gamesweekberlin, QUO VADIS, WOMENIZE!
April 20, 2018
HIGHLIGHT PARTIES

If there is one thing Berlin is famous for…

1. #gamesweekberlin 2018 is here and our partner King wants to take the opportunity to mingle with all of you game lovers while everybody is in the same spot! Welcome to join the King team & friends for some beers and good music. Please share with a friend who’s as crazy about games as you are and we’re pretty sure we’ll have a great evening! 

King Party

When: Tuesday, April 24, starting at 8pm
Where: Raumklang Bar, Libauer Straße 1, 10245 Berlin

REGISTER FOR FREE

 

2. Berlin is getting it’s own IGDA Chapter!
As the new Chapter Leader, TreasureHunt is throwing a big party to celebrate in partnership with #gamesweekberlin. This is also the official After-Party for Womenize! conference. Entry, food and drinks are free. Yes, free. Also you can win cool prizes. If you’re on our VIP list show up sooner than later. We can’t guarantee entry later on as we expect this event to fill up pretty fast!
igda Berlni Launch Party
When: Wednesday, April 25, starting at 8pm
Where: Säälchen, Holzmarkt 25, 10243 Berlin

REGISTER FOR FREE

exhibition
A MAZE., GAMEFEST, QUO VADIS
March 9, 2018
SHOWCASE YOUR GAME TO INDIVIDUAL TARGET GROUPS
Did you know there are several options to showcase your game in the different events of #gamesweekberlin? Each event has a specific profile and target group, fostering optimized outreach.

The Quo Vadis conference established itself as one of the leading European game development conferences (B2B). It offers a unique indie area allowing for first hand contacts to video game professionals. As of Europes most prominent business hot spots for gaming professionals, you’re able to meet with game scouters, creative minds and leaders of the gaming industry and lay the foundation for your success.

For more artistic and cultural environments, the A MAZE. / Berlin festival is the place for you:  A MAZE. is an unique and cultural international platform for games and playful media that invites professionals  and creatives from various fields (B2B) to exchange their knowledge and visions, presenting their projects to a large B2C audience, playing, making contacts to collaborate on future projects.

You want to get in touch with gamers and families? Opt for the Gamefest! The two-day-event has become an instance in Berlin’s gaming culture and offers a versatile lineup, special guests and unique gaming opportunities. Showcase your game at Gamefest, become part of our colorful setup and promote your game efficiently to your B2C audience by connecting with your target audience directly on site!

 

So, what are you waiting for? Show your game at gamesweekberlin! Discover all package deals: http://www.gamesweekberlin.com/exhibition
gamesweekberlin
March 7, 2018
INTRODUCING: FREAKS 4U GAMING

We are happy and proud to announce that we partnered up with one of Europe’s fastest growing companies. Freaks 4U Gaming are based in Berlin-Spandau, and their success story is tightly connected to their love for eSports and their professionalism. Wow, that sounds a little cheesy, but our admiration is heartfelt.

Freaks 4U Gaming is a gaming-focused marketing agency that provides marketing/PR solutions to customers worldwide with headquarters in Berlin, Germany, and an Asian branch office in Taipei, Taiwan. They offer creative strategy consulting for branding, unique marketing and sales campaigns, individual services to realize campaigns, productions and events, and provide in-depth knowledge about the gaming market as well as insightful market research for our customers.

Apart from the agency business, Freaks 4U Gaming also manages its original web services catering to several gaming titles and produces new video content each day. In 2017 the company produced its own TV show, which was broadcast weekly on the renowned German TV channels ProSieben and ProSieben MAXX. The web services currently reach ca. 1 million users per month, with the TV shows attracting about 8% of all German TV consumers aged 14 to 49.

I think you’re freaky and I like you a lot. Some Freaks 4U office staff members during one of their occasional short photo breaks.

Freaks 4U Gaming will be hosting the #gamesweekberlin opening event on Monday evening, April 23. We will keep you updated about the details of the opening. The event itself will be invite only.

The “Freaks” are also sponsoring partners for our Womenize! event (April 24-25, 2018) and help us inspire girls, female emerging talents and professionals to get involved in the video game and tech industry. With workshops on Tuesday and a conference day on Wednesday. Again, tickets prices are more than reasonable (2 day student tickets for 20 Euros, 2 day regular tickets for 80 Euros).

Get your tickets

www.freaks4u.com/home

A MAZE.
March 7, 2018
A MAZE. / BERLIN 2018 SCHEDULE ONLINE

With games, playful installations, talks, workshops, VR and music, another colourful A MAZE. / Berlin program awaits you. This year with an extra conference day and an extended exhibition until Sunday.

The A MAZE. / Berlin team is going for more transparency than ever. Meaning: You can see their work in progress schedule grow online: https://amazeberlin2018.sched.com/

OUR PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Sarah and Colin Northway. Indie game developers since 2007, well known for making games while traveling the world. Among their games: Fantastic Contraption VR, the one-button arcade game Deep Under the Sky and Incredipede. Sarah is the creator of the Rebuild strategy series. Colin is now working in VR on the Museum of Other Realities (http://northwaygames.com).

Meg Jayanth. Award winning writer (IGF Narrative winner, nominated for four BAFTAs – including Best Story – & TIME’s Game of 2014) and former BBC producer. She contributed to Horizon Zero Dawn, Sunless Sea + Sunless Skies (http://megjayanth.com/).

Robert Yang. Game developer of popular games about gay culture and intimacy – he is most known for his historical bathroom sex simulator The Tearoom and his male shower simulator Rinse and Repeat, and his gay sex triptych Radiator 2 has over 150,000 users on Steam (https://radiatoryang.itch.io/)

We’re looking forward. See you there!

A MAZE. Facebook: www.facebook.com/amaze.festival/
A MAZE. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMazeFest
Website: http://amaze-berlin.de/