EGDF is disappointed on Apple’s iOS17.4 anticompetitive fee structure The Digital Markets Act (DMA) will drastically change game markets. However, only if properly enforced the regulation will lead to pro-competitive changes in the market practices of the gatekeeper platforms, like enabling the introduction of third-party marketplaces (a.k.a. application stores) and payment systems on mobile gatekeeper […]
Thousands of European Small Businesses and App Developers Join CAF in Growing Movement By CAF Admin / January 23, 2024 BRUSSELS – Today, the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF) announced The European Digital SME Alliance, Uptodown, and the European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) are joining the fight for freedom of choice for consumers and fair competition for developers across the mobile app ecosystem. Each of […]
You will find below a list of winners of 2023 game awards, around Europe. BELGIUMAward:Belgian Game Awards 2023Winner:Spookware, by BEESWAX GAMES DENMARK Award: Spilprisen 2023Winner: Expeditions: Rome, Logic Artists FINLAND Award: The Finish Game Awards 2023Winner: Pako Highway, by Tree Men Games FRANCEAward: La Cérémonie des Pégases 2023Winner: Stray, by BlueTwelve Studio GERMANYAward: The German Computer […]
After joining an EU Commission stakeholder meeting on copyright and AI in the audiovisual sector, EGDF provided a written statement on the topic. The European games industry is the digital forerunner of cultural and creative industries. The game industry paves the way for the exploitation of new technological innovation and the adaptation of new business […]
The Ukrainian game industry needs European support The games industry represents one of Europe’s most compelling economic success stories. Located at the crossroads of the ICT and cultural industries, the game industry is one of the rapidly growing segments of the cultural and creative industries. In 2021, there were around 5 500 game developer studios […]
Last updated: 1st November, 2024 EU funding for the games industry is one of the focus areas of EGDF in its advocacy work in Brussels. The full scope of investment in funding calls dedicated explicitly to the games industry or other games industry-related calls for 2024 is as of yet unknown. For more information, please […]
EGDF: UNITY’S INSTALL FEES ARE A SIGN OF LOOMING GAME ENGINE MARKET FAILURE In Brussels, 14.9.2023 – Step by step, video game engines are becoming key gatekeepers of European cultural and creative sectors. Currently, Unity dominates game engine markets, Unreal being its primary challenger. These two engines are not just clear market leaders in the […]
EGDF PUBLISHES 2021 INDUSTRY INSIGHTS INTO EUROPE’S VIDEO GAME DEVELOPER SECTOR Brussels, 10.07.2023 – The European Game Developers Federation (EGDF) Releases 2021 Video Games Industry Data is pleased to announce the release of its highly anticipated 2021 Video Games Industry Data Report. For the report 25 national game industry trade industry associations have processed […]
EGDF responded on the exploratory consultation on the future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure that discussed, among other things, the possibility of introducing a new telecommunication network access fee for digital businesses to finance internet service providers’ investment in telecommunication networks. A reliable high-speed internet connection plays a critical role in modern […]
15.5.2023 EGDF welcomes the Commission’s decision to greenlight Microsoft’s ActivisionBlizzard acquisition and the legally binding commitments made by Microsoft to secure the continued availability of ActivisionBlizzard games on rival cloud gaming services. EGDF is pleased to note that the Commission packed up these commitments with sufficient compliance and enforcement mechanisms. The Commission’s decision supports the […]