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Sweden Game Arena prepares large presence at GC and GDC 2016

Skövde, March 10, 2016 - Sweden Game Arena is present at Game Connection (March 14-16) and Game Developers Conference (March 16 - 18) in San Francisco, with a party consisting of almost 40 game developers, lecturers, researchers and business developers. Book a meeting with us at Game Connection under the Game Hub Scandinavia umbrella, or visit us at GDC in the South Hall, booth 212.

Our Sweden Game Arena ambassadors at GDC are the University of Skövde, The Game Incubator and 9 of our member studiosLandFall Games, Ludosity, Guru Games, Lone Hero Studios, Coffee Stain Studios, PocApp Studios, Stunlock Studios, Pieces Interactive and Tarhead Studio. Together we will be showcasing over 30 playable titles for PC and tablets, in one single booth.

- Don´t miss out on two of the most recently announced games, Battlerite, a cooperation between Coffee Stain and Stunlock, and Kill to Collect by Pieces Interactive, says Magnus Ling, spokesperson Sweden Game Arena.

The University of Skövde will showcase its extensive game education and research programs and other offerings. We are also joined by the representatives of the Swedish Games Industry organization at our booth.

Sweden Game Arena focus at GDC16 is to find speakers, exhibitors and sponsors for Sweden Game Conference spawning over two business days on October 20 - 21, followed by two extra Festival days in our home city, Skövde. Our four day event includes business matchmaking, two main speaker tracks, three workshop tracks, Expo, cosplay competition, Open game Jam, eSports challenge as well as several parties.

- We also seek new international members willing to start a new game studio within our Game Incubator, open up branches within our Science Parks in Skövde or Göteborg, or start research and development projects with the University of Skövde, says Magnus Ling.

More information
For more information, please contact Magnus Ling, spokesperson for Sweden Game Arena. Tel: +46 709 644 654. Email: magnus@swedengamearena.se.

About Sweden Game Arena
Sweden Game Arena is Europe’s most vibrant cluster for game education, business, development and research. We provide opportunities to join, invest, study, research and profit. For more than a decade, our cluster at the heart of Northern Europe has been at the forefront of innovation in game education and incubation. This has been key to propelling Sweden, with a population of less than 10 million people, into one of the world’s top ten exporters of video games.

Ämnen

  • Företagande

Kategorier

  • pocapp studios
  • pieces interactive
  • stunlock studios
  • coffee stain studios
  • kill to collect
  • battlerite
  • sweden game arena
  • games
  • the game incubator
  • skövde
  • dataspel
  • högskolan i skövde

Regioner

  • Skåne

Kort om Gothia Science Park

Gothia Science Park är en teknik- och forskningspark med IT-profil. Den består av individer, verksamheter, miljöer och processer. I vår innovationsmiljö växer företag snabbare och mer uthålligt vilket bidrar till såväl regional attraktivitet som regional tillväxt. GSP:s fokusområde är IT och är kopplat till Högskolan i Skövde med spets inom dataspel, simulering, beslutsstöd och virtual engineering. GSP drivs och utvecklas av Gothia Innovation AB.

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