QUO VADIS
March 6, 2019
QUO VADIS 2019: THE SCHEDULE IS HERE!

The program schedule for this year’s conference is now online. But it’s not just talks and panels in numerous timeslots: We like to introduce you to the new conference concept – the QUO VADIS Summits.

DAY 1: BUSINESS

  • Opening Breakfast
  • Marketing Summit
  • Live Ops & Community Management Summit
  • Fundraising & Financing Summit

DAY 2: DEVELOP

  • PC Games Developers Summit
  • Health Play Summit
  • Mobile Game Development Summit
  • Tech Summit

Each summit is half a day long – enough to dive deep into the topic that most excites you about video games business and development. See the full schedule.

QUO VADIS
March 6, 2019
DO BUSINESS AT QUO VADIS WITH MEETTOMATCH

As a premium event networking service, MeetToMatch is aimed at meeting potential business partners by choice rather than chance.

Imagine a day full of 30-minute meetings, where you meet dozens of new business partners face-to-face. This is much more than just a meeting application: You get a personal matchmaker assigned that can help out with all your questions, and who chases all participants to fill out the profile information and actively use it and respond to incoming meeting requests.

The Benefits:

  • Exclusive meeting location at the venue
  • Online meeting manager
  • Personal match maker


Meet companies like: 505 Games, Triple Dragon, Gamevil Com2uS, MTG Digital Ventures and many more.

How do I get access?

Everyone with a QUO VADIS business pass or a 7-day gamesweekberlin experience ticket automatically receives unlimited MeetToMatch VIP usage.

QUO VADIS
February 13, 2019
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CREATE A CONVINCING SUPER VILLAIN?

There is a lot is happening on the QUO VADIS front at the moment. That’s why we have a big program update for you. Uke Bosse and Nina Franoszek having a fireside chat about motion capture will be one of our highlights.

CREATING A VILLAIN

Remember this crazy bitch from Wolfenstein? Irene Engel, the main antagonist of Wolfenstein II was a brilliant character brought to life in the motion capture studio by award-winning actress Nina Franoszek. At QUO VADIS 2019, Uke Bosse will host a fireside chat with Nina who will first talk about how she overcame her prejudices and thus became enthusiastic about video games. Furthermore she will give you insights into the intensive production and performance for a multi-layered character like Irene Engel.

“I’ve done a lot of research to understand my own past and been to Auschwitz and all that, but as an actor what really convinced me was the script. The script to me was very similar to Inglourious Basterds and I was given the opportunity to play sort of the Cristoph Waltz character as a female with a boytoy.”

Nina Franoszek, The Hollywood Reporter
If you haven’t played Wolfenstein II yet we recommend you to have a look at Irene Engel in this collection of cutscenes. Especially the scenes from minute 2:00 to 10:00 should give you a good impression of this wicked character.
But beware, spoilers ahead.

THIS FIRESIDE CHAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY:

Uke Bosse is a professor for game design at Mediadesign Hochschulein Berlin and a media producer, director and writer, who has worked on TV programs such as “MTV Game One” and “Reload”. He is also an actor and comedian. But the most important thing you need to know about him is that he’s actually a unicorn. His devotion for video games stems from his past, when the other unicorns wouldn’t let him join in “Catch the bagel on the green meadow” and other silly unicorn games. He luckily shrugged his unicorn shoulders and instead devoted himself to games that are not silly at all: video games.

Nina Franoszek performed in over 100 feature films and television shows, including Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist” and the Emmy Award winning TV show “Mad Men”. She also co-starred with celebrities like Tilda Swinton and Donald Sutherland. Her awards include a Grimme Prize for best leading actress and a German Screen Actors Award for best Ensemble in the TV series “Weissensee Saga II” in 2014. Since her performance in Wolfenstein, for which she was nominated for the BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award in 2017, she is also a passionate motion capture performer.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM BOTH AT QUO VADIS 2019!

QUO VADIS
January 16, 2019
INTRODUCING THE QUO VADIS SUMMITS

Happy New Year! Today we want to feed you with details about the first four summits of QUO VADIS 2019.

In order to tailor the QUO VADIS experience to your individual needs, we gave each of the two event days a thematic focus. Whether you want to get into business on Monday, dive deep into development trends on Tuesday or both, is your decision. We have set up 1-day focus passes for that reason.

We will have eight densely packed conference shots on two days and two stages. We call them summits. Each summit is half a day long. Let me introduce the summits of day one to you:

NEW BUSINESS MODELS SUMMIT

Free-to-play is a dominant business model in the video game industry. But there are also alternative business models that have emerged. Some hybrid models combine classical free-to-play mechanics with in game advertising. For example, players are given a choice to either buy in-game currency or instead are asked to watch a video ad in order to afford a building upgrade or new weapon type. We will investigate how free-to-play is doing right now, what kind of alternative business models have emerged already, and how they can be used meaningfully.

MARKETING SUMMIT

The best product in the world is worth nothing if you cannot bring it to the market. This is what the QUO VADIS: Marketing Summit is all about – to show you the best marketing strategies for your game. We’ll be talking about global marketing strategies. About the real value of B2C events for smaller studios. About the eternal question if you really should put your money on influencers. About building an IP and finding the right merchandise to promote it and making a little extra money. About which marketing platforms you should target and which players you should re-target. 

LIVE OPS & COMMUNITY MGMT SUMMIT

Keeping a video game alive and healthy proves to be a full-time job, or more accurately: many full-time jobs. But it’s worth it, as many developers credit more than 50% of their game’s revenue comes from events and promotions. Keeping an eye on the key metrics that are really important is one thing, activating players and keeping them engaged with meaningful and personalized content in a vivid community is another. This summit presents best cases of content delivery, successful events and promotions, community management done right and the use of analytics to really understand what players want. 

FUNDRAISING & FINANCING
SUMMIT

In order to finance a game, German developer studios either have to be inventive with promotional campaigns – or they make their way through the red tape forest and apply for funding. Often they must do both. The German Games Fond, worth 50 million Euros annually, that will come into effect in fall 2019, is a step in the right direction. But who can apply for the money and how? Can it be combined with other funding initiatives? Who can help with an initial funding application? We take a look at the different ways of how a game can be financed, from funding pools to co-production and venture capital investment. 

WE WILL INTRODUCE THE SUMMITS OF THE 2ND DAY SOON, SO STAY TUNED!

QUO VADIS
November 22, 2018
QUO VADIS RELOADED

Since the very beginnings of gamesweekberlin, QUO VADIS has always been featured as a core event of the week, along with A MAZE. / Berlin, Gamefest and the Matchmaking Dinner. As the QUO VADIS – game development & business conference is a significant part of gamesweekberlin, we’re especially proud to announce that we (Booster Space, founders of gamesweekberlin) are the new organizers behind it! We are excited to take over from Aruba Events and Computec Media to continue developing QUO VADIS as a cutting-edge experience for developers and professional delegates of the games industry, as well as being able to develop new ideas, perspectives and plans for future operations.

What does that mean?

The gamesweekberlin and you as partners and attendees will increasingly benefit from the synergies in this new structure. Most of the week’s central events (Womenize!, Gamefest and QUO VADIS) will be organized by the same team at one location. It will also lead to an even greater efficiency in the collaboration with partner events like A MAZE. / Berlin and the Matchmaking Dinner. Underlined by the new 7-days gamesweekberlin Experience ticket.

What is going to change?

QUO VADIS will be gradually modified as part of the consolidation process: forward-looking trends in the sector will basically remain the most important components of this event. In order to make the participants’ experience in Berlin even more profitable, the topics will be offered in compact modules to specific target groups.

The thematic focuses in 2019 will center on mobile games development, monetisation and publishing, community management and live operations as well as on production financing and distribution. Further topics are to be identified in tandem with the developer community. Well established formats of QUO VADIS such as the business networking system of MeetToMatch and the exhibition will carry on the tradition.

We want you to know that we at Booster Space are aware of the responsibility we have for QUO VADIS. We are looking forward to growing it together with you! Feel free to share your ideas and wishes any time.

Write us on Facebook or Twitter or contact us via qvconf@booster-space.com.

MEET THE TEAM:

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