EGDF to provide better international networking and promotion for thriving Croatian game development industry Zagreb, July 14th, 2016 – The European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) announced today the acceptance of the Croatian Game Developers Association (CGDA) into the federation. The CGDA was founded in 2014 with the main goal to support the growing games development industry locally […]
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The INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN from April 18–24, 2016, is the leading cross-industry communication and networking platform for games business, development and culture in Europe. Over seven days, the umbrella brand combines multiple events for industry representatives and game enthusiasts alike. The International Games Week Berlin starts with Quo Vadis conferences from the April 18th […]
Save 20% off when you book online! April 13-14, 2016, London, UK An official Fringe Event of the London Games Festival, join industry veterans and leaders from eSports, gaming, betting, broadcasting and marketing at the European eSports conference. Taking place three days after the London Games Festival on April 13-14, 2016 in London, UK., this […]
Nordic Game 2016: Special discount for all members of EGDF! Join Hideo Kojima, Tim Sweeney, and the rest of us for three memorable days with the Nordic game developer community Nordic Game offers all members of EGDF a 20% discount on conference passes for this year’s event, 18‐20 May, in Malmø, Sweden. Until the Early […]
Horizon2020 funding for game developers 2016-2017 In this article EGDF summarises, with the kind help of Nordic Game Institute, the most potential Horizon2020 calls for: The potential funding calls for game developers Potential funding calls for serious game developers The key calls for industry associations supporting game developers 1. The potential funding calls for game developers In […]
Unofficial EGDF checklist for applying Creative Europe 2016 funding for games A print friendly version of the guidelines can be downloaded from here. Official guidelines and application forms can be accessed here. If you have any feedback or you have spotted any errors in the guidelines, do not hesitate to contact COO of EGDF, Jari-Pekka Kaleva (jari-pekka.kaleva@egdf.eu).
How to enable digital growth in Europe? How to enable digital growth is an EGDF policy paper summarising EGDF perspectives on the regulatory development of the Digital Single Market Area. In addition to explaining specific challenges of key policy areas from the perspective of European game developers, the document describes key issues one has to [...]
Draft HORIZON2020 work programmes 2016-17 for game developers, serious game developers and organisations supporting game developers Below you will find the most interesting HORIZON2020 drafts for game developers, serious game developers and organisations supporting game developers. The full list of all drafts for the Horizon2020 calls in 2016 and 2017 can be found here. In addition […]
Creative Europe Programme grants 3.4 million euros for 31 European game developer studios EACEA has published the results of the second round of Creative Europe funding for game development. As an outcome of the more strict rules for eligible projects set by European Commission in last January, the number of companies applying for funding decreased […]
Austrian IGCG joins EGDF An Austrian game developer association Interessensgemeinschaft Computergrafik (IGCG) was accepted as a member of EGDF. The IGCG as an independent association representing companies, sole proprietor, institutions and organizations in the field of animation, animated movies and videogames. Goals are to push awareness and image of companies and persons who work in the computer [...]