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 […]
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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 [...]
EGDF elects new board for the year 2015 – 16. Hendrik Lesser, the representative of the German developer association GAME, has been elected president of EGDF. Hendrik Lesser is a successful serial entrepreneur and game developer from Munich, Germany. His production company Remote Control Productions is host to a number of developers, among them Chimera […]
Nordic Game offers all member organisations of EGDF a 15% discount on conference passes for this year’s event, 20‐22 May, in Malmø, Sweden. Until the Early Bird deadline on 28 February, your members can combine this with a special organisation discount and save 2480 SEK on a main conference pass! This is how you do it: Contact […]
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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).
The new call for creative Europe programme is open, EGDF finds administrative reforms alarming The new call for video game concept and prototype development under Creative Europe Media sub-programme is open. For the selected projects European Union will cover 50% of the costs up to 150 000 euro. The deadline for applications is on the […]
Call for the European Innovative Games Award (EIGA) The call for the European Innovative Games Award (EIGA) 2014, organised by Frankfurt am Main and Hessen-IT, is open. Until the March 15th, developers, publishers, freelancers and young professionals from all Member States of the EU can submit their games for the award. The submitted projects and products have to be […]
Press Release – Paris 15 December 2014 Green light from Brussels for the reform of the French Video Game Tax Credit: The French Video Games Trade Association (SNJV) welcomes the imminent entry into force of the new provisions. A key measure promoted by the SNJV since 2005 and adopted for the first time in Europe […]
EGDF Supports Central European Games Conference (CEGC) in Wien 22.-25.1.2015 The Central European Games Conference (CEGC) actively supports exchange of ideas across national borders in the Central European region (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland) and brings together its games industry key players. Members of EGDF’s member associations will have […]