Clear your appointments for Saturday October 28, you're coming to Nottingham. As you may already know, the GameCity festival is taking place in the city from the 25th to the 29th offering a series of events, talks and demo sessions with some of the brightest stars in the UK industry in a range of unlikely venues.

As part of it, Gamesblog is hosting a special event entitled Grumpy Old Games Industry, gathering together three veterans of the UK dev scene to share their thoughts on the state of interactive entertainment. Our three gurus are David Doak of Free Radical Design, Ian Livingstone of Eidos and Andrew Eades of Relentless Software. And your compere for the evening? Erm... me.

Even more enticing is the venue...

Grumpy Old Games Industry will be taking place at the sizeable Mogal-e-Azam Indian restaurant and attendees will be able to enjoy a curry while the heated industry analysis goes on. You can book your seat here for just GBP12.50 (including booking and transaction fees and a curry!).

It would be great to see as many GamesBlog readers there as possible - I'm sure we can all meet before or after the event itself for a drink or two.