Driving The Industry

The European Games Developer Federation is committed to the stimulation and development of a stable, vibrant and creative European games development sector that is competitive globally and recognized culturally.

The EGDF will act to advance the political and economic interests of the European computer and video games industry by providing a platform for collaboration and discussion between European institutions and game developers.

The federation represents some 600 studios based in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom, which together employ about 17,000 people. The European computer and video games industry, including distributors and students in game educations, encompasses almost 100,000 individuals.

Upcomming Events

17.2.2012 KEEP Final Conference 2012

KEEP has provided a successful solution and proven that emulation can be a true alternative strategy for digital preservation. The final KEEP conference will present hands on the results of the project. The presentations will show the technical possibilities of the outcomes and, in expert discussion panels, the relevance for the community will be highlighted and as well as the long-term outputs from KEEP. Read more…

2nd edition of Game Development and Digital Growth policy paper

EGDF has published second edition of Game Development and Digital Growth policy based on the input from two meetings between European policy makers and European game developers organised in Brussels in May 2011.

  1. EGDF Policy papers 2nd edition Game Development and Digital Growth.pdf 2nd edition of the policy paper
  2. Further information about the discussions in the events