WHAT IS THE BRAZIL Games EXPORT PROGRAM?

The Brazil Games Export Program is the export program created by the Brazilian Game Companies Association, ABRAGAMES, in partnership with ApexBrasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency. 

Our goal is to promote the Brazilian Game industry internationally, developing new business opportunities for our companies.

WHAT IS Abragames?

The Brazilian Game Companies Association, ABRAGAMES was founded in 2004 and represents Brazilian studios developing games in various platforms such as PC, consoles, mobile phones and Internet. 

Besides catalyzing the game production in the country by training and promoting expertise, Abragames aims at making Brazilian creativity and technology available to the main players of the international game industry.

​ABOUT APEXBRASIL

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad, and to attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. The Agency supports more than 15,000 companies from 80 different industries, which in turn export to 230 markets.
 
ApexBrasil also plays a key role in attracting foreign direct investment to Brazil, working to detect business opportunities, promoting strategic events and providing support to foreign investors interested in allocating resources in Brazil.
Click here to learn more about ApexBrasil.

Event History

2023 events schedule

Web Summit Lisbon 
November 13-16, 2023

DevGAMM Lisbon 2023
November, 16-17, 2023

MICBR
November 8 -12, 2023

​Gamecon Talks Acre
​September 20-22, 2023

XDS 2023
September 6-8, 2023

Gamescom 2023
​August 23-27, 2023

BIG Festival 2023 
June 28 - July 2, 2023

​GDC 2023
March 20-24, 2023

Game Connection America 2023
March 20-21, 2023

​Kidscreen Summit 2023
​February 12-15, 2023

2022 EVENTS Schedule

BGS 2022 
​October 06-12, 2022

​​Brazil Games Week 2022
​September 26-30, 2022

​XDS Summit 2022
September 6-9, 2022

Gamescom/Devcom 2022
August 24-28, 2022

Pax East 2022
March 3 - 6, 2022
(Cancelled)

Game Connection America 2022
March, 2022
(Cancelled)

GDC - Game Developers Conference 2022
March 21 - 25, 2022

BIG Festival 2022
July, 5 - 10, 2022

​Kidscreen Summit 2022
July 18 - 21, 2022

Gamescom/Devcom 2022
August 24 - 28, 2022

​XDS Summit 2022
September, 2022 (to be confirmed)

Tokyo Game Show 2022
September, 2022 (to be confirmed)

2021 EVENTS Schedule

BIG Festival 2021
May 05 - 09, 2021

​GDC - Game Developers Conference
July 19 - 23, 2021
Online 

Game Connection Online
July 19 - August 1, 2021
Online 

MeetToMatch -the San Francisco edition
July 19 - 23, 2021
Online 

MeetToMatch -the Shanghai edition
July 28 - August 2, 2021
Online 

Gamescom/Devcom
August 23 - 27, 2021
Online 

MeetToMatch -the Cologne edition
August 25 - 27, 2021
Online 

XDS Summit
September 14 - 17, 2021
Online 

Tokyo Game Show
September 30 - October 3, 2021
Online 

MeetToMatch -the Tokyo edition
September 30 - October 1, 2021
Online 

Nordic Games 2021
November 2 - 7, 2021
Online

2020 EVENTS Schedule

Kidscreen Summit 2020
February 10 - 13, 2020

Game Connection America and GDC 2020
(Cancelled)

PAX East 2020
February 27 - March 1, 2020

BIG Digital 2020 (Business Matchmaking)
June 22 - 26, 2020
(Online Event)

BIG Digital (Panels)
June 24 - 25, 2020
(Online Event)

Devcom Digital 2020
August 17 - 30, 2020
(Online Event)

Gamescom 2020
August 27 - 30, 2020 
(Online Event)

​XDS - External Development Summit 2020
September 09 - 11, 2020 
(Cancelled)

Tokyo Game Show 2020
September 23 - 27, 2020
(Cancelled)​

White Nights Fall 2020
October 26 - 30, 2020
(Online Event)

XDS 2020 Adapt
October 27 - 30, 2020
(Online Event)

2019 EVENTS Schedule

Kidscreen Summit 2019
February 11 - 14, 2019

Game Connection America and GDC 2019
March 18 - 22, 2019

PAX East 2019
March 28 - 31, 2019

BIG Festival 2019
June 22 - 30, 2019

BIG Festival 2019 Business Matchmaking
June 26 - 28, 2019

Gamescom 2019
August 20 - 24, 2019

​XDS - External Development Summit 2019
September ​11 - 15, 2019

Tokyo Game Show 2019
September 11 - 15, 2019

Game Connection Europe 2019
October 29 - 31, 2019

2018 EVENTS SCHEDULE

​SXSW - South by Southwest
March 10 - 19, 2018

Game Connection and GDC 2018
March 19 - 23, 2018

BIG Festival 2018
June 23 to July 1, 2018

BIG Festival 2018 Business Matchmaking
June 28 - 30, 2018

China Joy 2018
August 3 - 5, 2018

Gamescom 2018
August 21 - 25, 2018

​XDS - External Development Summit 2018
​September 5 - 7​, 2018

2017 events Schedule

​Game Connection and GDC 2017
February 27 to March 3, 2017 

​​SXSW
March 10 - 19, 2017

​BIG Festival 2017
June 24 to July 2, 2017

​BIG Festival 2017 (Business Matchmaking)
June 28 - 30, 2017

​Gamescom 2017
August 22 - 26, 2017

​XDS - External Development Summit
September 5 - 8, 2017

China and Brazil: Games On!
October 11, 2017

​Game Connection Europe
November 1 - 3, 2017

2016 EVENTS SCHEDULE

​​SXSW
March 13 - 17, 2016 

​Game Connection e GDC America
March 14 - 18, 2016 

​BIG Festival 2016
June 27 to July 5, 2016 

2015 EVENTS SCHEDULE

BIG Festival 2015
June ​27 to July 5, 2015

​XDS - External Development Summit
September 9 - 12, 2015

​Game Connection Europe
October 29 - 31, 2015

2014 EVENTS SCHEDULE

​Game Connection America
March 17 - 20, 2014

​BIG Festival (Business Forum)
May 12 - 14, 2014
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Game Connection Europe
October 29 - 31, 2014

2013 EVENTS SCHEDULE

​Copa das Confederações
June, 2013

Planejamento Estratégico
May to August, 2013

Missão Empresarial Canadá e Montreal Game Summit
November 10 - 15, 2013

​Rodada de Negócios Brasil
Dececmber 10 - 11, 2013