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BRAZIL GAMES NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2023

2/27/2023

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Abragames (Brazil Games Association ) has a very busy events agenda for this year. After participating in Kidscreen, via Brazil Games Project, a partnership between the Association and ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), it is the turn of GCA and GDC, both events held in March, in San Francisco, USA . After these events it is time for the BIG Festival, from June 28th to July 2nd. In August Brazil Games team has another important fair to cover: Gamescom, held in Cologne, Germany, which this year will be full of news. The Brazil games will also be on XDS in Vancouver, Canada, from September 6th to 8th.

GDC 

Brazilian delegation is ready to go to GDC, in San Francisco
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Brazil will have 41 companies at the event.

Brazil's delegation is ready to go to GCA and GDC (Game Developers Conference). With 41 companies at GDC, Brazil will be represented in a great stand which will accommodate meetings and five mini booths with games produced by local studios. GDC will take place from the 20th to the 24th of March, in San Francisco, USA.
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In addition, Brazil's industry will be showcased at a GDC panel on March 22nd at 11:30AM at Room WH3020. Rodrigo Terra, president of Abragames, will talk about the games industry in Brazil and the opportunities available. Gustavo Steinberg, BIG Festival CEO, will show the event and its attractions to the audience. On the agenda 2 networking opportunities at the stand, with snacks & drinks on the 22nd and breakfast on the 23rd! Also it included the participation of Brazilian companies in the GDC Pitch sessions. 

Through CreativeSP - São Paulo Internationalization Program for the creative industry, InvestSP and the Secretary for Culture and Creative Industry will also participate in the GDC. CreativeSP will support the travel of 10 studios from São Paulo to the event.

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BIG FESTIVAL: registrations close on February 28
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Stay tuned if you are thinking of signing up projects, recommending speakers and/or artists.

The BIG Festival, the biggest games festival in Latin America, is in the production process. And at this stage, registrations are open for independent games and suggestions for conferences and artists.
The deadline for registrations is February 28, 2023, at 11:59 PM (Brasília time).

All types of games will be accepted, on any platform, published or not. The most important is that these games can be tested by the Festival Selection Committee. Games that have already been commercially released will be accepted as long as they have been released no more than two years before the start date of the festival.

Learn more about BIG:

Festival Rules | Awards | What is the BIG Festival?

REGISTER YOUR GAME

Conferences
If you have an innovative theme or a successful case that you would like to suggest to the BIG Festival, let us know. Send it to the organization of the event, which is looking for news that is relevant to the world of games!

Artists
In 2023, BIG opened a new area for game artists, who can be called through an invitation from the festival or through the games sent for selection.

Pay attention: If you are selected to be speaker or as an artist, BIG Festival will offer tickets to business meetings, but will not cover travel and accommodation expenses.

SUGGEST CONFERENCE AND ARTISTS​

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Brazil will have an amazing stand at Gamescom and lots of news
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The event takes place from August 23rd to 27th in Cologne, Germany.

The production of Brazil's space at Gamescom has already begun. In addition to a large stand and many Brazilian companies, the Brazil Games Project will disclose fantastic news during the event. Expectations are the best possible and the news will still be announced. Gamescom is a video game trade show held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. With B2B and B2C spaces, the event attracts a diverse audience, which includes many companies that work with games. For this reason, the fair is an excellent stage for those who want to publicize their projects and for those who want to find great business opportunities. If you want to know more about Gamescom, click HERE.​

Games industry

Abragames expect sustainable growth of the Brazilian games sector in 2023
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Brazilian industry must grow even more in the next twelve months.

In 2023, with the new federal government taking office, the guidelines that were already being worked on in previous years will be able to come into effect at any time. An example of this is the Legal Framework for Games, which is being approved by the Senate and which after approval must enter into force and change the way electronic game development is seen in Brazil.

For Carolina Caravana, vice-president of Abragames, the approval of the  Legal Framework for Games is an important step towards the regulation of the national industry. “Abragames defends improvements in the text so that it represents even more what the game development market understands as essential, such as reducing the bureaucracy for the importation of materials, greater regional and federal assistance to studios, and incentives that help in the delivery of games of all genres. With the reduction of expenses and, consequently, with the reduction of costs to develop games, we believe that games can be more accessible to all audiences”, explained Carolina.

Rodrigo Terra, president of Abragames, emphasizes that it is important to keep the global scenario in mind. With the war in Ukraine, the restriction of game consumption in China – one of the largest consumer markets in the world –, the search for acquisitions by market giants and the post-pandemic difficulties in the production of essential technologies for game development, the trend is that the value of games really undergoes a global readjustment.

“The world has gone through an atypical situation in recent years and the market is trying to adjust to all these changes. In the gamer universe it is no different. The industry giants end up getting around the situation in an easier way, as they are already economically consolidated and have an established loyal audience. Therefore, it is important that measures such as the Legal Framework for Games be approved so that both the end consumer and the national studios are not too much impacted by these changes.”

Abragames believes that 2023 will be another very promising year for the growth of the national studios. The number of game development studios increases every day and, with that, the number of games released, as well as their reach, grows. The Brazilian games industry already develops games for several platforms, from console and mobile titles to cloud gaming and virtual reality. The last few years were the best in the country's history to the sector. There was a significant increase in the number of releases and new studios.

BRAZIL GAMES EXPORT PROGRAM
The Brazil Games Export Program is the export program created by the Brazilian Game Companies Association, Brazil Games Association, 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. 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. 
 
BRAZILIAN GAME COMPANIES ASSOCIATION
Brazil Games Association, the Brazilian Game Companies Association, was founded in 2004 and represents Brazilian studios developing games on various platforms. Besides catalyzing the game production in the country by training and promoting expertise, Brazil Games Association 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 12,000 companies from 80 different industries, which in turn export to 200 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.

Disclaimer: Sponsored events and games showcased on this Newsletter may not reflect Abragames/Brazil Games opinion.
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brazil games newsletter - january 2023

2/2/2023

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Brazil Games Association starts 2023 with lots of energy and focus. Among the main activities planned are the 2023 events, which the association will participate in through the Brazil Games Export Project - a partnership with ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency). The partnerships and projects that are being developed also are among priorities. The year is going to be productive and with many positive results.

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Brazil Games Association inform: Registration closed for three events
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Kidscreen, GCA and GDC.

Brazil Games Association informed that registration is already closed for members who are planning to go to Kidscreen, GCA and GDC with association's support. The team, which is finalizing the material to be presented at the events, is already getting organized to start working on the next events of 2023. Stay tuned so you don't miss deadlines to participate in the opportunities presented by the association.

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BIG FESTIVAL: Subscriptions close in February
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See more at BIG's website.
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Between June 28th and July 2nd, 2023, the BIG Festival, the largest festival of games, creation, business and networking in Latin America, is going to happen at São Paulo Expo, in São Paulo, Brazil. The event will also be available online. 

Brazil Games (the Brazilian Games Export Program), which is carried out by Brazil Games Association (Brazilian Games Companies Association) and ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), will be a partner of BIG Festival also in 2023. 

The event has opened submissions for the BIG Festival Awards, which rewards the best games from independent developers around the world in several categories and includes cash prizes for some of them. The event will accept all types of games, from any platform, published or unpublished, but that can be played by the Festival Selection Committee. Games already released commercially will be accepted as long as they have been presented to the market within two years of the festival date.

Creators interested in showing its games need to be aware: the submissions close on February 28, 2023, at 23:59 (Brasília time) - the access is free and can be made through the BIG Festival website.

BIG 2022: In its 10th edition, held in 2022, the results recorded by BIG Festival broked records. The festival took place in July and hosted around 30 thousand visitors for four days. There were more than 120 million interactions on social media and more than 300 million in partner profiles. Six thousand business meetings were scheduled during the festival, with a record number of companies: there were 669, of which 429 were from Brazil. More than 1,300 professionals from the gaming market were at BIG Festival. The business developed at BIG Festival 2022 also increased impressively: the event drove around half a billion reais (R$ 500,000,000), about US$ 100 million.  
The conferences are also an important attraction of the event. Among the speakers there will be national and international industry's leaders, who will discuss relevant subjects for the games community. The content will be prepared and curated by Abragames.

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Check what's new at Viva Games
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Kakele Online is an open world 2D cross-platform game.

Here's what Viva Games says: "The Cyclopes are looking forward to challenging you to epic fights, boss battles and puzzles. We've been working tirelessly on this update as we want to bring the best content and changes to our gaming community. Kakele Online is an open-world 2D cross-platform game, an Online RPG. In Kakele, you join players from all over the world to fight monsters, explore mysterious caves, complete tasks and quests, collect items and much more!

We've read hundreds of comments on Reddit and Discord, and that's helped shape new things to come and things were changing in the game. Thank you very much for your support so far. We've grown our team from 5 people to 9 people in total and in 2023 we're bringing some of them into full-time positions!

And finally, we founded the company ViVa Games! Here is the expected changelog for the Kakele 4.3 update. That's a lot of changes - we're showcasing some of them and look forward to hearing your feedback to align and improve everything before launch."

Visit the site and submit your feedback.

Viva Games:
https://kakele.io/
Kakele Online - #MMORPG​​ | Trailer​
Starlit Toons arrives on Box Kids TV and Youtube
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The first season premiered in January.

From video games to television! This month, the Box Kids TV channel starts showing Starlit Toons, an animation based on the video game Starlit Adventures. In small doses of fun, the animated series – can also be found in comics and video games or mobile – Starlit Toons presents everyday situations in which the characters Bo, Kikki and their gang entertain, teach and collaborate in developing children's curiosity and the whole family.
 
The attraction, created and developed by the Brazilian Rockhead Studios, explores the possibilities of a fantastic universe full of epic adventures and many challenges. The first ten episodes seek to start an unprecedented adventure in the world of Starlit, presenting the universe from a new perspective in order to complement what already exists in Starlit games for PlayStation, XBOX and Nintendo Switch video games, as well as comic books.

The ten episodes of the first season of the animation will be shown from this Sunday, January 8th, in small doses of fun throughout the day on the Box Kids channel. Starlit Toons can also be watched on the Box Brazil Play streaming platform.

In addition to Starlit Toons being great content for the channel's children's audience, the rapprochement between the companies also occurred because both Rockhead and the Box Brazil Group, of which Box Kids is a part, are neighbors in the Tecnopuc complex in Porto Alegre/ RS. The site is an ecosystem that houses public and private companies, from the most different fields of activity, in a community format aimed at bringing them together, exchanging ideas, experiences, products and services.​
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ABOUT BOX KIDS TV
Box Kids TV is a channel that invites the public to open “their box of surprises” and explore the full potential of their imagination. With a program rich in diversity of stories that mix learning, fun, entertainment, and pedagogy. It presents national and international dubbed productions for the age group from 0 to 7 years old. Box Kids TV is part of the Grupo Box Brazil channel portfolio and is available both for the PAY TV market and the OTT market on Digital Platforms. It is available on Vivo Fibra-IPTV: channels 561 and 61 HD, Vivo DTH1: 323 and 833 HD, Vivo DTH2: channel 30, and also live on the Box Brazil Play platform.

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ABOUT STARLIT
Starlit is an award-winning transmedia franchise that started with Starlit Adventures, released for iOS and Android in 2015, for PS4 in 2018, and Xbox and Switch in 2020. The platform game captivated the public and became a highlight in Apple, Google, and Sony, reaching No. 2 in China's iOS Apps section in its launch week. Over 16 million have played Starlit Adventures on mobile devices, and the console version has surpassed 5 million players. In 2016, the game won the BIG Festival as Best Brazilian Game, and also won Best Game by SBGames and Best Casual Game at the JinLing Awards in China. In 2017, Starlit Archery Club was released for mobile phones, which also became one of the best mobile games in Latin America, according to the Google Play Indie Game Festival. In 2019, Starlit On Wheels won the best mobile game category at BIG Festival 2019 and Starlit KART Racing won best mobile game at SBGames 2021, being released for PlayStation and XBOX in 2022 and reaching the mark of 1 million players in a few months. The Starlit brand also expanded into other media, with comics in Portuguese, Spanish, English, and Mandarin that reached more than 250,000 readers.
To keep up with news on this and other Rockhead titles, follow the studio on their official social networks Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

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ABOUT ROCKHEAD
Rockhead Studios was created in 2011 by Christian Lykawka and Fernando D'Andrea in Porto Alegre (Brazil) to develop games for PC, consoles, and mobile devices. The founders brought to Rockhead more than two decades of experience producing games in their previous studio, Southlogic, which worked on projects for platforms such as Playstation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, PS Vita, PC, XBOX, XBOX 360, GameCube, Nintendo DS and acted as Ubisoft Porto Alegre from 2008 to 2010. Today Rockhead uses all this talent to create games with its intellectual properties, such as the Starlit series, which encompasses several video games in addition to comics and animation.

Shuhei Yoshida chooses his 5 favorite indie games in Brazil
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Post on Instagram from Playstation Brazil showed the choices of the company's executive.

Shuhei Yoshida, Head of Indie Initiatives at Sony Interactive Entertainment, chose his five favorite Brazilian indie games. The executive's choice was disclosed by Playstation Brasil, on its Instagram page. Shuhei Yoshida was at the 2022 BIG Festival as one of the main speakers. His speech and participation in the event were praised by all participants. ​
​Spacelines From The Far Out, new video game simulates commercial space travel
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Games could predict the future of commercial space travel.

 "Spacelines From The Far Out" is a 2022 video game developed by Coffeenauts, which allows the player to take control of a commercial space liner company, responsible for transporting customers along established space paths.

While the game itself is irreverent and wraps itself in a kitschy 1950s 'space race' aesthetic, its subject matter couldn't be more relevant to modern discussions of the lightning pace at which the commercial space travel industry is growing. With commercial entities like Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and Blue Origin set to join new players in the coming years, experts in the field are predicting that affordable suborbital travel will be available to most of us within a few decades.

"Spacelines From The Far Out" launches on Xbox Game Pass, which means you can have fun navigating the stresses and obstacles of commercial space travel, without the required billions of dollars in upfront costs. See the game Here.
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BRAZIL GAMES EXPORT PROGRAM 
The Brazil Games Export Program is the export program created by the Brazilian Game Companies Association, Brazil Games Association, 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. 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. 
 
BRAZILIAN GAME COMPANIES ASSOCIATION 
Brazil Games Association, the Brazilian Game Companies Association, was founded in 2004 and represents Brazilian studios developing games on various platforms. Besides catalyzing the game production in the country by training and promoting expertise, Brazil Games Association 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 12,000 companies from 80 different industries, which in turn export to 200 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.

Disclaimer: Sponsored events and games showcased on this Newsletter may not reflect Abragames/Brazil Games opinion.
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    ABOUT BRAZIL GAMES

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

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