The official Guide - International Games Week Berlin

THE OFFICIAL GUIDE
CONNECTING GAME
BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY
AND CULTURE
APRIL 18-24, 2016
WWW.GAMESWEEKBERLIN.COM
Welcome to the 3rd edition of
INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN
THANKS TO THE PARTNERS OF
INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN
Main Sponsors
MALL OF BERLIN
Institutional Partners
DEUTSCHLAND
Media Partners
STARTUP GERMANY
Venue Sponsors
Official Ticketing Partner
Since we started connecting game business, technology and culture through an umbrella brand for events we continuously grew
and attract more and more target groups. Berlin is our playground
and we now are seriously spread out throughout the city with 12
different venues. All events are organized by individual entities
which allows for the most authentic experience for the attendants.
As events are run by people on both ends – the organizers as well
as the attendants – I want to thank everybody involved in making
this awesome experience happen! Special thanks goes to all the
volunteers – without your love we would never survive!
Our industry is like a roller-coaster: Fast, regular changes, ups
and downs in trends and technologies make it most difficult to
stay in a leading position for long. The rise of VR, enabling new
forms of immersive experiences, as well as of the spectator-mode like eSports tournaments, streaming and fan-events with Live
Let’s Plays or community gaming are just two examples. All 12
events each bring their own highlights – far too many to mention
them all. Check out our new App (thanks to Announce!) to navigate
through the week with ease. Play Heart, Party Hard!
Michael Liebe, Head of INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN
The games industry in the capital region is booming. In terms of
dynamics and diversity there is no other location in Germany that
is growing as fast as Berlin-Brandenburg is. From indie game
studios through to big publishers, from game events through to
think tanks for new technologies and innovative formats - Berlin
offers you everything.
The INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN reflects this diversity and
connects the scene, far beyond the capital region. Its mix of business and industry insights and public events is unique in Germany as well as in Europe, what finds expression in the continuously
growing number of participants through the last years.
We are delighted to support the GAMES WEEK in 2016 again by
funding several of its events and we wish its makers to keep on
their success.
Helge Jürgens, Managing Director of Media Development Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
„Quo Vadis“ is latin for „Where we are going?“. This conference in the
heart of Europe is the place where we talk about all aspects of the future
of games since 2003.
Stephan Reichart, Managing Director of Aruba Events
Womenize! is a game changer for the tech industry, the start up community and the digital business and media industry. Womenize! is for
women searching for new opportunities. Womenize! is for companies
looking for new talent. Womenize! is for companies seeking for inspiration on how to be more attractive for female talent.
Ruth Lemmen, Co-Founder and Program Director of Womenize!
For the last 5 years A MAZE. is nominating the best independent games
from around the globe, bringing together people from all creative fields.
Winning the A MAZE. trophy is a sign that you did a damn good job creating a milestone in videogames history. For us the INTERNATIONAL GAMES
WEEK BERLIN is a great partner to spread the message that there is a
growing market beyond the mainstream.
Thorsten S. Wiedemann, artistic director of A MAZE.
The INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN represents Berlin‘s openness
to games, their culture and their creative potential. Every year there are
new exciting opportunities for the Gamefest at the Computerspielemuseum to show the different facettes of gaming culture and attract
an interested public with our fantastic program.
Andreas Lange, Director ofComputerspielemuseum
The GAMES WEEK BERLIN offers a great variety of events, from public to
business-to-business and exclusive events. We, the initiative games.
net berlinbrandenburg, benefit from the creative hub around us, which
we aim to connect and support. We open doors for new partnerships
and exchange on an international level.
Andrea Peters, Chairwoman of games.net berlinbrandenburg
MEET THE EVENTS
Quo Vadis has one of the widest conference spectrums: all platforms
from mobile to console to desktop, all approaches from AAA to indie, all
expertise fields from business to creative plus dozens of game design
post-mortems.
Tobias Kopka, Program Director of Quo Vadis
VR & Games Investment Booster invites top European early stage
companies in video games and VR content to present their investment
opportunity to a panel of international qualified equity investors with
track records in ICT and gaming industry from the Media Deals European Investment Network
Thierry Baujard, Managing Director of Media Deals
researching games is the international BarCamp for digital game
studies, connecting young academics and professionals from all
disciplines.
The Team behind #resgames
For Making Games Talents, the INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK is the ideal
framework that brings together young professionals seeking for new
challenges and industry veterans from all over the world.
Sebastian Weber, Chief Editor of Making Games
PlayChamp! is the first nationwide Games Championship for amateurs. Open for everybody and hostet by PIETSMIETs. I’m looking forward to our dress rehearsal on April 23rd in Babylon Cinema Berlin.
Join in and play along – if you dare!
Elmar Giglinger, Co-Founder of PlayChamp!
Gamefest am
Computerspielemuseum
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PlayChamp! Finale
THU
Saturn
Friday Night Sale
Gamefest am
Computerspielemuseum
A MAZE. / Berlin Award & Party
WED
Seitenquiz
A MAZE. / Berlin Party
A MAZE. / Berlin Opening
TUE
Games Academy Party
Best of Quo Vadis
Show
Game STATION - The Fest
The official Quo Vadis & Games Week Party
Matchmaking Dinner
Quo Vadis Speakers & VIP Reception
MON
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PocketGamer‘s
Big Indie Pitch
Game <3 Cinema
Gamefest am
Computerspielemuseum
Gamefest am
Computerspielemuseum
researching games BarCamp
Making Games Talents Berlin
A MAZE. / Berlin Exhibition
Gamefest am
Computerspielemuseum
researching games BarCamp
A MAZE. / Berlin Conference & Exhibition
Womenize! Tech, Digital Business and Media
A MAZE. / Berlin Conference & Exhibition
VR & Games
Investment Booster
Quo Vadis - create.game.business
Quo Vadis - create.game.business
BerlinBalticNordic.net
Quo Vadis - create.game.business
Quo Vadis - create.game.business - Europe‘s hot spot for games professionals
APRIL 18-20
MON
TUE WED THU
From April 18-20, international game developers gather at
STATION Berlin to debate on the
development of the industry, on
future trends and challenges.
Meet fellow game devs from all
over Europe or take part in a broad range of panel discussions,
presentations and workshops.
This year, QUO VADIS especially focuses on current trends
like VR, eSports, machine learning & the state of the industry.
The line-up includes renowned
speakers like David Helgason
(founder of Unity Technologies),
Martin Sahlin (Creative Direc-
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STATION Berlin
Luckenwalder Str. 4-6
10963 Berlin
tor of Coldwood, “Unravel”)
and Greg Essig (Head of Business Development, Mobcrush).
In total, the conference program features more than 150
speakers in 110 lectures and
panels on 6 stages, from key
players like Ubisoft, Microsoft
and Crytek to academic experts
and indie game developers.
www.qvconf.com
www.facebook.com/qvconf
@quovadis_conf #qvconf
Target group: Professionals
organized by Aruba Events
A MAZE. / Berlin - 5th International Independent Videogames Festival
APRIL 20-23
MON
TUE WED THU
A MAZE. / Berlin brings together
international
independent
game developers and digital
creatives. A MAZE. is a platform
for collaboration and connection, a unique cultural investigation of music, videogames,
virtual reality experiences,
and interactive installations.
A MAZE. showcases games
beyond the mainstream and
celebrates the art-form and
not the product.
In 2016 A MAZE. / Berlin will host
a village where exhibitors display a curated selection of the
best independent and alterna-
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Urban Spree /
Ambulatorium /
Haubentaucher
Revaler Str. 99
10245 Berlin
tive games. The village aims to
foster the international market
for art-house games. Funding
institutions, but also game
labels, distribution platforms
and publishers are invited to
play and meet the developers
of upcoming unique and experimental projects.
www.amaze-berlin.de
www.facebook.com/amaze.festival
@AMazeFest #Amaze2016
Target group: Professionals & Public
organized by A MAZE.
a maZe./BerlIn
aprIl 20–23, 2016
5th InternatIonal Independent VIdeogames FestIVal
APRIL 22-24
Gamefest am Computerspielemuseum
MON
TUE WED THU
The exhibition at the Computerspielemuseum, the world‘s
first public video game museum, offers unique gaming
opportunities, special guests
and tournaments. With more
than 100.000 annual visitors it
is one of the cultural highlights
of Berlin. Its Gamefest festival,
established in 2012, marks the
public event for gamers, retro nerds, families and friends
within INTERNATIONAL GAMES
WEEK BERLIN. It provides formats for every generation and
is attracting more and more
visitors every year. Attendants
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Computerspielemuseum
Karl-Marx-Allee 93a
Kulturhaus Alte Feuerwache Friedrichshain
Marchlewskistr. 6
10243 Berlin
Gamefest am Computerspielemuseum
vary from hardcore gamers to
culturally interested visitors.
In 2015, 3.500 people came to
the event, which is organised
in cooperation with Stiftung
Digitale Spielekultur and Alte
Feuerwache
Friedrichshain,
and supported by Medienboard
Berlin Brandenburg.
www.gamefest.berlin
www.computerspielemuseum.de
www.facebook.com/Computerspielemuseum
@CSM_Berlin #gamefest / #gf16
Target group: Fans & Families
organized by Computerspielemuseum
Copyright: Computerspielemuseum, Foto: Philipp Külker
APRIL 21
Womenize! Tech, Digital Business and Media
MON
TUE WED THU
Womenize! is the new action
day for talents in tech, digital
business and media. Offering
practical and theoretical program parts, the event is designed specifically for women
who seek to build a career in
the fields of media and digital
economy, the games industry
or IT. Companies looking for
fresh insights in terms of team
diversity and new talents will
have a platform and get impulses first-hand.
After a huge success in 2015,
the second edition of Womenize! encompasses a high-pro-
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Microsoft Berlin
Unter den Linden 17
Eingang Charlottenstr.
10117 Berlin
Womenize! Tech, Digital Business and Media
file international conference,
workshops and job-expo. The
day is wrapped up by a networking get-together with
speakers, partners and attendants.
www.womenize.net
www.facebook.com/womenize.techbizmedia
#womenize
Target group: Professionals & Talents
organized by Booster Space
APRIL 19
Matchmaking Dinner
MON
TUE WED THU
The Matchmaking Dinner unites and promotes networking between the most important
decision-makers
from the games, information,
communication and technology industries as well
as politics and institutions.
A carefully selected seating
arrangement ensures for relevant matching and promotes sustainable networking.
The Matchmaking Dinner is the
most elegant way to make high
profile contacts to speakers,
VIPs, investors and politicians.
This event is organized by the
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Exclusive Event
Invite Only
Venue is announced by
invitation
games.net
berlinbrandenburg, an initative of media.net
berlinbrandenburg e.V. – funded by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg - , and the International Games Week Berlin
in cooperation with the Quo
Vadis create.game.business.
www.gamesnet-bb.de
www.facebook.com/gamesnet-bb
@medianet-bb #gamesnet
Target group: Professionals (exclusive, invite only)
organized by games.net berlinbrandenburg &
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VR & Games Investment Booster
MON
TUE WED THU
With a compact 2-hours event
(plus networking) the INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN
boosts the VR & Games industry to the next level. 10 preselected developers of games
or VR content get the chance to pitch their company or
game/product to a number of
international investors. A jury
of experts gives open feedback to the devs and entrepreneurs. After the showcase
there is time for mixing, questions and bilateral pitches.
Organized by Booster Space in partnership with Media
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DENTONS Germany
Markgrafenstr. 33
10117 Berlin
VR & GAMES
Investment
Booster
ORGANIZED BY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SUPPORTED BY
HOSTED BY
Deals Investment Network,
supported by Fiware (Startup Europe), in cooperation
with Quo Vadis. create.game.
business. Hosted by Dentons.
www.gamesweekberlin.com
Target group: Professionals (exclusive, invite only)
organized by Booster Space & Media Deals
IN COOPERATION WITH
5TH INT.
INDEPENDENT
VIDEOGAMES
FESTIVAL
2016
WWW.GAMESWEEKBERLIN.COM
APRIL 22-23
researching games BarCamp
MON
TUE WED THU
researching games BarCamp
(short: #resgames) is a Barcamp dedicated to the study
of digital games. We welcome
participants from all academic disciplines – be it computer sciences, media studies, education, engineering,
psychology, literary studies,
psychology, business administration, medicine, physics,
sociology, maths, law, or religious studies.
While there is no shortage
of game-related business
events, conferences, and festivals nowadays, #resgames
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HTW Berlin
Wilhelminenhofstr. 75A
12459 Berlin
considers itself as a counterpoint to rigid academic formats
or exclusively practice-oriented events. Apart from its academic and interdisciplinary
focus #resgames is therefore
also meant to be an open and
community-driven platform
for games researchers.
www.researchinggames.net
www.facebook.com/groups/resgames
@researchingames #resgames
Target group: (Young) Academics & Professionals
organized by researching games & HTW Berlin
APRIL 23
Making Games Talents Berlin
MON
TUE WED THU
FRI
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Mediadesign
Germany’s most successHochschule
ful recruiting event for the
games industry, Making GaLindenstr. 20-25
mes Talents, takes place
10969 Berlin
at the Mediadesign Hochschule in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
With over 400 successfully
mediated jobs at more than
45 different companies, it
is regularly sold out within
the first week and attracts
120 job-seekers from all
different fields of expertise.
According to the host, Webedia Gaming GmbH, at employees and over 20%
each event more than 90% of all attendants receiof the exhibitors find new ve job offers afterwards.
www.makinggames.biz/talents
www.facebook.com/MakingGames
Target group: Talents and Job-Seekers
organized by Webedia Gaming
BerlinBalticNordic.net - Kickoff & games industry insights
APRIL 18
MON
TUE WED THU
BerlinBalticNordic.net has its
kickoff on April 18, 2016 at the
Nordic Embassies in Berlin. In
the afternoon, we are inviting
the games and start-up industry to a special event where you can learn everything
about the state of the games
industry in our partner countries. We will prepare a special
session called “Industry Insights from the Baltic Sea-Nordic Region”. Five international
speakers will give you industry
insights into funding and financial status within the region, as well as opportunities to
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Nordic Embassies
Felleshus
Rauchstr. 1
10787 Berlin
benefit from cooperation and
investment opportunities. The
lectures will be followed by a
short Q&A with all participants
and the chance to connect
and network.
The kickoff is kindly supported
by the Nordic Embassies.
Please register at https://BBNnet.eventbrite.de
www.BerlinBalticNordic.net
@medianet-bb #BBNnet
organized by media.net berlinbrandenburg
APRIL 24
Game <3 Cinema - The Big Screen Live Action Play
MON
TUE WED THU
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Babylon
Game <3 Cinema transforms
Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30
the cinema into a gaming station! The event, est. in sum10178 Berlin
mer 2015, connects the best
of both worlds: the spectacle
of the big screen and the fun
and excitement of going to
the movie theater with the interactive enjoyment of gameplay: At Game <3 Cinema, local
multiplayer games are played
by several players in the same
space on the same screen
and YOU can choose to join the
action or enjoy the show as a play with us, because home
spectator.
is where the heart is - and our
We invite you to come and heart beats for games!
www.game-cinema.de
www.facebook.com/GameCinemaSeries
Target group: Families, Fans & Gamers
organized by Booster Space
Game <3 Cinema
Saturn Friday Night Sale at the Mall of Berlin
MON
TUE WED THU
You are in urgent need for new
loot? You are hungry for new
gadgets? You are keen to explore new worlds? You wanna play the latest shizzle, but
computer says ‚No!‘? Weep no
more, my fair Ladies and Sirs!
Enter the Saturn LP12 Mall of
Berlin Friday Night Sale during
INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK
BERLIN and get fully loaded
with all your gaming heart is in
need of!
Doors open from 9.30pm till
midnight. Enjoy lots of music
and special offers. Have a look,
the game is on!
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Saturn at the
Mall of Berlin
Leipziger Platz 12
10117 Berlin
Target group: Gamers & Fans
MALL OF BERLIN
APRIL 22
APRIL 23
PlayCamp!
MON
TUE WED THU
PlayChamp! is the first nationwide Games Championship
for amateurs. Open for everybody and with Finals hostet
by PIETSMIETs. The process is
simple: 16 teams, 4 elimination rounds, 4 different games, 1
PlayChamp!
After the highscore qualifiers
at Saturn LP12 Berlin from
Monday to Friday, April 18-22,
daily from 2-8pm, the PlayChamp! the finals show is at the
cinema Babylon on Saturday,
April 23. And the best: you play
for a good cause: 50% of the
registration fees are donated
to Gaming-Aid – the nonprofit
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Finals: BABYLON
Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30
10178 Berlin
Qualifiers:
SATURN LP12
Mall of Berlin
Leipziger Platz 12
10117 Berlin
organization supporting people in need.
At the finals you can expect lots
of fun, entertainment, excitement, Live Let’s Plays and of
course awesome prizes and
one winner cup.
Play long and prosper!
www.playchamp.com
www.facebook.com/PlayChamp
Target group: Gamers & Fans
QUALIFICATIONS
April 18-22
2.oo-8.oopm
SATURN LP12, MALL OF BERLIN
LEIPZIGER PLATZ 12
10117 BERLIN
FINALS
Saturday, April 23
7.oopm (Doors open at 6.oopm)
BABYLON
ROSA-LUXEMBURG-STRASSE 30
10178 BERLIN
organized by FiveStar eSports & Entertainment
WWW.PLAYCHAMP.COM
About INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN - est. in 2014
CONNECTING GAME BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE
IN EUROPE‘S MOST EXCITING CAPITAL REGION
T
he INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK
BERLIN offers a platform for all
aspects of the international gaming scene. Following the motto
of “Connecting Game Business,
Technology and Culture” it brings
together game designers, publishers, investors, politicians, players,
fans, families, researchers as well
as representatives from the entire
media-industry. Founded in 2014
by Booster Space, the INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN is the
successor of the DGT - Deutsche
Gamestage which were initiated
by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg in 2007 and have been supported ever since. Different to DGT,
it is a platform focusing on highlighting and supporting the individual events, it is a true umbrella
brand. You cannot think INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN without
its founding partners, the core
events: Quo Vadis, A MAZE., Gamefest and Matchmaking Dinner.
oint infrastructures, such as
the Safe Space Policy, the
press accreditation system or the
collaborative design of the week‘s
program establish a family of
events. One of our missions is
to showcase the complex diversity of the games scene. Hence
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we strategically added different
events to the family tree. Womenize! was born in 2015 and follows
the agenda to offer attractive content for women in the tech, digital
business and media industries.
This year we added the VR & Games Investment Booster in order
to foster financing for European
game companies and researching games BarCamp in order to
support game academics. PlayChamp! the amateur-mastership
for multiplayer games, as well as
Game <3 Cinema, the more casual
get-together, add up to the offers
for gamers provided by Gamefest
at the Computer Games Museum
and the A MAZE./Berlin festival.
o, in the end, the name follows
a mission: Games are popular
worldwide and we aim to attract
an international audience. Games
are for people and the events in
the second half of the week aim to
attract local residents and tourists
as well as attendants of the other
events. Games are diverse and we
need the seven days, from labour
to leisure, in order to offer the full
experience for gamers, industry
professionals, designers, founders, investors, politics, the press
and other media representatives.
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YOUR FIELD SUPPORT:
GET ALL YOU NEED TO CONQUER THE CITY
Dear GAMES WEEK fellow,
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stablished in 2015, the Games
Week Center is the official place to get all information around
INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN and its amazing events.
ince it is GAMES WEEK‘S mission to spread games to the
whole city of Berlin it comes in
quite natural to go all the way
and transform our formerly static
center into a mobile version, so
we can visit the core events of
GAMES WEEK - supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
esides going mobile, we decided to invest in free to play:
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The Center will serve you as a
place for relaxing, entertainment
and a short break between all
the excitement - like the famous
Match-3 game. It‘s a place to rest
your mind for a minute to get new
energy before leaving and starting for the next big adventure ;)
isit us at Quo Vadis - create.
game.business, A MAZE./Berlin
and the Gamefest at the Computerspielemuseum and we‘ll
serve you everything you need to
conquer the city!
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Love, your Games Week Center
Team a.k.a. the Field Support
IMPRESSUM
V.i.S.d.P.:
Booster Space UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Weinbergsweg 6
10119 Berlin
play@gamesweekberlin.com
Tel.: +49 (0)30 - 4171 4073
Representative:
Michael Liebe (CEO)
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