Companies Netherlands Lounge
GDC San Francisco 2023
Netherlands Lounge @GDC 2023
During GDC 2023 we will be hosting The Netherlands lounge: a private meeting area for the Dutch Games Industry. Feel free to drop by to have a chat with one of the many great Dutch game developers.
Join the conversation at The Netherlands lounge, just a short walk away from Moscone Center!
The Netherlands is a small country, but when it comes to game development, its influence is a lot bigger than you’d imagine. Two Sony Worldwide Studios are based in The Netherlands: Guerrilla Games and Nixxes. Guerrilla is known for their smash hit Horizon Forbidden West and has been nominated three times for the Game Developer Choice Awards. Nixxes left its mark by co-developing blockbuster franchises like Tomb Raider.
The Dutch industry has more to offer than AAA though! Sokpop Collective received an Independent Games Festival nomination with their hit Stacklands. Plus, the industry comes knocking on Dutch doors seeking the best in tech. Abstraction, for instance, has helped develop Halo, Mass Effect Legendary Edition and the Funcom Dune game.
Derk de Geus, Chairman of the DGA says: “One of the focus points for the DGA is the international presence of the Dutch game industry. As one of the biggest developer shows in the world, GDC is the prime candidate for these activities. With The Netherlands lounge we aim to showcase the creativity and strength of the Dutch game industry to potential business partners.”
Opportunities for the Dutch Games Industry
A number of Dutch studios will represent their games at the Dutch lounge during GDC. Amongst them are Paladin Studios, known for their work Netflix’ “Nailed it! Baking Bash” and the Apple Arcade hit “Cut the Rope Remastered”, and cloud-gaming HTML5-expert CoolGames, known for bringing famous AAA IP to the small screens. Besides game developers, companies like i3D.net or VaultN will also be available for a chat. i3D.net makes immersive online experiences possible with their high-performance and low-latency hosting. VaultN, revolutionising games distribution through their self-service distribution platform.
The Netherlands Lounge is made possible with the help of CreativeNL; helping the Dutch creative industry to internationalise and broaden their business network.
Meet the Dutch delegation
Participating Companies
Caboodle Games
At Caboodle we help studios with absolutely everything relating to the business, publishing and commercial side of PC, VR & Console video games. Nonsense support to help your studio flourish. Unashamedly pro indie.
Website: www.caboodle.games/
CoolGames
CoolGames develops high quality mobile games for the post app-store era, based on HTML5 technology. Game platforms include Snapchat, Facebook, Google Assistant and many others.
Product/Game: HTML5 mobile games for emerging platforms in the post app-store era
Website: www.coolgames.com
We are offering: Publishing, Game development
Interested in meeting: Investors, Developers, Platform owners (Emerging game platforms)
FGL & Tamalaki Publishing
Lucrative Gaming, aka “FGL” was founded in 2007 and has helped web and mobile games reach billions of players. FGL has worked with over 70,000 developers across web and mobile and has deep experience with making games both fun and successful on both platforms.
Product/Game: Publishing Services
Website: https://www.fgltoken.com
We are offering: Publishing
Interested in meeting: Developers
Gamepoint
On a monthly basis GamePoint welcomes players from all over the world to our multiplayer Bingo, Card, Board, and Social Casino games. With well-known titles like GamePoint Bingo, Royaldice and Cardparty, we have been entertaining players for over 20 years!
Our newest releases include BattleSolitaire, a fast-paced patience game, and Uptown Bingo, where you can build your own Bingo Hall together with Olivia.
Want to join GamePoint on the next adventure? Check out our open positions on www.gamepoint.biz
Website: https://www.gamepoint.com
i3D.net
i3D.net is a global high-performance hosting provider, offering low-latency network & solutions to Game Studios, IT Enterprises & WebRTC industry.
Product/Game: high-performance hosting provider
Website: https://www.i3d.net/
Linx Interactive
We’re a Dutch game development studio on a mission to connect people through digital entertainment. We believe that the most valuable aspect of life is human connection.Technology is often seen as a cause for increasing individuality and disconnection, leading to many societal issues like polarization, loneliness and depression. We want to use technology in a positive way, by developing innovative, high quality social gaming experiences.
Product/game: Innovative, high quality social gaming experiences
Website: https://linx-interactive.com
MeetToMatch
MeetToMatch is world’s most active network of b2b professionals in the games industry. Working with 60 b2b game events annually, the superfast growing media magazine PreMortem.Games, and successfull agency Representing Games, they are the one-stop-show for game developers, publishers, investors and suppliers for anything pre-launch of a game.
Website: www.meettomatch.com
Paladin Studios
We create games that make you smile – be it a sweet twinkle, loud laugh, or evil grin.
Our mission is to create wholesome games that have a positive impact on people. We are based in The Netherlands and founded in 2005. The team of 45+ is dedicated to crafting high quality 3D games in many genres, for all platforms, and for all ages and backgrounds.
Our partners include Nintendo, Apple Arcade, LEGO, Bandai Namco, and others. We have experience working with existing IPs (Cut The Rope Remastered, Nailed It! & Tamagotchi) and creating our own IP (Good Job!, Stormbound, Momonga).
We are at GDC to show new prototypes from our internal ideation team, as well as looking for new work for hire projects starting in summer.
Website: https://paladinstudios.com/
Super Menno Monster
Freelance Game Designer making Social Impact Games. Dr. Menno Deen makes games in collaboration with other studios that try to contribute positively to sociocultural issues. Amongst others, we made games for sexually abused children, cancer research, loneliness, obesitas and more.
Website: www.studiolapp.nl
The 4 Winds Entertainment BV
Headquartered in Amsterdam, T4W publish games and help you focus on regions that are underserved by the big names in the industry. Our crew has done best-in-class go-to-market campaigns for AAA titles in the past 20 years for Western and Asian AAA publishers, and now offer that rare, high quality service to you.
Website: https://www.the4winds.com
Utomik
Utomik is a subscription based gaming platform, offering quality games globally through their PC client, TV and Android apps. We are nurturing a deep and diverse collection, ranging from classic AA, family friendly, casual, to unique indie gems. Every week, we add new hand curated titles. We are proud to work with 100+ content partners, such as but not limited to Plug in Digital, Curve Digital, Focus Entertainment, Team 17, Raw Fury, Thunderful Publishing, Fellow Traveller, and Goblinz Studio. Now, we have launched our Cloud gaming app. Together with powerful partners, gamers will now be able to enjoy our vast library of games on Samsung & LG Smart TV’s.
Website: www.utomik.com
VaultN
VaultN is a self-service distribution platform for digital games. Manage all commercial, financial, operational and technical aspects of license key and entitlement distribution.
Website: https://vaultn.com
Meet the Dutch Delegation
If you want to meet the Dutch participants, reach out to fedor@dutchgamesassociation.nl or sign up for MeetToMatch – The San Francisco Edition 2023 and schedule a meeting with the participants directly.
The Dutch lounge is made possible by Creative NL and RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency).