Brazil Games participates in thematic panel in the official program and Tetragon (Cafundó Creative Studio) competes for the categories Best Mobile Game and Best Quality of Art

SAO PAULO – Brazil (22nd, October 2019) - The Export Program Brazil Games, created by the Brazilian Game Companies Association (Abragames) in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), will be attending – for the fifth consecutive time – Game Connection Europe, GCE, one of Europe's premier b2b events, which takes place in Paris from 29th to 31st October.

With a delegation of 7 companies, (Cafundó Estúdio Criativo, Diorama, Fira Soft, GamePlan  Hermit Crab Game Studio, Kokku , and Smash Mountain ) and 15 talented entrepreneurs, Brazil Games travels for the seventh time this year, encouraging Brazilian entrepreneurs to do business abroad.
Brazil's game industry will be featured at the panel Brazil: The Next Super Territory for Games, which will present a brief overview of the Brazilian game landscape and ecosystem and the reason why game companies should be mapping this new territory. The panel will be presented by Eliana Russi, executive manager of Brazil Games, on October 30th, at 2 pm.

"We will showcase the vibrant Brazilian game industry, which has stood out in the international press and industry events", says Russi. The executive manager recalls the first participation of the project at Game Connection Europe in 2013, according to her, the Brazilian game industry was totally unknown until then. "In five years a lot has changed and Brazil has become a major player in the global game market. Brazil Games and BIG Festival are key elements in placing the country as a game producer and not only a consumer market", celebrates.

Tetragon nominated for Game Connection Development Awards Europe 2019
Tetragon, by Cafundo Creative Studio, is the only Brazilian game nominated for the Game Connection Development Awards Europe 2019. It is running for the best Mobile and Best Quality of Art and also competes in the People's Choice award. Tetragon is a 2D puzzle set in a square-shaped world which walls may suddenly change positions, rearranging the gravity force of the game. Gameplay includes a sequence of puzzles guided by a deep narrative. The global launch takes place in the first quarter of 2020 for Mobile, Switch and PC. The game is currently in the top three games which received more votes. 

Since 2016, Game Connection America's Indie Development Awards and Game Connection Europe's Indie Development Awards have had at least one Brazilian game among the finalists. In all, there were seven games competing, and four of them winning, they are: Alkimia (Bad Minions), The Rabbit Hole (VR Monkey) and Hempire (Lumen Games) awarded in 2016 and 2017. No Heroes Here (Mad Mimic) won the best Social Game at Game Connection America in 2017. This year, Spaceline Crew (Coffeenauts) has won two awards: Best Casual Game and Most Promising IP and Crystal League (Flipstar) was the winner of Best Social Game, all at Game Connection America 2019.

Check here the showreel of companies attending and the full catalogue

​​​​​About Brazil Games
Brazil Games is the Export Program created in 2013, by the Brazilian Game Companies Association, Abragames, in partnership with Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency. Brazil Games Export Program promotes the Brazilian Games industry globally, developing new business leads and branding Brazil as a great place for business. Brazil Games international presence is at the most important market places in the world such as GDC, Game Connection America, Pax East, Gamescom, XDS, Kidscreen Summit, Tokyo Game Show and of course BIG Festival! The Brazil Games Program also promotes Brazil as the hub for business in Latin America and invites buyers, investors and publishers for BIG Festival, Brazil's Independent Games Festival, the most important international indie games festival and the hub for international business in Latin America.

About Apex-Brasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad, and to attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. Apex-Brasil organizes several initiatives aiming to promote Brazilian exports abroad. The Agency's efforts comprise trade and prospective missions, business rounds, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international trade fairs, arrangement of technical visits of foreign buyers and opinion makers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, and other select activities designed to strengthen the country’s branding abroad. Apex-Brasil also plays a leading role in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, by working to identify business opportunities, promoting strategic events and lending support to foreign investors willing to allocate resources in Brazil.

Press Info:
Game Connection Europe 2019
Date: October 29th to 31st
Venue: Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles – hall 2.1

Panel: "Brazil: The Next Super Territory for Game Development"
Date: 30/10
Time: 14h- 15h
Room: 1

Game Connection Europe 2019 - Indie Development Awards
​Game: Tetragon, by Cafundó Estúdio Criativo, 
Date: up to 25/10
Link to vote: https://bit.ly/2MDVtSo 


Public Relations - BRAZIL GAMES 
Marina Pecoraro +55 11 98381 6379
comunicacao@abragames.org

Discover a handful selection of creative and stunning games from the Brazil Games delegation at gamescom 2019.

São PAULO – Brazil (05 August 2019)
The Brazilian Game Companies Association (ABRAGAMES) and The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) are thrilled to announce this year’s Brazil Games line-up for gamescom. Brazil Games is coming to gamescom for the third time with a variety of creative and stunning games, offering hands-on upcoming indie gems, and including the last chance to preview the horror sci-fi action RPG Dolmen before its 2020 launch. Brazil Games will also highlight Arida, Backland’s Awakening, a historical survival and adventure game set in the Brazilian backlands of the nineteenth century, and Dandy Ace, the new Rogue-lite action title filled with magic from the award winning studio Mad Mimic Interactive.
The following games will be available to demo under the Brazil Games umbrella aside with the 21 represented companies from Brazil:

• Arida: Backland’s Awakening, by Southbox Game Studio and Aoca Game Lab
• Ace, by Mad Mimic Interactive
• Dolmen, by Massive Work Studio
• Trial of Titans, by Oktagon Games
• IIN, by Epopeia

Brazil Games will be located in the hall 3.2 of the Kölnmesse, booth F059 from Tuesday, August 20 to Thursday, August 22. Media inquiries and meeting requests can be sent to Thibaut Trampont (press@eventsforgames.com).
You can find details about the games below! For each game we are scheduling 30 minutes media appointments with opportunities for interviews and hands-on time. Media will discover the upcoming games of those independent studios: South Box, Aoca Game Lab, Epopeia, Oktagon Games, Mad Mimic, and Massive Work Studio.

ARIDA - BY SOUTH BOX and AOCA GAME LAB (COMING TO PC on August 15 2019)

DANDY ACE - BY MAD MIMIC INTERACTIVE (COMING TO PS4, XBOX One, Nintendo Switch, PC and Mac on Q3 2020)

DOLMEN - BY MASSIVE WORK STUDIO (COMING TO PS4, XBOX and PC on Q2 2020)

TRIAL OF TITANS - BY OKTAGON GAMES (COMING to iOS and Android on Q2 2020)

IIN - BY EPOPEIA (AVAILABLE on PC)

               New game from studio Mens Sana Interactive combines puzzle and words

São Paulo, October 24 th , 2019 - Mens Sana Interactive has just released its new game, Mini Words, a minimalist puzzle game that combines elements of logic, word search and hangman.
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In Mini Words, the player must find the 721 most used words in conversations English, in a minimalist and relaxing environment, without distractions.

According to an academic study, those words are enough to cover 90% of English conversations.

The player must, at each level, unscramble all the letters on the board without repeating or crossing paths, discovering the hidden words.

The game is simple to start: boards are small and the words are easily recognized. But it won't be easy to get all the master achievements (in “no tips” mode).

Those learning English can practice vocabulary. Have all those classes been worth it? But those mastering the language have also the challenge to solve the puzzles. More advanced levels will test the skills of attention and logic problems solving.

The new game follows Mens Sana Interactive style to produce games that stimulate the player's mind through a relaxing experience" says Márcio Gastaldello, co-founder and Lead Designer of the studio. "In addition to our larger projects and the ones made for clients, we also want to offer games with a smaller scope that appeal to more specific audiences",; concludes Sérgio Ueta, CEO and co-founder of Mens Sana Interactive.

To play Mini Words on PC and Mac, click here:
 
About Mens Sana Interactive
Mens Sana Interactive is a game studio focused on developing games aimed at personal improvement. It was founded in 2017 and is located in São Paulo, Brazil. They believe that an active and healthy mind is open to new learnings and one way to reach that is through games. In addition to their own games,
they develop games for clients.
More information on Mens Sana Interactive at http://menssanainteractive.com/

Press contact
contact@menssanainteractive.com

Link to assets
Trailer on Youtube

MEETING RESERVATIONS ARE OPEN FOR BRAZIL’S PREMIER GAME STUDIOS​

Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 8, 2019 — The Brazilian games industry has taken to the streets of San Francisco for 2019’s Game Developers Conference to showcase their passion and ingenuity for the world to see. Brazil Games has assembled a troupe of 120 talented industry professionals from over 47 different video game businesses to represent their country’s prowess in the digital arts. Brazil Games’ GDC 2019 highlight reel demonstrates the diversity and expertise of the coalition.

Brazil Games, a partnership between Brazilian Game Companies Association, ABRAGAMES, and Apex-Brasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), was created with the goal to promote the Brazilian gaming industry and enable its worldwide success. They have formed a vast network of video game businesses specialized in a wide spectrum of disciplines including software and external development for consoles, mobile, PC, VR, Liveops, PR/marketing, transmedia, audio and indie game design. Brazil Games reaches its peak every year in June when Sao Paulo becomes the heart of the Indie Game scene in Latin America during the BIG Festival, Brazil's Independent Game Festival, held this year from June 22 to June 30. A complete list of the Brazilian companies represented during GDC 2019 can be found here.

During GDC, business inquiries and meeting requests about Brazil Games, BIG festival or any other Brazilian video game ventures can be forwarded to Eliana Russi (eliana.russi@abragames.org), Brazil Games’ executive director.

The Brazilian delegation is bound to heat up the showfloor alongside a setlist packed with awesome games. Two of the games in Brazil’s lineup, Relic Hunters Legend (Rogue Snail) and DeMagnete VR (BitCake Studio), have already won awards as GDC’s Best In Play Finalists. A third game, Areia (GILP Studio), earned a spot in Best In Play’s Honorable Mention category. Additionally, two more Brazilian games, Trial of Titans (Oktagon Games) and Talaka (Flux Games), have been selected to take part in GDC Pitch, a chance for games to present themselves to the international game community for investors and publishers to help them achieve their potential.

The delegation has also taken the International Mobile Gaming Awards by storm! No less than six games have each been nominated to receive an award at this year’s gathering. These games: Dandara (Long Hat House), Lila’s Tale (Skullfish Studios), Looney Tunes™ World Of Mayhem (Aquiris Game Studio), Tetragon (Cafundo creative studio), Hoppia Tale (Ludic Side Game Studio), and Until Dead (Monomyto Game Studio) are all running for IMGA’s prestigious awards.

Finally, two more games are being considered for recognition at the Game Connection America Awards. Crystal League (Flipstar Studios) has been nominated for the “Best Social Game” category while Spaceline Crew (Coffeenauts) has been nominated for both “Best Casual Game” and “Most Promising IP”.

“The recognition our studios and developers are receiving is absolutely indicative of the investment we put in our products, our country, and each other. We are extremely happy to be able to share the success of our companies with the world and create strong, lasting relationships with the international gaming community”, says Eliana Russi, Brazil Games’ executive director.

13 companies from the Brazilian Games delegation will be present at GDC Play this year. As mentioned, many of them have been nominated for awards and a few have already won theirs!
The following games will be available to demo under the Brazil Games umbrella at GDC Play:

Relic Hunters Legend, by Rogue Snail - Best In Play Winner, GDC 2019
DeMagneteVR, by BitCake - Best In Play Winner, GDC 2019
Areia, by GILP Studio - Best In Play Honorable Mention, GDC 2019
Trial of Titans, by Oktagon Games - GDC Pitch Nominee
Talaka, by Flux Game Studio - GDC Pitch Nominee
Dandy Ace, by Mad Mimic Interactive
Dolmen, by Massive Work Studio
Revolution, by Black River Studios

Brazil Games will be located in the south hall of the Moscone Center, GDC Play booths N3324 and N3326 from Wednesday, March 20 to Friday, March 22 and at Game Connection America from March 18 to March 22. Media inquiries and meeting requests can be forwarded to Damien Sarrazin (damien@homerunpr.com).

Brazil Games is the export program created by the Brazilian Independent Game Companies Association, ABRAGAMES, in partnership with Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency. Our goal is to promote the Brazilian Indie Game industry internationally, developing new business opportunities for our companies.

The Brazil Games Program also promotes Brazil as the hub for business in Latin America and invites buyers, investors and publishers for BIG Festival, Brazil's Independent Games Festival, the most important international indie games festival and the hub for international business in Latin America.

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad, and to attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. Apex-Brasil organizes several initiatives aiming to promote Brazilian exports abroad. The Agency´s efforts comprise trade and prospective missions, business rounds, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international trade fairs, arrangement of technical visits of foreign buyers and opinion makers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, and other select activities designed to strengthen the country’s branding abroad. Apex-Brasil also plays a leading role in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, by working to identify business opportunities, promoting strategic events and lending support to foreign investors willing to allocate resources in Brazil