Editing Ian Livingstone (section)

===Video games===
In the mid-1980s Livingstone did design work for video game publisher [[Domark]]; he returned to the company in 1993 as a major investor and board member. Livingstone later recounted, "After the success of Games Workshop, I retired, got bored, and invested in Domark to fund their cartridge development. I got in at just the wrong time - it was all going flat."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ian Livingstone |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=28 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=April 1997|page=95}}</ref> In 1995, Domark was acquired by the video technology company Eidos,<ref name=independent/> which had been floated on the [[London Stock Exchange]] in 1990, and formed the major part of the newly created Eidos plc, known for [[Eidos Interactive]]. Livingstone resigned as executive chairman in 2002 and became creative director.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-04-12 |title=Eidos change at the helm |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/eidos-change-at-the-helm-6344347.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=[[Evening Standard]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2005 Eidos was taken over by [[SCi Games|SCi]] and Livingstone was the only former board member to be retained, taking on the role of product acquisition director.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|last=Boyes|first=Emma|title=Q&A: Ian Livingstone on 10 years of Lara|url=http://au.gamespot.com/news/6161633.html|website=[[GameSpot]]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126081824/http://au.gamespot.com/news/6161633.html|archive-date=26 January 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Livingstone secured many of the company's major franchises, including ''Tomb Raider'' and ''Hitman''.<ref name="HG"/> He contributed to the Tomb Raider project ''[[Tomb Raider: Anniversary]]'' (an enhanced version of the [[Tomb Raider (1996 video game)|original ''Tomb Raider'']] game), which was released in 2007.<ref name="auto"/> In 2009, Japanese video-game company [[Square Enix]] completed a buyout of Eidos Interactive and Livingstone was promoted to Life President of Eidos, a position he resigned from in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/9/30/4787344/eidos-president-and-ceo-ian-livingstone-departs-after-20-years |title=Eidos President and CEO Ian Livingstone departs after 20 years |publisher=[[Vox Media, Inc.]] |website=Polygon.com |date=30 September 2013 |access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2014 Livingstone appeared in the documentary feature film ''[[From Bedrooms to Billions]]'' (2014) a film that tells the story of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to present.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404567/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title= From Bedrooms to Billions (2014) Full Cast & Crew |publisher= IMDb.com, Inc. |website= IMDb.com |access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> In 2021 Freeway Fighters received an adaptation on Viber and messenger, created by a Talk-a-Bot chatbot company over Viber and messenger.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fightingfantasy.com/talk-a-bot-press-release |title= Hungarian Startup adapts Freeway Fighter role-playing gamebook for chatbot|website= fightingfantasy.com |access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> Livingstone was the non-executive chairman of [[Sumo Group]] from 2015 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Handrahan |first=Matthew |date=2015-09-22 |title=Ian Livingstone CBE joins Sumo Digital |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ian-livingstone-cbe-joins-sumo-digital |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}</ref> He is a general partner at Hiro Capital, which invested in [[Skybound Entertainment]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Batchelor |first=James |date=2022-05-19 |title=Skybound Entertainment secures fresh investment from Hiro Capital, Knollwood Advisory and more |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/skybound-entertainment-secures-fresh-investment-from-hiro-capital-knollwood-advisory-and-more |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}</ref>