world to understand how games intersect with our world. We make understanding the industry easy, helping you achieve your goals.

  • Our contact book contains leading games industry executives, journalists at the biggest news outlets in the world, government officials in countries across the world, and even former Heads of State. If you need serious connection within games, we’re here to deliver it.

  • We understand the inner workings, infrastructure, and motivation of the companies and people working in games. That means we can create practical plans that can achieve your organisation’s goals in games, connecting you to the people who matter in the process.

  • Half-Space Consulting is a trusted voice in the games industry. When you work with us, your organisation benefits from that trust: allowing you to open doors, meet people, and establish your reputation in games to help you meet your goals.

About Half-Space Consulting

Half-Space Consulting was founded by George Osborn in October 2023 to help close the gap between the games industry and wider society.

George has worked in the video games sector for nearly 15 years as a writer, consultant and as Head of Campaigns and Communications at video games industry trade association Ukie.

George has appeared as an expert commentator on BBC News 24, Times Radio, The Guardian, Politico, Sky News and more.

He is also the creator of Video Games Industry Memo, a newsletter which explains the cultural, commercial and political forces shaping games, and the author of Power Play: Video Games, Politics, and The Global Battle for Influence.

Testimonials

  • “Half-Space understood our communication needs immediately, helping us tell our story effectively to the industry, media and political audiences."

    Ian Rice, Director General, The Games Rating Authority

  • “Half-Space has guided us in the right direction and its extensive knowledge of the games industry has been great to have around.”

    Lisa Pak, Project Lead, Playing for the Planet Alliance, United Nations Environment Programme

  • "Half-Space has been instrumental across our publishing and regulatory activity for upcoming titles. They have proven invaluable."

    Alex Holt-Kulapalan, Senior Communication Manager, CCP Games

  • "Half-Space's exceptional understanding and experience of the games sector make them a go-to for strategic communications insights."

    Luc Delany, Chief Corporate Officer, k-ID

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