Netherlands Pavilion
Gamescom 2023
Netherlands Pavilion @Gamescom 2023
DGA will host the Netherlands Pavilion during Gamescom 2023
The DGA will host the Netherlands Pavilion during gamescom 2023, where they will present a great selection of Dutch developers
The Dutch Games Association will be present at gamescom this year! More than twenty successful Dutch studios and companies will be present at the Netherlands Pavilion, which the Dutch Games Association organises to show off many talented Dutch members of the industry to the international audience of gamescom. Thanks to the Netherlands Pavilion, these parties can display their work and connect with people from all over the world!
The Netherlands has a lot to offer: visitors at gamescom can meet both established names (Gamious, Paladin Studios, Tomas Sala and Total Mayhem Games) and upcoming talents (Bonte Avond, Roost Games, Osarion&Mountaineer and Wispfire) at the Netherlands Pavilion.
Publishers (Azerion, Mindscape, Mystic Forge, Iceberg Interactive) and other partners offering all kinds of services (i3D.net, Meettomatch, Local Heroes, Newzoo, VaultN) will be present as well.
Last but not least, parties that build our local communities (Breda Game City, Invest in Holland, Gemeente Rotterdam, Indietopia) are also looking forward to having a chat with anyone who’s interested!
Want to find out what the Netherlands has to offer? Send an email to martine@dutchgameassociation.nl to plan a meeting. With the many diverse parties present in the B2B area, it will definitely be worth your while to visit Dutch Games Association’s Netherlands Pavilion in Hall 4.1 at booth A021g-B030g!
On Thursday August 24th at 16:00 we will host the traditional Dutch Drinks at our booth, sponsored by Engine Software. Follow this link to sign up!
Below is a full list of the Dutch studios who will be present at the Netherlands Pavilion.
Meet the Dutch delegation
Participating Companies
Azerion
GameDistribution is a premier digital game retailer offering an extensive portfolio of high-quality cross-platform games and integrated monetisation services to digital publishers globally.
GD provides exceptional gaming content to digital media platforms and websites, empowering publishers to enhance consumer value and grow their business. Leveraging over a decade of expertise in the field, we consistently launch entertainment solutions that maximize value for publishers of all sizes and models. As part of the Azerion Group, we offer developers and publishers exclusive access to our unique ways of reaching new audiences with free-to-play casual games and an optimized advertising ecosystem through Azerion’s proprietary advertising technologies and networks.
Website: https://www.gamedistribution.com
Breda Game City
Breda Game City is a non-profit organization that focuses on elevating the Breda video games industry and creating a professional, healthy & creative environment.
Website: https://bredagamecity.nl
City of Rotterdam
Serious about gaming. The gaming sector in Rotterdam is thriving and exciting times are on the horizon. Crossovers between gaming and modern digital culture will feel at home in Rotterdam. Listening to the industry is our main focus. Listening will foster understanding. And understanding will make the city an even bigger fan of the creative and inclusive gaming community.
Website: https://www.rsgs.nl/
Gamious
We are Gamious, a game developer based in Haarlem, The Netherlands. A nice bunch of people who love to create original and accessible games with pure gameplay – games we love to play ourselves. We either self-publish, work with publishers, or a mix between these two, to get the games to the right platforms.
Website: https://gamious.com
i3D.net
i3D.net is one of the leading providers of high-performance compute and global connectivity services. The company operates a low-latency network, with thousands of servers spread over 45+ points of presence on 6 continents. i3D.net excels in the gaming market and hosts a variety of AAA games, which led to its acquisition by Ubisoft in 2019. They continue to help various large-scale gaming & enterprise customers deploy, scale, and manage their applications to over 600 million users globally. i3D.net’s goal is to reach 1 billion users on its platform by 2025.
Website: https://www.i3d.net
Iceberg Interactive
Iceberg Interactive is an independent video game publisher founded in 2009 by an international group of games industry veterans. Located in Haarlem, The Netherlands, and staffed with avid gamers, Iceberg works closely with an assembly of game developers around the world, both midsize and indie.
Known for many hit franchises including Killing Floor 2, Maneater and Circle Empires; the company has enjoyed recent success with PC titles such as Strange Horticulture, Blazing Sails, Chivalry 2 and King of Retail.
Our 2023 line-up includes Mahokenshi (PC), Lunacy Saint Rhodes (PC), Sacred Fire (PC), DOOMBLADE (PC), Railroad Corporation 2 (PC), Lord of Rigel (PC), Land of the Vikings (PC) and Hellbreach: Vegas (PC).
Website: https://www.iceberg-games.com
Indietopia
Indietopia loves games and innovative technologies. We pave the way for the northern digital creative industry in The Netherlands to blossom, bridging the gap between studies and the industry. How do we work? Indietopia is a launching platform that collaborates with all the relevant universities in the northern region. We also work with cultural institutions and SMEs, providing inspiring projects for interns, graduate students and development teams to work on. We work with a code of conduct: a moral compass for games and other products that are created at Indietopia. What do we do? Indietopia offers a broad array of services besides the publication of (serious) games: Offering like-minded people an affordable place to work; Providing an in-house testing ground for digital creatives with a professional studio, green screens, classrooms, 3D-printers and more; Creating job opportunities by coaching people to run a successful start-up through our accelerator program; Organising networking events and seminars with industry professionals.
Website: https://indietopia.org/
Invest in Holland
If you are looking to take your business ambitions to the next level, opportunities await in the Netherlands. The Invest in Holland Network (IiH) is here to help. Our country offers an excellent business climate for scaling up solutions with impact for the European and global markets. The free services of the Invest in Holland network provide you with all the information needed to understand how the Netherlands can boost your business.
The Dutch game sector is the 4th biggest in Europe. Next to big names like Guerilla Games and Nixxes, the Netherlands has a lively indie scene and homegrown famous game-related companies like Newzoo and MeetToMatch. Talent is widely available, with over 700 student graduating from game-education every year. The community is tight-knit, with frequent events and open knowledge sharing. Connect to us if you want to know more!
Website: https://investinholland.com/
Local Heroes
We are Local Heroes. An independent localization company for world class local game translation and dubbing services for
Brazilian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish… and more.
We translate, we dub, we use Oxford commas, and we kick ass.
Simply put: we make our clients’ games accessible and at least as enjoyable in languages other than the original!
We’ve been doing this since 1997 as U-TRAX, and as of 2014 under our Local Heroes disguise!
Website: https://www.local-heroes.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: https://meettomatch.com
Mindscape
Mindscape® has been successfully developing, publishing, distributing game and entertainment products. Mindscape® is well known among millions of gamers and still has a big fanbase all over the globe. The goal of Mindscape® is to bring, products that are easy to pick-up and fun to play available for the market for all type of gamers. All fans globally should have the opportunity to play a Mindscape® game. We strongly believe in partnerships to create, develop and publish the right products. Important core values for Mindscape® are open, creative, flexible and working together to realize common goals.
Website: https://mindscape.com
Mystic Forge
Mystic Forge is a new boutique indie game publisher specializing in strategy, simulation, and RPG games for PC. Inspired by the legendary blacksmiths of lore, we, at Mystic Forge, firmly believe in the art of bringing ideas to life through passion, creativity, and a bit of magic. Our small team consists of seasoned veterans in the games industry, bringing with us a wealth of experience and a proven track record of creating and launching successful games. Collectively, we have launched over 30 games across a range of distribution platforms, including Steam, EGS, PSN, Xbox, Nintendo eShop, and the Apple App Store.
Website: https://mysticforge.com
Newzoo
Newzoo is the leader in video games and gamer data. We provide a panoramic view of how and why people engage with games. Guide and strengthen your decision-making with Newzoo’s tools and expertise, from game-level data to gamer research and games market forecasts.
Website: https://newzoo.com
Osarion & Mountaineer
Developers of Unsung Warriors; a 2D action-adventure game currently in development, that takes place in Iron-Age Europe among various Celtic tribes. It mixes fantasy elements with folk tales and mythology.
The game can be played solo or in couch co-op mode. Enjoy beautiful handcrafted levels. Fight against ferocious enemies and discover the many secrets of this ancient world.
Website: https://unsungwarriors.nl
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).
Website: https://paladinstudios.com/
Roost Games
Roost Games is happy to announce that we have a new title in development after the success of Cat Cafe Manager in 2022. It’s too early to mention a title in public, but we can say that we’re exploring the life sim genre even further with an alternative take on the Sims, that focusses more on story, social dynamics and drama between your self-made cast of characters. Find us on Gamescom to learn more about what we’re doing and how we can work together to make this game an even bigger success.
Website: https://roost.games
Steam Data Suite
We optimize your Steam presence. Steam Data Suite provides everything you need to get your games more attention, wishlists, and sales. Our set of tools enables you to combine market data with your own sales and traffic data to gain valuable insights into every step of the sales journey of your players. By streamlining the data processes you gain insights in real-time that empower data-centric decisions and higher levels of productivity.
Website: https://steamdatasuite.com
Tomas Sala
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
A brand new-game from solo developer Tomas Sala and part of ‘The Falconeer Chronicles’, a series of games set in the same universe as the BAFTA-nominated flight-combat game, The Falconeer.
Website: http://thefalconeer.com/
Total Mayhem Games
Want to visit Total Mayhem Games at gamescom this year? Then send a message to press@totalmayhemgames.com for an appointment!
Website: https://totalmayhemgames.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
Wispfire
Wispfire is a small indie game company that aims to make beautiful narrative games with a lasting impact.
Website: https://wispfire.com
