 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.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.In 2010 Livingstone was asked to act as the Skills Champion by government minister Ed Vaizey, tasked with producing a report reviewing the UK video games industry.