The Dutch Game Industry Directory is the place where all Dutch game studios and games come together to make the game industry more transparent for newcomers and policymakers. Adriaan de Jongh is the initiator of the Directory and entrusted its management to the Dutch Game Association in early 2026. We have embraced this opportunity with […]
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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
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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DGA recently introduced another new event: the DGA Webinar. Organizing online events not only adds to our mission of making events and information more accessible. It also allows us to work with international experts. People like Christian Fonnesbech, head of IP at Leverage. Building franchises with lasting IPs and impactful brands is important if you
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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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As Chairman of the Dutch Games Association I feel proud of everything we have achieved together over the past year. As a community, as a board, and as an operational team. Before sharing some highlights, I want to express my sincere gratitude to our board members and operational team: Martine Spaans, Wiebe van der Werk
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The Dutch Games Association is introducing another new event: the DGA Webinar. Organizing online events adds to our mission of making events and information more accessible for our members and the rest of the industry. The first DGA Webinar is called Live Evaluation Steam Store Pages for which we are partnering with publisher tinyBuild. Senior
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This month’s lobby update comes from our General Manager, Martine Spaans. Two steps forward, one step backwards…. Let’s first look at the highlights. Dutch Game Week and the Dutch Game Awards were great opportunities for the games industry to seize the spotlight. Many regional and some national news outlets covered the activities of the week,
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The nominations for the Dutch Game Awards 2025 have been revealed! The award show celebrating Dutch game developers will take place on December 3rd at the Chassé Theater in Breda, as part of Dutch Game Week. The evening will feature a celebration of the best Dutch games of the year, along with plenty of networking
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