The Dutch Game Awards 2026 will take place on November 19 at the Chassé Theater in Breda, as part of Dutch Game Week. The ceremony brings together the Dutch game industry for an evening celebrating the achievements of Dutch game developers, with plenty of networking opportunities. The Dutch Game Awards recognize the creativity, skill, and […]
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The DGA has been traveling from south to north for the pop-up Network Lunches. For this one, we are heading east. To Doetinchem to be precise. That’s where development studio Engine Software is based. Engine Software has been making games since 1991 (!). They are known for high-end ports and adaptations of games to modern
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The fourth edition of the rebooted playdev.club will be hosted by Dutch Game Nest. This playdev.club starts right after the DGA Network Lunch, so the times are different from the usual editions of playdev.club. Important details: When: 1 July, 2026 Where: Dutch Game Nest, Burgemeester Verderlaan 17, Utrecht Start: 14.30h End: 18.30h Dutch Game Nest
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The official GodotCon returns to Europe and this time, it will be the first GodotCon in the city where the Godot Foundation calls home. For this edition of the event, GodotCon teamed up with the Dutch Games Association to help organize it and make sure that everything runs smoothly. Information 📅 Dates 23rd, 24th of
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The third edition of the rebooted playdev.club will be hosted by the Game Bakery. Important details When: 10 April, 2026 Where: Game Bakery, Energieweg 11A, 9743 AN Groningen Start: 18.00h End: 22.00h Game Bakery will provide soft drinks, beers and pizza. How to sign up? To be able to sign up, you have to bring
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The Benelux Games Promotional Initiative (BGPI) announces that, together with partners the Dutch Games Association (DGA), the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), and the City of Rotterdam, it will once again organize the largest event for game developers in the Benelux. INDIGO, the Benelux’s leading B2B games event, will once again bring together game professionals from
Hanzehogeschool recently hosted the Dutch Games Association x Hanze Pop-up Lunch, and the turnout was impressive. With over 80 attendees, the room was buzzing with conversations ranging from the latest industry trends to shared projects and career advice. There’s something special about breaking bread and sharing a good caffeine fix that helps bridge the gap
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The inaugural pop-up lunch at B’GAME in October last year was an instant success. Therefore we are doing not one, but two pop-up lunches in Breda this year. On March 26 and September 24 we’re heading south to B’GAME, Breda’s dedicated game incubator. They support talent and startups in entertainment games, serious games, and esports,
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We are preparing for an NL Pavilion at gamescom 2026. We hope to keep the same 273 m2 spot we had in previous years, but the final size of the booth will be based on participant interest. We gathered information, and we also have a first booth design. Please find below a short rundown with
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Playdev.club is the brainchild of developer Adriaan de Jongh. He wanted to create a kind of ‘platform’ for Dutch developers to show their prototypes and receive feedback and other thoughts on them, in the form of a meetup. In 2025, the event was rebooted by the Dutch Games Association. After a successful first edition, hosted
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