Nordic Game is an event at Slagthuset in Malmö, Sweden from May 17-19. As a games industry conference in Europe, they have a lot to offer, including a program filled with the best speakers from the global industry and their own Nordic heroes, access to international exhibitors and 2000+ professionals, world-class hospitality and a host […]
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The International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) has announced three Dutch nominees for the 13th IMGA’s in San Francisco. The jury, consisting of experts from all over the world, will decide who wins The Grand Prix and 12 other Awards. The Dutch nominees are: Crap! I\’m Broke: Out of Pocket from Arcane Circus | www.crapimbroke.com Rusty
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The Netherlands is partner country for the 9th Nasscom Game Developer Conference 2016, taking place on November 10-12 in Hyderabad, India. After a successful India Games Roadshow in april 2016, the Nasscom Gaming Forum invited 8 Dutch game companies to the conference, providing showcasing, speaking and networking opportunities for them as well as a representation
“Bridging research, creativity, entrepreneurship, and focus on talent development, upscaling, and to strengthen our international competetiveness”. This is the goal of the “Creative Manifesto” that was presented to Members of Parliament Michiel van Veen (VVD), Agnes Mulder (CDA), Jacques Monasch en Tanja Jadnanansing (PvdA). Politicians are called to action by the The Topteam Creative industry,
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DGA chairman Horst Streck responds to the discussion that arose around the recently revealed growth numbers of the Dutch games industry in the Games Monitor 2015. \”The opportunities were there, but we haven\’t been able to seize them.\” In an interview with NRC, DGA chairman Horst Streck responds to their previously published article on the
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Literary games Puzzling Poetry and Winter are subsidized by Gamefonds and the Dutch Foundation for Literature (Letterenfonds). Game developers collaborate with writers to make these games. Flemish writer Joost Vandecasteele is working with indie game studio Happy Volcano on the game Winter, in which the story’s dark narrative is determined by gameplay. In Studio Louter
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Dutch companies earn money through games. The Netherlands has a sizable games industry, but what does it look like? What is the Dutch games industry? If you ask the average gamer, they’ll probably mention Guerrilla Games, the studio behind first-person shooter franchise Killzone. If you press on, perhaps provide a few hints – Ridiculous Fishing?
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“The diversity in gamers, games and gaming platforms is mirrored in Dutch game production.” As mentioned in a closer look at the Dutch games industry, the games industry consists of entertainment games and applied games. Although this clear distinction seemingly separates the industry into strongly contrasting parts, that isn’t quite true: applied games only catch
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