Geek Speak: London Games Art Exhibition [BLOG+SLIDESHOW]

As someone who possesses an enormous Halo 3 canvas print on my wall at home, the London Games Art exhibition was right up my street.

As the London Games Festival comes to a close this week, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, organised the Games Art Exhibition at City Hall to show the wealth of world class talent in the city.

The artwork in the exhibition has been donated by London-based studios such as Rocksteady Studios (Batman: Arkham City), MindCandy (Moshi Monsters) Lionhead (Fable), Sports Interactive (Football Manager) and Konami have commissioned a one off exclusives for the exhibition .

While the public will be able to enjoy the exhibition from 23 October to 26 October free, Geek Speak couldn't help but bring you a sneak peek at what is in store ...

As you enter City Hall in London, Batman welcomes guests to the unique art exhibition

As you enter City Hall in London, Batman welcomes guests to the unique art exhibition

The artwork in the exhibition has been donated by London based studios such as Rocksteady Studios (Batman: Arkham City), MindCandy (Moshi Monsters) Lionhead (Fable), Sports Interactive (Football Manager) and Konami

The London Games Festival comes to its conclusion but the public can catch the last piece of gaming celebration by visiting the Games Art Exhibition at City Hall from 22nd October at 1100 BST for free

The CEO of gaming industry body UKIE tells IBTimes UK that "digital creation is the UK's new form of manufacturing"

The artwork is meant to highlight the need for coding and conceptual design to bring a game to life

Some of the artwork illustrated how sketches eventually turn into multi-billion pound franchises.

The worldwide games market is currently worth around $50bn, according to the latest PwC report for 2011 and this number if projected to rise to around $85bn by 2014.

According to games ranking group Develop 100, the UK has the biggest developer base in Europe and is home to nearly half of the world's top 100 development studios, employing more than 7,000 people in the computer games development and publishing business.