The team and board of Abragames (Brazilian Games Association ) are delighted and proud to announce that Brazil will be the honored country at Gamescom 2023, which takes place in Cologne, Germany, from August 22nd to 27th, and is considered one of the biggest events of games in the world. The tribute represents the recognition of the work being done by the Brazil Games Project in the international market. There are lots of reasons to celebrate and many doors to be opened for the Brazilian studios outside Brazil. 

​Brazil is the official partner country of gamescom 2023, the world's largest event for video games and Europe's leading business platform for the games industry. The organizers of gamescom, Koelnmesse, game - the German games industry association, Abragames, the Brazilian Games Association, in its partnership with ApexBrasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, is happy to lead the Brazilian delegation and in to have Brazil as a partner country of gamescom this year.

Brazil will assume this role of official partner country with the purpose to highlight Brazil among international investors and partners. The Brazilian games market, considered the most important in Latin America, has been attracting foreign companies eyeing the potential of local studios and the quality of the products they develop. 

The Brazilian games market itself had an important growth in recent years. The estimated revenue from digital games in Brazil in 2021 was over US$ 2.3 billion, and almost 75% of the population is estimated to play games frequently. There are more than 1,000 game development studios in Brazil, which represents an increase of 169% over the past four years - in 2018, the country had 375 such companies.

"It is a historic moment for Brazil. In recent years, we have seen incredible results from the national games industry and gamescom's tribute crowns all the work that has been done by Brazilian studios and professionals. It is an honor for Abragames to lead this project and experience up close an unprecedented recognition", says Rodrigo Terra, President of Abragames.

"We, from ApexBrasil, are partners of Abragames and believe in the Brazilian games industry, which is experiencing an important moment, there are 1009 development studios in our country. With the government of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and vice-president Geraldo Alckmin, we can strengthen this sector by establishing continued public support policies and seeking to regulate and facilitate the development of the games industry in Brazil. We have many talents and need to create a proper ecosystem to take advantage of that, after all, we are talking about a giant industry, with more than 3 billion players worldwide and with a huge potential", said Jorge Viana, president of ApexBrasil.

Felix Falk, Managing Director of the game association: “We are very pleased to have Brazil as the partner country of gamescom 2023, making it the first ever partner country from South America. This shows once again that gamescom is the home of the international games industry connecting countries and continents through gaming. The Brazilian games industry has grown strongly and is very well networked internationally. Brazil and South America contribute to a vibrant and colorful games world which we will celebrate together at gamescom in August.”

Gerald Böse, President and Chief Executive Officer at Koelnmesse: "gamescom is the leading international event for the whole gaming community. Partnering with different countries for each gamescom and showcasing their vibrant gaming scene has always been and remains a vital part of our ambition to bring together this global, immensely dynamic industry. In 2023, we are very pleased to have Brazil as Latin America’s most important gaming market on our side.”

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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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.

Brazilian delegation is ready to go to GDC, in San Francisco

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.

BIG FESTIVAL: registrations close on February 28

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​

Brazil will have an amazing stand at Gamescom and lots of news

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.​

Abragames expect sustainable growth of the Brazilian games sector in 2023

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.

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.

Brazil Games Association inform: Registration closed for three events

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.

BIG FESTIVAL: Subscriptions close in February

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.

Check what's new at Viva Games

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

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.​

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.

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.

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

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

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.

We are closing 2022 with excellent news: Abragames (Brazilian Game Companies Association,) and ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) have just announced that the partnership between the institutions was renewed for another two years: 2023 and 2024. The partnership, which completes 10 years in 2023, is focused on the Brazil Games Export Sectorial Project, created to improve Brazilian video game exports.​

Abragames has been renewed the partnership with ApexBrasil 

Partnership aims to continue promoting the Brazilian games industry in the international market.

Abragames (Brazilian Game Companies Association,) renewed the partnership contract with ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) for another two years, - 2023/2024. In 2023, the entities will celebrate ten years of partnership, which focuses on the Brazil Games Sectorial Project, created to improve Brazilian video game exports, boosting business and giving even more visibility to national projects. 

With the renovation, Abragames and ApexBrasil want to surpass the excellent results achieved in recent years – considered the best in history –, in addition to expanding the presence of national studios among major international events from the sector.

“All the results achieved by the project, with the quality and assertiveness of the commercial promotion actions, were crucial for us to be able to expand investments for the next two years with the objective of consolidating Brazil as a emerging country in the games sector in the world. ”, concludes Eros Ramos, portfolio manager of technology, games and innovation programs and projects at ApexBrasil's Industries and Services Management.

Rodrigo Terra, president of Abragames, says: “For us it is a very important step, even more so in a moment of maturity of the national industry, with more and more business opportunities. We will once again have the chance to promote Brazilian studios abroad and open doors for new contracts with companies interested in investing in our industry. Today, the global market is a real option for Brazilians and no longer a distant dream, and we are certain that the next two years will be a period of great achievements”.

Throughout this decade of partnership, Abragames and ApexBrasil, through Brazil Games, have already carried out more than 100 activations and closed important partnerships for the Brazilian industry, such as Sebrae and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, even resulting in the production of Brazil Games Week , a program that takes important information about the potential of the game industry in Brazil to different countries around the world.

“Brazil Games aims to give even more international visibility to the excellent projects developed in Brazil. We live a unique moment in our industry and with the real possibility of being one of the biggest game development hubs in the world”, says Eliana Russi, international director of Abragames “Over a decade of partnership, Brazil went from 20 to more than 1,000 studios that develop game projects in different business models. For another two years, we will continue with this great cooperation agreement in which Abragames represents the Brazilian industry in the management of various actions aimed at the gamer universe, generating awareness and business for the studios in our country.”

In 2023, the expectation is that Abragames and the delegation of Brazilian studios, through Brazil Games, will cover events such as Game Developers Conference (GDC), Game Connection America, BIG Festival, Gamescom, External Development Summit (XDS) and Kidscreen , among others.

BIG has opened for suggestions and submissions

Submissions are free and can be made through Big’s website.

BIG Festival, the largest games festival in Latin America, has opened submissions for independent games and for suggestions of talks and artists for its 11th edition. Submissions are free and can be made through the BIG Festival website. 

The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2023, at 23:59 (Brasília time).


Games
BIG accepts all kinds of games, on any platform, published or unpublished, as long as they can be played by the Festival Selection Committee.
Games that have already been commercially released will be accepted as long as they were released no earlier than two years before the start date of the festival.

Submit your game or session

Talks
If you have an innovative theme or a successful story, send it to BIG. The Festival looks for the newest and most relevant topics in the world of games!
 
Artists
In 2023, BIG will also open a new area for game artists. Artists may be selected by invitation from the festival or through the games sent for selection.
 
Important: If you are selected for a talk or as an artist, BIG Festival will offer a BIG Professionals ticket, but will not cover your travel and accommodation expenses.
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Suggest talks or artists​

Do you want to know which companies are covering international events?

Consult our catalogues and reels.

If you want to know more about the companies from Brazil Games' Project who are covering the international events, please consult the page below and access the catalogues and reels prepared for the events of 2022.
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https://www.brazilgames.org/index.html 

Identify the companies in the gaming market

VRMonkey is an independent Virtual and Augmented Reality game company.

VRMonkey is an independent company of Virtual and Augmented Reality games, which has been operating in the market for nine years. The company is a world reference for the work it carries out in several projects, which are on the Best Sellers list of the main Virtual Reality platforms.


Summary of Main Projects and Plans for the Future:

Currently, the company has two main Intellectual Property projects:

Galaxy Kart VR - a mini kart racing and combat game in Virtual Reality, coming to PlayStation VR2

Isekai - a beat'em up game in Virtual Reality inspired by Japanese animations known as Animes.
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In addition, VRMonkey continues expanding the team and providing services to the largest VR game companies in the world, among which is the Drunkn Bar Fight game -  continuously on the best seller list on Meta Quest.

Very soon the company will release a game from publisher Raw Fury - the team worked on a full conversion from flatscreen (traditional screen) to Virtual Reality.

Want to know more?
Website: http://vrmonkey.com.br
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vrmonkey_official/?hl=en 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vr_monkey?lang=en 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vrmonkeybr/ ​

Abragames wishes happy holidays to all its members, partners and supporters of the vibrant Brazilian Games industry!

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.

Abragames (Brazilian Game Companies Association) has invested in partnerships and participation in national events as well. The entity's proposal is to create opportunities to expose its members, as well as their products and projects, and create new business opportunities for all of them. Within this context, the Association has disclosed, through its partners, informative webinars, discounts on essential products, agreements with other institutions, etc.
 

Discover the companies in the gaming market 

DX Gameworks is the studio of October.

DX Gameworks where the slogan “Your game, our dream” is taken seriously!
DX Gameworks is a Brazilian game publisher and developer that has come to break with the traditional model of game production and publishing. The company has offices in Manaus, São Paulo, Brasília, United States, Portugal and now also in the Netherlands with the recent acquisition of game developer and publisher Den of Thieves. The company has a team of highly qualified employees to create, develop and publish games.
 
Since November 2020, the company has invested in the incorporation of studios, together with its teams and infrastructure, in particular Garage 227 Studios, by founders Daniel Monastero and Lucas Farina; IMGNATION Studios, by director Orlando Fonseca; Bad Minions by director Leonardo Batelli; Flying Saci by director Sylker Teles. In this way, the company brought industry leaders and a team of trained professionals, its projects, customers and intellectual properties, thus strengthening the company's corporate structure. 

MAIN PROJECTS AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE:

DX Gameworks currently has more than 20 games in its development and publishing pipeline, having launched this year two games for consoles: Eternal Hope and Akane. The company plans to start 2023 with new announcements and releases. Follow more news on our media networks! During BGS 2022 DX Gameworks presented two major new projects.
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The first one is a partnership between DX and the game developer and digital influencer, Pedro Caxa. Pedro Achieved a huge fan base by showing the development of his game, Camp Wars, on his social networks. And together they launched Caxa Games to produce the game Camp Wars, created and directed by Pedro Caixa. 

The second announcement, made together with Jovem Nerd and Magalu Games, is the digital card game Ruff Ghanor, inspired by The Legend of Ruff Ghanor, a book by Leonel Caldela released in 2014. Ruff Ghanor game is under development in Brazil by DX Gameworks and will be released globally by Nonsense Creations and Magalu Games on a date to be announced. The game will be available on PC (Steam), PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Series S/X and Nintendo Switch platforms. The game will also be available on PC (Steam), PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Series S/ X and Nintendo Switch.

To know more about DX Gameworks:

Website: https://dxgameworks.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dxgameworks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dxgameworks
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dx-gameworks?originalSubdomain=br
Press: Contato@afitcomunica.com.br

BRASIL CRIATIVO AWARD

The games category is presented in partnership with ABRAGAMES.

With the proposal of valuing and recognizing creativity as a factor of change, the award reaches its fourth edition seeking to expand people's understanding of what the creative economy involves, and mainly, how economic activities based in the interacting with knowledge and technology, including cultural and artistic values, cultural heritage and other individual or collective productive expressions, which can directly reflect on the construction of a more inclusive, diverse, kind and innovative country.
 
The games category is presented in partnership with ABRAGAMES, and will be evaluated by specialists such as Rodrigo Terra, Bernardo Mendes and Daniel Bernardo.
 
The award will choose the best in twelve categories: Audiovisual, Architecture, Crafts, Content Creator, Design, Game, Gastronomy, Fashion, Music, Advertising, Technology and Urban Art.
 
The information of the event is available on Instagram - @premiobrasilcriativo. For more please access HERE.
 
Be aware:
Registration Closed - From September 14th to October 31st
Pre-selection – From November 1st to 7th.
Announcement of finalists - November 25th.
Awards – December, in São Paulo.

Preparing and planning a game company

Sebrae's course offers tools for the digital game entrepreneur.

​The purpose of the course is to prepare the digital game entrepreneur with the main concepts needed to create a sustainable business. In the preparation and planning path of a games company, those who participate will have an overview of the digital games industry and its functioning, in addition to:

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• Recognize the different business models of the sector, niches and segments of the games industry;
• Identify the levels of maturity that a game company can present;
• Adopt a favorable posture to reach the maximum level of maturity of your company;
• Recognize the importance of formalization and the search for information about the framework and professionals who can give support to the company;
• Conduct market research to validate the game idea aa well as the concept before development;
• Fill out the Game Development Canvas;
• Fill in the Post Mortem.

The creators of Chroma Squad are back on Kickstarter with a new RPG

Behold Studios presented a new crowdfunding project.

The internationally acclaimed studio for games Chroma Squad and Knights of Pen & Paper has returned to Kickstarter. Behold Studios has unveiled a new crowdfunding project and hopes to have at least the same success as it had in 2013 with an RPG about Power Rangers and the TV shows called Chroma Squad.
 
“Returning to Kickstarter once again is not for the faint of heart. Chroma Squad in 2013 was a big effort, but it was very successful.” said Saulo Camarotti, one of the studio's founders. “Today we are returning to crowdfunding, but we want to bring more experience and maturity to the project”, he adds.
 
The new project is called Mahou Senshi Cosplay Club, where the studio is focusing on creating a narrative-driven RPG with its well-known flair of mixing realities of imagination and meta-reference. At this time, a Magical Girl gets her power by starting a journey to become a Cosplayer, and the game will let you create cosplays and fight in turn-based battles using the costumes you create.
 
The game is a complete RPG set in a cosplay world. You will have the opportunity to explore events and exhibitions to participate in cosplay contests. Through exploration, you will expand your inventory with new materials and design pieces so you can be more creative in developing new cosplays.
 
The studio is looking for support to complete the game on Kickstarter and has put some interesting options on its list, such as buying access to an early playable version of the game, or even becoming an in-game NPC cosplayer that looks just like you and would be wearing a cosplay of your choice.
 
Mahou Senshi Cosplay Club will launch first for PC and main consoles, and is expected to launch in 2023 following the success of Kickstarter. If you want to check out the crowdfunding page, go HERE. 

Brazilian company launches PC game with a focus on collaboration

Magna Interactive launched on the gaming platform Steam.

The game Ukko & Guará: Stellarbound, is the launch of Magna Interactive. Focusing on collaboration between characters who live in opposite worlds, the game features a guará wolf from Brazil and a reindeer from Finland who must solve a series of puzzles.
 
Set in Brazil and also in Finland, the characters are connected through the power of a shooting star that fell to earth and split in half. One half of the star will end up in Brazil and the other in Finland, where, respectively, Guará and Ukko find them. Through the differences of both northern and southern hemispheres, the game presents challenges based on each character's biome, as well as solutions provided by the climatic differences of each one.
 
Among the proposed challenges, the player will find buttons, cross rivers, build bridges, push objects, among others. It is worth noting the absence of violence throughout the game. Originally created by a team of 5 people for the Good Game Brazil Game Jam, organized by the Brazilian embassy in Helsinki, the game was a winner of the event that provided the team with a trip on a diplomatic mission to Helsinki.
 
“The final quality of the game delivered at the game jam and the victory of the same, gave indications that the game was worth continuing. That's why we brought it into Magna and continued to develop more levels and new mechanics to launch it commercially on the Steam platform”, comments Fernando Sá de Souza, founder of Magna Interactive.

Black Anvil, TCG by Animus Game Studio, is announced for PC and Mobile

The launch of the game, which has different mechanics, is scheduled for 2023.

The Brazilian studio Animus announced that it is developing a trading card game that promises differentiated gameplay. Black Anvil is a Medieval-era card game and, to start the game, players must summon a Daemon and equip it with holy items to then begin the battle.
 
Battle gameplay, however, is entirely influenced by the phases of the moon, which change each round and affect the attributes of Daemons and cards. “Black Anvil will allow players to use scrolls to create their cards and then use them in their own decks, or exchange them in an in-game marketplace,” explains Matheus Mazuqueli, creative director at Animus Game Studio. “In Black Anvil we will empower the player to create their deck the way they prefer, whether using our crafting system or buying cards directly from the store”, he concludes.
 
In 2023, the Alpha version of the game will be available and Black Anvil will introduce the features of dice rolls and the lunar system. Afterwards, the game will continue to be updated, receiving crafters, which will inaugurate the card creation system. The cards can be developed through the scrolls and resources that will be obtained on the board after each game.
With integration to blockchain technology, Black Anvil will have two game modes: single-player and PvP, free for everyone and no need to connect to a cryptocurrency wallet. To play in ranked mode, a connection to a cryptocurrency wallet is required. The objects and armor created can be traded in the Black Anvil marketplace, which uses Web3 technology. Each card has its value coined as an NFT and, in the future, it will be able to integrate other games that also use blockchain.

Abragames signed a partnership with BGS

Abragames members had the opportunity to exhibit their products and services with special discounts.

Abragames signed a partnership with BGS to offer special conditions for any Abragames member interested in participating in the event as an exhibitor in the indie area. Abragames also attended to several partners and professionals interested in getting information about the association at a stand installed in the business area. The partnership was an excellent opportunity for the entities to further strengthen and support the Brazilian gaming industry.
 
The BGS, Brasil Game Show, took place from October 6th to 12th, at Expo Center Norte, in SP. More than 2 million people have passed through BGS and this year's visitors were part of the largest edition in history, which had more than 320,000 visitors, about 400 participating brands, more than 3,000 influencers, eSports championships, themes areas, hundreds of launchings, attractions, among others.
 
BGS has an essentially gamer DNA and is a fair unlike anything else in the segment. Held for the first time in 2009, initially as the Rio Game Show, in the capital of Rio de Janeiro, BGS currently occupies all pavilions at Expo Center Norte, in São Paulo. In addition, it brings together the main companies in the segment, is the stage for major releases, opens space for independent studios and attracts personalities from the gaming market.​

Animus was part of BGS 2022

The company presented its news at the Evoverse stand.
 
Animus was present at BGS 2022 at the Evoverse stand, a blockchain game developed by the studio. The space had a competition arena that had more than 3 thousand players, who competed for great prizes - such as a 0km car and a complete gamer set-up.
 
Evoverse is a 100% national cryptogame that offers visitors and competitors an immersive gaming experience. With a 500m² stand, in addition to the competition arena, the area had a DJ, açaí pots to replenish the energy of the players. The place also hosted Caio Castro, co-founder of the game.
 
Animus representatives concluded that seven days were not enough to experience everything that was provided.

Goldilock One - Open World Action RPG BR

Game attracted many people every day at BGS.

“Goldilock One: As Brumas de Jakaíra”, a game in the Pre-Alpha phase, called the attention at the largest games fair in Latin America. Independent studio Shedofideas Games made a save against a BOSS available to use as a challenge, and the result was long lines of people waiting to participate in the challenge and get to know the game.
For Will Emmerich, project director: "We had good expectations for the event, but honestly we didn't expect that the response from the class would be so positive, we went to BIG and managed to use all the feedback we received in a positive way, and now going to BGS and seeing the reaction of the crowd playing, receiving the affection and praise of the public was something unique... We had several who didn't defeat BOSS in one day and came the next day to the booth eager to play again. I don't even know how to explain how we felt .”
The challenge against BOSS was so successful that the studio is already preparing an exclusive PLAYTEST for Brazilians. The project aims to reproduce the experience obtained in the events through a ranking system with different difficulties. The strategy is to promote community engagement with the project, on the steam page.
 
Soon everyone will be able to sign up and wait for the release of access that will be in diferent groups. The bold scope project, is preparing a crowdfunding for the beginning of December, which accompanying its extended goals can reach 22 hours of gameplay in an open world, where thel NPCs can be add to join the main character's Party. The experiences can be used both for real-time combat and for solving puzzles in the environment using the specific skills of each one.
 
Anyone who wants to know a little more about the project can access the landpage and also the steam page that is already active.
 
Landpage: apoie.goldilockne.com
Steam Page: steam.goldilockone.com

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

The Brazil Games Project, a partnership between Abragames (Brazilian Association of Game Developers) and ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), closed the 2022 international agenda covering important events: Devcom/Gamescom, in Cologne, Germany, and XDS, in Vancouver, Canada. The results were excellent and expectations for 2023, when it is proposed to start a new project with ApexBrasil, are the best possible. Next year's target markets have already been chosen by Abragames' members.

Brazil Games stand was a great success at Gamescom

The Brazilian delegation participated with 40 companies.

The Brazil Games Project coordinated the trip of 40 companies to Gamescom;  30 of which also were at Devcom. The Brazil Games stand at Gamescom, with 84m2, located in the Business area, in Hall 3.2 of Koelnmesse, was a success and was the base for many meetings and business discussions. The Brazilian companies had the support of the Brazil Games team, which coordinated the schedule of meetings in space. CreativeSP, SPCine and the Government of Rio Grande do Sul supported the trip of several studios, which presented their products and projects to the international market and also had the support of Brazil Games.
 
A breakfast hosted by the Brazil Games Project, held on the first day, welcomed the Brazilian delegation; at the end of the day the delegation members were received by CreativeSP for a cocktail party held at Brazil Games' space. Gamescom, which took place in Cologne, Germany, is one of the biggest gaming events in the world, where you can learn about products, present your products and get many contacts and business.
 
Were at the event:
 

1. AOCA RS
2. Aquiris
3. ARVORE
4. Beaver / Hammerfist
5. Beta2
6. BIG Festival
7. Blu Apps
8. Canvas Games
9. Dragonroll
10. Druid
11. Druzina Content
12. DX Gameworks
13. Dyxel
14. Epopeia Games
15. Flux Games
16. Gameplan
17. Hermit Crab
18. Hoplon
19. Hyper Dive
20. Ilex Games
21. Indie Hero
22. IzyPlay
23. Kokku
24. Kreativitas
25. Luski Game Studio
26. Mad Mimic
27. Maniblox by Manifesto Games
28. Minigum
29. Nuuvem
30. PetitFabrik
31. PlaySTEM
32. PushStart
33. Radioativa Game Sounds
34. Savegame
35. Silkcity
36. Sorora
37. Theogames
38. UX4INDIE.GAMES
39. Virtual Planet
40. Webcore Games

XDS hosted nine studios from Brazil

Brazilian companies scheduled several meetings at the Brazil Games lounge.

There were four days of meetings and discussions about External Development. The XDS (External Development Summit) took place in Vancouver, Canada, from September 7 to 9 and hosted nine companies from Brazil, which traveled supported by the Brazil Games Project. At Brazil Games lounge, companies could meet partners and future partners to present their projects. Kokku and Puga, two important Brazilian studios, were with their own stands at the event. Diorama, one of the largest game companies in Brazil, was also present through Everaldo Neto and Bruno Palermo, who were presenting their projects during the XDS.
 
The Brazil Games Project schedule started on September 6 with the excellent agenda offered by the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (BCCC) in British Columbia and the Brazilian Consulate in Vancouver. On the agenda was the meeting with specialists in internationalization, visas for starting a business (start up Visa), immigration processes, acceleration programs and investments. The success of the XD Summit was celebrated by all the participants, who returned with good contacts on their agenda and many plans.
 
Before the event, XD Summit released an important report with data on the games market - XDS Summit 2022 Insights Report on External Development. According to the report, in the last two years Developers/Publishers highlighted Brazil as the most promising region in the provision of services. According to the study, 3D art, concept art, and cinematic visual effects remain the top projected growth driver year by year. UI/UX dropped a spot among the top five; console development took its place. See more HERE. 

Who are the companies in the gaming market

Hermit Crab is the studio of September.

In August 2022, we started to show, through the Highlight of the Month column, some of the studios from the national game' market. Our proposal is to create space for companies associated with Abragames to present a little of the work they are developing, as well as talk about projects, the team and achievements. Today we are presenting Hermit Crab.
 
Hermit Crab
With extensive experience in the sports world and brand licensing, Hermit Crab Game Studio has been working since 2016 developing and publishing games with responsible content in widely recognized stores, such as Google and Apple, nevertheless in independent stores. The game studio operates in the global entertainment market with headquarters in Brazil and France and has a team with over 10 years of experience in the gaming industry. With a focus on entertainment and the delivery of innovative digital experiences, Hermit works on several fronts in the segment, from the production of licensed games for brands to their publication in the market.
Hermit Crab Game Studio started its journey with Football Games, licensing, producing and developing official games for the biggest football clubs in Europe like Arsenal, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and the newest partnership recently announced at the BIG Festival : Barcelona FC. With the expertise acquired in such projects, the Publishing sector was developed as one more front of action for the company.
Currently with more than 120 games in the Publishing catalog of more than 40 studios, Hermit Crab is present in 35 sales channels in the premium market, covering more than 80 countries. With a team of over 60 people and global operations, the studio creates digital products for mobile, cloud gaming and the metaverse.
The studio is one of the main partners of The Sandbox, a collaborative virtual environment of great projection in the metaverse, focused on the development of games and interactive experiences with immersion and decentralized negotiation of NFTs. He is currently working on the launch of his Land set in Brazil and based on sports and lifestyle, Sportsland, which will be launched during Alpha Season 3 of The SandBox on 10/30.
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Join Hermit Crab at Discord community and get all the news first hand: https://discord.gg/ZXmX2fgMk

Galaxy Kart  is one of the selected Indie games at Tokyo Game Show 2022

VRMonkey celebrates the game selected for the Tokyo Game Show,

VRMonkey has announced that Galaxy Kart has been selected for the Tokyo Game Show, one of the biggest gaming events on the market. Around 80 games were selected, but only 4 are Virtual Reality! Voting was available  HERE.  Galaxy Kart is a VR racing game focused on unique skills and combat in different and immersive locations. If you haven't played it yet, you will now be able to race with Galaxy Kart racers. Do you want to know the game? Click HERE. ​

Brazil Games Week was a success, and finished on September 30

Content is still available on the campaign website.

Brazil Games Week is the result of a partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) and Brazil Games - a project managed by ApexBrasil and Abragames (Brazilian Association of Digital Game Developers). Together, the institutions promoted, for the second year, a week dedicated to promoting the Brazilian gaming industry around the world.

The international promotion action  was held online from September 26 to 30, 2022, and had the participation of Embassies and Consulates in several countries. There were more than 40 posts, which represent Brazil abroad, involved in the BGW; the plan was to show the national game market in their regions. This initiative is part of the Innovation Diplomacy Program, which aims to show a country capable of generating knowledge, goods and services in sectors on the scientific borders.

Content is still available on the campaign website. See more HERE.

Program
 
Highlights
- First Brazil Games Industry Report - access the results and watch the presentation!
- Best Brazilian Games – finalists and winners at BIG Festival 2022               
- Panel with Brazilian External Development studios, mediated by Chris Wren, Chair at XDS Advisory Committee (video)
- Panels with global players that recently invested in Brazilian studios and with Brazilian studios that received investment (video)
- Talks by Shuhei Yoshida, Head of Indies Initiative at PlayStation, and Takashi Tokita, creator of Final Fantasy, in Brazil in 2022 (video) 

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.

The Brazil Games Project has consolidated itself as one of the main initiatives to support the international exposure of companies in the games industry. Facilitating the access of participating companies to a series of international events, Brazil Games also offers several tools and opportunities for promotion, as well as business in the international market. This year, in addition to the GDC, BIG Festival and Kidscreen events, the Brazil Games delegation will also be in Gamescom and XDS.

Brazilian delegation promote its products in the international market 

Gamescom is one of the biggest gaming events in the world.

Devcom, which takes place from 22 to 23 of August, is the largest conference for professionals in the gaming market in Europe. The event is part of the Gamescom calendar and takes place at the Congress-Centrum Ost Koelnmesse. In 2019, the last in-person edition, the event had:

• Professional visitors: +3,000 from 75 countries
• 90+ content sessions and 140 speakers
• Event B2B 

Gamescom, where the business area will run from August 24 to 26, is one of the biggest gaming events in the world. In 2018 the event numbers were: 

• Visitors: +373,000 
• Visitors Business: 31,300
• Exhibitors: 1,153 exhibitors from 56 countries
•  B2B and B2C Event

See the main reasons to participate in the event HERE.

Brazil Games Project will be participating in both events in 2022. At Gamescom the Project will have 40 companies, of which 30 will also cover Devcom. With 84m2, the Brazil Games stand is located in the Business area, in Hall 3.2 of Koelnmesse. See which Brazilian companies will be presenting their products and services in Cologne, Germany:

1. Aoca
2. Aquiris
3. ARVORE
4. Beaver / Hammerfist
5. Beta2
6. BIG Festival
7. Blury | Blu Apps
8. Canvas Games | Main Leaf
9. Dragonroll
10. Druid
11. Druzina Content
12. DX Gameworks
13. Dyxel
14. Epopeia Games
15. Flux Games
16. Gameplan
17. Hermit Crab
18. Hoplon
19. Hyper Dive
20. Ilex Games
21. Indie Hero
22. IzyPlay
23. Kokku
24. Kreativitas
25. Luski Game Studio
26. Mad Mimic
27. Maniblox by Manifesto Games
28. Minigum
29. Nuuvem
30. PetitFabrik
31. PlaySTEM
32. PushStart
33. Radioativa Game Sounds
34. Savegame ! Spcine Game
35. Silkcity | Loud Noises 
36. Sorora
37. Theogames
38. UX4INDIE
39. Virtual Planet
40. Webcore Games

Follow Brazil's participation through the digital channels of Abragames and Brazil Games - @brazil.games, @abragames_oficial, https://www.linkedin.com/company/brazil-games/

Abragames takes survey to the international market

The idea is to show the Brazilian gaming industry potential.

Gamescom, which takes place from August 24 to 26, 2022, in Cologne, Germany, will be the first international event where the National Survey of the Games Industry will be presented. The study is a result of a partnership between Abragames, Brazilian Association of Game Developers, and ApexBrasil, Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, which presented unprecedented data from the national market and a complete mapping of the local developers.
One of the most impressive pieces of information from the survey was the increase in the number of game development studios in the country: from 375 in 2018 to 1,009 in 2022 - a jump of 169% in the last four years. Game developers tend to produce games for more than one area, diversifying the source of revenue. Among the largest revenues are: entertainment games (76%), educational games (12%), advergames (6%), corporate training (4%) and simulators using specific hardware (1%). Mobile devices (38%) are the main technological platform used, followed by PCs (20%), consoles (17%), web (13%), virtual reality/augmented reality (9%) and social media (0.4 %). The main consumer markets for Brazilian productions are the United States and Latin America, which did business with 55% and 53% of Brazilian studios, respectively. After that are Western Europe (49%), Canada (49%), Portuguese-speaking countries (41%), Japan (37%) and China (24%).

Eliana Russi, from the Brazil Games Export Project, who will be with the Brazilian delegation during Gamescom, highlighted that the research was very important to have a general profile of the market, which is one of the fastest growing in the country and has 12,441 people working with game development. According to the survey from Abragames and ApexBrasil, around 29.8% of this total are women. In previous surveys from 2018 and 2014, this same share represented only 20% and 15%, respectively. In addition, 57% of Brazilian companies claim to have a diverse team, with transsexuals, elderly people, foreigners, refugees, people with disabilities, black, brown or indigenous people.
See more HERE.

With Gamescom, Cologne becomes a big parties host

Agenda excites participants and residents of the German city, which has lots of outdoor events.

The entire city of Cologne, where Gamescom 2022 will take place, celebrates the event and its participants through the Gamescom City Festival. Traditionally, Gamescom week ends with a highlight: the Gamescom City Festival, held in downtown Cologne! And this year the Gamescom environment will take over Cologne from August 26 to 28. The agenda has several national and international musical attractions on the stages of Rudolfplatz and Hohenzollernring. Admission is free and to learn more see HERE.

If you are going to Cologne or if you just want to know a little more about the city, visit the website of the German Tourism Bureau. It's worth discovering the regions and understanding the true vibe of Gamescom. Learn more HERE.

At Gamescom Brazil Games will have a space of 84m2

Brazilian game executives will have the place available for their meetings and events.

With an 84m2 stand, the Brazil Games Project will be at Gamescom promoting all its actions and also giving support to the companies of the delegation. The booth is located in the Business Area, in Hall 3.2 of Koelnmesse. The closest entrance is West: Barmer Str., 50679 Köln.

Opening hours are:


Gamescom B2B: 

• August 24: 09:00 AM - 7:00 PM
• August 25: 09:00 AM - 8:00 PM
• August 26: 09:00 AM - 8:00 PM

At the Brazil Games stand, the team will promote business meetings, offer support to participants and spread the Brazil Games actions to visitors. The schedule of events already confirmed at the stand is:

​24 AUG - Brazilian Delegation Breakfast
Stand Brazil Games: Hall 03.2 | Stand A040g - B049g
Save the Date 
 
24 AUG - Cocktail produced by CreativeSP
Stand Brazil Games: Hall 03.2 | Stand A040g - B049g

Meet the companies from the gaming market

DIORAMA DIGITAL

Founded in 2015 in Recife, Pernambuco, Diorama Digital is an external development studio focused on game art for the most diverse platforms and styles, always offering its partners creative solutions and bringing quality and excellence to their projects. Diorama currently has a team of more than 85 people, distributed in different regions of Brazil and also in other countries.

Diorama's portfolio contains 2D, 3D, Animation, VFX, and Technical Art services. As the main feature, it stands out for its high adaptability to the most varied types of projects and levels of complexity. In addition, its talented and versatile professionals act as an extension of its client's team, actively working to offer creative solutions that result in quality and efficiency for productions. All this engagement and excellence in executing such work enabled partnerships with great developers and publishers worldwide.

Among the main clients are names such as EA/Ripple Effect, Sony/Housemarque, Gearbox, Volta Studios, Aquiris, Illfonic, Humble Games, Modus Games, Avalanche Studios, Blizzard, including other relevant studios to which Diorama could contribute in large titles such as Battlefield 2042, Returnal, Borderlands 3, Just Cause 4, Predator: Hunting Grounds, Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, Wonderbox, Overwatch, Arcadegeddon, Override: Super Mech League, not to mention other outstanding productions.

All the trust gained and achievements made in all these years result from work done with seriousness, commitment, and passion. As part of its culture, Diorama treasures valuing and respecting people, teamwork, and favoring diversity.

Having growth in mind, Diorama intends to amplify its portfolio of services, which will empower its participation in other great titles. Generating more opportunities, learning, and visibility for the national industry that has been innovating and expanding within the global scenario.

Some of the projects carried out:

• Returnal - A game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Diorama was responsible for producing essential 3D assets. 
• Borderlands 3 - DLCs - Diorama Digital has helped the partners at Gearbox Software to develop some characters for the new DLC "Guns, Love, and Tentacles" and "Bounty of Blood."
• Predator Hunting Grounds - It was developed by IllFonic and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The Diorama Digital team collaborated with Illfonic in the production of several 3D models for the game.
• Looney Tunes World of Mayhem - The diorama team and Aquiris have been working on various characters since 2020. Production of characters from scratch, from concept to Unity implementation. All areas are covered: Concept, Storyboard, 3D High Modeling, 3D Game Modeling, Rigging, Animation, VFX, and Unity.
• Arcadegeddon - The game was developed and published by IllFonic, and Diorama produced several 3D models, including Characters, Gadgets, and Big Machines.

Brazil Games Week is confirmed to setembro 

Week is focused on promoting the national game industry.

Brazil Games Week will take place from September 26 to 30, 2022, to show the world the potential of the Brazilian games market. The event is online and was created by a partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) and Brazil Games - a project by ApexBrasil and Abragames (Brazilian Association of Digital Game Developers). Together, the entities invest for the second year in a week dedicated to promoting the Brazilian gaming industry around the world. The event will count on the participation of Embassies and Consulates in several countries. There are currently 40 Ministry of Foreign Affairs posts that represent Brazil abroad - during BGW most of them will be promoting the national game market in their regions. The purpose is to show Brazil to investors and international partners, who will be able to count on the support of embassies and consular posts. The game market in Brazil, recognized as one of the most important in Latin America, has attracted foreign companies interested in the local 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.

​BIG Festival was a success! The new format, now hybrid, and the new space, São Paulo Expo, were approved by all. There were four days of many activities, with more than 300 speakers, several games available for testing, influencers meeting fans, among other attractions. The event, which has established itself as the most important for the industry in Latin America, allowed for a real immersion in the world of games.

BIG Festival is the major games event in Latin America 

BIG celebrated 10 years in 2022.

BIG Festival is the biggest gaming event in Latin America and one of the most commented in the region! The success of the 2022 edition, held from July 7 to 10, 2022, at São Paulo Expo, in São Paulo, showed the potential of the BIG, which is growing every year. With spectacular panels, an excited audience, games, fun, business rounds (only available on the first two days) and lots of information, the event had a very positive impact on all who were able to participate. There were six thousand meetings scheduled (of which 4644 were attended by Brazilian companies), around 1,400 professionals, 669 companies (429 Brazilian) and much more. The numbers are surprising: throughout the four days, almost 30 thousand people visited São Paulo Expo and the festival reached 1.2 million online interactions. This was the biggest edition ever held; the event is expected to have generated more than US$60 million in new business.

Abragames presented unprecedented research at the BIG Festival

Study makes a detailed analysis of the Brazilian game industry.

During BIG Festival, the first National Survey of the Games Industry was presented by Carolina Caravana Laubisch and Rodrigo Terra, vice president and president of Abragames, respectively, Eros Ramos Tomaz da Silva, from ApexBrasil, and Eliana Russi, from the Export Project Brazil Games. With unprecedented data from the national industry and a complete design of the scenario of local developers, the survey was very well received by the industry, the media and the public. The study shows that the Brazilian game development industry is expanding. Despite the current economic scenario, the Brazilian games sector is emerging as a hub in Latin America, stimulating new business and increasing its revenues. There are 1,009 game development studios in the country, a jump of 169% in the last four years, when the country was home to 375 companies from the sector. 

According to Rodrigo Terra, president of Abragames, the sector's growth is related to the maturing of the industry in the country, with the popularization of the game developer profession and the spreading of gamer culture contributing to the expansion. Game developers used to produce games for more than one area, diversifying the source of revenue. Among the largest revenues, the following stand out: entertainment games (76%), educational games (12%), advergames (6%), corporate (4%) and simulators using specific hardware (1%). Mobile devices (38%) are the main technological platform used, followed by PCs (20%), consoles (17%), web (13%), virtual reality/extended reality (9%) and social networks (0.4 ) %).

According to the survey, last year 57% of developers sold their services and games to companies in other countries. The main consumer markets for Brazilian productions are the United States and Latin America, which did business with 55% and 53% of Brazilian studios, respectively. Following are Western Europe (49%), Canada (49%), Portuguese-speaking countries (41%), Japan (37%) and China (24%). In the national market, the Southeast still hosts more than half of the developers (57%), followed by the South (21%), Northeast (14%), Midwest (6%) and North (3%). The survey also shows that of the 12,441 people working in the sector, 29.8% are women. In the 2018 and 2014 surveys, they made up just 20% and 15% of the workforce, respectively. 

The survey is the result of a partnership between Abragames, the Brazilian Association of Game Developers, and ApexBrasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency.

The survey has incredible data. See more HERE.

BIG Play area received many visitors

The public enjoyed the four days of the event.

No one has left São Paulo Expo without celebrating their participation in the BIG or without having a story to tell about the event. The experience was approved by the vast majority and has already stimulated the start of work for next year. Here are the results of BIG 2022:
 
Games:
538 registered games from 53 countries
92 finalist games at the festival (23 Brazilians)
30 finalist games at Panorama Brasil

Public:
Total in-person audience: around 30,000
Total online hits: 1.2 million
Audience of panels on BIG's own platforms (TikTok, Twitch and YouTube): 286,500
Audience of BIG's websites: 913,500
Estimate of more viewers on TV (Claro's Channel 500): more than 100 thousand
Estimated views of BIG content on other networks (Xbox Store, Steam, App Store and Google Play): more than 80 million

Social networks and influencers:
BIG's social media reach: 104 million

Panels were a success !

Important matters for the sector were discussed.

Audiences at the BIG Festival attended incredible talks coordinated by big names in the gaming industry, such as Takashi Tokita, lead designer on Final Fantasy, David K. Lam, art director at Riot Games, and David Brevik, president of Skystone Games and one of the creators of the Diablo franchise. Among the stars of the event was also Shuhei Yoshida, Head of Indie Initiatives at Sony Interactive Entertainment. Yoshida is a renowned software developer who joined Sony Corporation in 1986, where he was involved in the corporate strategy group in addition to coordinating PCs' business. He was one of the first members of the PlayStation project in February 1993, where he held a number of high-profile positions, both in product development and in the areas of third-party relations. Yoshida was among those responsible for creating Sony Computer Entertainment Inc's in-house product development team. At the studio he produced Ape Escape®, Crash Bandicoot™, Gran Turismo®, ICO™ and The Legend of Dragoon®, among others. Shuhei did his presentation in person - his panel also was broadcast live. Lots of fans were at the auditorium anxious to hear from one of the most respected games professionals in the world. Yoshida, like the other speakers, walked around the fair, tested games and interacted with many fans. His posts about BIG - did at his Twitter account - were very commented on. Takashi Tokita, who only participated online, showed interest in coming personally to the next edition of BIG. 
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21 categories of games were awarded

The expectation was for the best game.

The BIG 2022 awards ceremony counted with public, studios representings, industry professionals, companies, celebrities, etc. Everyone wanted to know who would be the winners of this edition, which received entries from different parts of the country and the world. The ceremony had fun moments and a lot of emotion. There were more than 20 categories, and the judges certainly worked hard to choose the winners.

See who won the awards:

Best Game
Gamedec | Studio: Anshar Studios | Country: Poland

Best Game: Latin America
The Eternal Cylinder | Studio: ACE Team | Country: Chile

Best Game: Brazil
No Place for Bravery | Studio: Glitch Factory | Country: Brazil

Innovation
One Hand Clapping | Studio: Bad Dream Games | Country: United States

Best Multiplayer
DAVIGO | Studio: Davigo Studio | Country: Canada

Best Mobile Game
Wish Us Luck | Studio: Black Moluska | Country: Brazil

BIG Impact: Best Diversity Game
Unpacking | Studio: Witch Beam | Country: Australia

BIG Impact: Best Educational Game
Flying bunk | Studio: Plot Kids | Country: Brazil

BIG Impact: Best Social Questions Game
Train to Sachsenhausen | Studio: Charles Games | Country: Czech Republic

Best Sound
Inua: a story in ice and time | Studio: ARTE France | Country: France

Best XR/VR
Goliath: Playing with Reality | Studio: Anagram | Country: United Kingdom

Best Children's Game
The Adventures of Captain Cotton | Studio: Crenix Games | Country: Brazil

Best Game BIG Brands
Jorel's Brother and the Most Important Game in the Galaxy! | Studio: Double Dash Studios/Copa Studios | Country: Brazil

Best Student Game
Lysfangha | Studio: Daphné DELOFFRE - Baptiste MARSAC | University: ISART Digital | Country: France

Best Art
Backbone | Studio: Eggnut | Country: Canada

Best Narrative
The Forgotten City | Studio: Modern Storyteller | Country: Australia

Best Gameplay
Dodgeball Academy | Studio: Pocket Trap | Country: Brazil

Special Awards:

GTR Special Award for Unreleased Games
This Proxy | Studio: From South Games | Country: Argentina
GigaBash | Studio: Passion Republic Games | Country: Malaysia

BIG Direct - Best pitch of the Regional Associations
Gaucho and the Grasslands | Studio: Epic Games | Country: Brazil

Ripio call
Happened To Us | Studio: GeneZ Studio | Country: Brazil

Xsolla
Gigabash | Studio: Passion Republic Games | Country: Malaysia

Education and games were on the agenda of the BIG Festival

Students from state and municipal schools were received at the event.

In partnership with the Secretary of Education of the State and Municipality of São Paulo, BIG Festival brought groups of students from these two public networks during the four-day event. The idea was to allow students to have access to the games on display and to all the activities proposed by the event. Seeking to encourage and awaken the interest of these children in the fascinating world of games, BIG allowed them to explore the event, playing and discovering new things, including opportunities in this segment.

Influencers met fans at BIG Festival

Influencers participated in panels, played the new games, took pictures with fans and commented about the event.

Celebrities from the gaming world participated in the BIG Festival and made fans happy during the Meet&Greet - a moment to say hello and take pictures with followers. Many influencers spoke on panels and others participated in games, but all of them were very receptive.
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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.

Brazil is today the biggest game market in Latin America and the 10th in the world!  The country has been growing more and more in the international scenario. The industry generated US$2.3 billion in 2021 and the expectation is this revenue growing by 6% in 2022. With the BIG Festival just around the corner, and XDS 2022 coming soon after, the market is looking for some of the most impressive projects developed by Brazilian studios.

BIG Festival announces partnership with Omelete

Tickets are now on sale.

BIG Festival has announced that it is now the newest member of the Omelete Company family, experts in entertainment. The partnership aims to add value to the virtual games segment as a whole. This year's edition of the festival will be even more special with the return to in person format and with the event taking place in a new space, São Paulo Expo. Ticket sales have already started. Brazil Games Project, in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) and Abragames, share the mission of fostering the Brazilian gaming industry, co-organizing the B2B hub at the BIG Festival, the largest market in the industry of games in Latin America. 

Stay tuned:
When: July 7th to 10th, 2022
Where: São Paulo, Brazil, in person and online
Location: São Paulo Expo 
BIG website

See how to purchase tickets HERE.​

BIG Festival announces the finalist games

For the second year in a row, the festival breaks registration records.

​BIG Festival, the biggest festival of games, creation, business and networking in Latin America released the list of finalist games for its 10th edition. With a record 538 games entered, the Selection Committee selected 92 finalists to compete for awards in 17 categories. Of the total number of games selected, 23 are from Brazilian producers and 13 are from Latin American countries. Competing for the Best Game award, the most important of the festival, are three games produced nationally. The winners, in addition to the trophies, are expected to receive prizes worth R$18,000 from the BIG Festival and US$80,000 from Xsolla, a partner company of the Festival. Other awards are yet to be announced. Brazil Games Project, in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) and Abragames, share the mission of fostering the Brazilian gaming industry, co-organizing the B2B hub at the BIG Festival, the largest market in the industry of games in Latin America. 

Find the selected games HERE.

The associated studios are responsible for the information and performance of the games announced in this Newsletter.

Enjoy a classic billiard in a modern game!

8 Ball Clash is available for Nintendo Switch.
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QUByte Interactive, in partnership with Solaris Mobile, announced a new game, 8 Ball Clash, already available for Nintendo Switch. 8 Ball Clash is a billiard or snooker game made for everyone. To the people who never played it as well as to the more experienced ones that want to improve their skills and get the best score. With different forces available to hit the balls, the player needs to be precise and smooth when touch the controls to maximize the power and aim to calculate your trajectory and time to use it. Keep playing and master your 8 ball pool game skills. Beat the classic mode or get max score winning different challenges around Barcelona, London, Moscow, Paris, Rio, Sydney, Tokyo and Las Vegas to win the billiards championship!

Game Features

• Have fun playing Single Player mode;
• Play in scenarios from over 10 top cities and countries around the world;
• More than 40 customized billiards cues;
• Unlimited hours of fun.

For more information, please visit the official page of the game, join the Discord community.

Just use your hook to save the world 

Raven’s Hike is a 2D precision platformer.

QUByte Interactive, in partnership with Wired Dream Studio, announced a new game, Raven’s Hike that already is available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X. Raven’s Hike is a 2D precision platformer, challenging game that requires the player to discover the best route to finish the levels that have a little bit of puzzles, all movement is based on the main character's grappling hook. The difficulty curve gradually increases as you progress in the game, requiring mastery control and more precise moves. Prepare your platform skills (and your grappling hook, of course) to enjoy this amazing experience.

Game Features

• +60 handmade levels;
• Unique gameplay mechanics;
• Offers a fair challenge for the platformer enthusiasts;
• Amazing pixel art and animation;
• Great soundtrack.

For more information, please visit the official page of the game, join the Discord community, and follow QUByte on Twitter.​

Help Ivy survive as she escapes to the Earth's surface 

Underland: The Climb is available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X. 

QUByte Interactive, in partnership with MiniCactus Games, announced a new game, Underland: The Climb, that already is available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X. Underland: The Climb is a platformer-puzzle game, a direct sequel to the previous title Underland, where the player helps Ivy to survive an extraterrestrial attack. On the journey the player must use different kinds of tools to be able to dig the ground, avoid acid, enemies and go through very strange places. Use the elements of the scenery, such as picks and many others to drill the soil to the indicated location. Destructive terrain, fluid mechanics and the laws of physics must be handled correctly to solve the puzzles. Well-designed challenges are waiting for you to be surpassed. Now it’s time to escape the city of Underland!

Game Features

• 30 different levels to complete;
• Beautiful pixel art;
• More well-constructed and complex puzzles than the previous game;
• Offers a good and fun challenge.

For more information, please visit the official page of the game, join the Discord community.

Monomyto Game Studio is launching its new IP in an unprecedented partnership with Loud.

GUNSTARS is a third-person shooter mobile battle royale where the player's objective is to explore the combat arenas. 

GUNSTARS is a third-person shooter mobile battle royale where the player's objective is to explore the combat arenas to collect items and weapons to fight and be the last one standing. Frantic battles combine a fast learning curve with a high level of skill that a Battle Royale deserves. Developed with a free-to-play economy, combined with Blockchain technology, the game offers competitive gameplay, innovative content, and earning possibilities for its players in the "Play & Earn" mode, all of this, without forgetting the main factor, the fun! The project aims to connect fans and content creators through interactive gaming experiences where players can control their idols, present in the game as legends. 

For more information, visit the game's official page HERE. 

Jim Power: The Lost Dimension 

The game will be available  for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X.

QUByte Interactive, in partnership with PIKO Interactive announced a classic old school game, QUByte Classics – Jim Power: The Lost Dimension that will be available on June 2nd for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X. Jim Power: The Lost Dimension is a classic action-adventure platformer that brings the special agent Jim Power, to save our planet from the supernatural alien, Vaprak.  His forces are too strong, a direct attack would not be effective and that’s why Jim Power has to slip through the defenses and attempt to stop this threat. It’s up to the player to reach Vaprak’s fortress and send him back from where he came. The QUByte port of the game offers new features to improve your experience, one of them is the support for two versions of the game, 16-bit and 8-bit, that means you can enjoy the game in two different looks. The other addition is control remapping, which allows players to customize controller buttons the way is better for them.

Game Features

• Challenging platforming and shooting combat;
• Gameplay variety, such as different perspectives, different  enemies and weapons upgrades;
• 4 screen filters (Sharp, Smooth, XBR and CRT);
• 3 screen types (Normal, Fit and Stretch).

For more information, check the official game website, join the Discord community.

Lakea, a platform that facilitates the launch of blockchain games based on metaverse 

Brazilian Metaverse Platform starts the operation to support studios to launch blockchain games.

Lakea, a platform that facilitates the launch of blockchain games based on metaverse, recently initiated its operation in the Brazilian market. With a proposal to automate all implementations of this technology, using Solana blockchain technology, it connects developers and publishers into the web3 universe, allowing them to focus on the game's development. With the mission of taking the difficulty of studios and publishers off dealing with programming languages and blockchain complexities, Lakea offers an ecosystem where each partner can manage their games, allowing a lot of interaction possibilities and services for the community.

For more information see HERE.​

Brazil Has Become the go-to Region for XD Studios

According to the recent XDS 2022 Insights Report, the country has skyrocketed to the top of the emerging markets.

The Brazilian Games Export Program, which is carried out by Abragames (Brazilian Games Companies Association) in partnership with ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), shared the great accomplishments that the external development teams of Brazil have achieved. According to the recent XDS 2022 Insights Report, the country of Brazil has skyrocketed to the top of the emerging markets, as developers and publishers have pointed to Brazil as the top up-and-coming region for delivering top-quality external development services for some of the biggest names in the gaming industry. This is yet another feather in the cap for the largest gaming market in LATAM, and the big dogs in the industry are starting to take notice.

Abragames announced US$ 23 million in contracts for Brazilian's studios at GDC

Brazil returned to GDC with 25 participating studios.

Abragames (Brazilian Games Companies Association) announced that the participation of Brazilian delegation at GDC 2022 (Game Developers Conference), the main global meeting for game developers, generated US$ 23 million in contracts for the country's studios, a result 27.7% higher than the initial target of US$ 18 million. After two years without an in-person event, due to the covid-19 pandemic, Brazil returned to GDC with 25 participating studios (17 in loco and 8 remotely), led by Brazil Games, an export sector project carried out by Abragames in partnership with Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil).​

Pipa at GDC 2022

Pipa had Abragames support to visit GDC 2022.

The return of GDC (Game Developers Conference), one of the world's biggest conferences for games developers, is still in the minds of the Pipa delegation that visited the event in San Francisco. Without any doubt the event will be an influence for the entire company during the  year. In addition to knowing the news and strengthening relations with multinationals, such as Google and Apple, Pipa's delegation had the opportunity to meet experts of the industry and take part in conferences and presentations, as well as make contacts for business. Pipa counted with Abragames support to visit GDC, and according Vanessa Gazel, Human Resources Director, this was crucial. Daniel Xavier, Pipa's CEO,  concluded: “The importance of GDC is not just for gamers, the event is hugely important for developers too. Everyone is there, from tech companies to suppliers. If you’re an executive, game developer or player - or all three - at GDC you, certainly, will find something good for you!"​

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.

BIG Festival will take place on July 2022

BIG is the biggest festival of games in Latin America.

Brazil Games Program, in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) and Abragames, share the mission of fostering the Brazilian gaming industry, co-organizing the B2B hub at the BIG Festival, the largest market in the industry of games in Latin America. After two years of being held virtually, in 2022 the event will take place in person and virtual, following the successful format of the last two editions. Produced since 2012, for the last 10 years the BIG Festival has been showcasing the best games in the world, sharing the latest game released from renowned publishers and promoting business meetings. The Festival is expected to bring together about 30,000 people covering the event, in addition to reaching more than 1 million people in online broadcasts.

Stay tuned:
When: July 7th to 10th, 2022
Where: São Paulo, Brazil, in person and online
Location: São Paulo Expo 
BIG website 

Epic Games Invests in Brazilian Studio AQUIRIS

AQUIRIS announced an investment from Epic Games, the interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine.

The companies will also enter a multi-game publishing agreement for future unannounced multiplatform games. AQUIRIS, best known for its award-winning work on titles like Wonderbox and Horizon Chase, celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. This strategic partnership and investment from Epic Games will help shape the next 15 years. "We are thrilled to partner with Epic Games. It's a strong endorsement of what AQUIRIS has built so far, and we can't wait to show the world what we are working on together. Epic's publishing power and close collaboration with us on tech, business intelligence, and product development will help us boost the quality and the reach of our titles." said AQUIRIS CEO Mauricio Longoni.

The associated studios are responsible for the information and performance of the games announced in this Newsletter.

Dolmen: fast fun and free

Dolmen is a third-person action game with RPG elements.

Dolmen is a Sci-fi RPG being developed by the Brazilian studio Massive Work. The game will be released on May 20th. In addition to the PS4 and PS5, the game, which has a Dark Souls vibe in a science fiction theme, will also be available on Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC via Steam.

Rogue Snail and Gearbox Publishing announce Relic Hunters Legend

Relic Hunters Legend is an in-development free-to-play online looter-shooter RPG.

Rogue Snail and Gearbox Publishing announced their partnership in bringing Relic Hunters Legend to life. The upcoming top-down, looter-shooter, is full of shooting, looting, and having fun with friends. Relic Hunters Legend is an in-development free-to-play online looter-shooter RPG featuring exciting, fast-paced gameplay, a variety of powerful equipment and weapons with tons of customizable options, and a cast of rowdy rebels with different skills and abilities that you can fine tune to match your playing style! Dive into an epic adventure with the Relic Hunters to recover lost Relics and “Duck, Duck, Loot” some Ducans! Stay in the loop with all upcoming announcements and reveals on the Relic Hunters LegendSteam page.

To improve language skills

QUByte Interactive, in partnership with Mens Sana Interactive, released the Mini Words Collection.

QUByte Interactive, in partnership with Men Sana Interactive, announced a new game, Mini Words Collection that is available for Nintendo Switch. Mini Words Collection is a compilation of three games that will help the player improve their language skill, discovering more words and practicing their vocabulary in a fun way. Each game has a unique style of teaching the player some new words in English, as well as in other languages. English learners of all levels can have fun while practicing vocabulary in a unique mix of logic puzzle, word search, and hangman. Unscramble the words using all letters on the board, without repeating or crossing paths.

Dungeon Color is a top-down puzzle game

QUByte Interactive, Gagonfe and Game Nacional announced the release of Dungeon Color game for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4 and PS5.

Dungeon Color is a top-down puzzle game, where you switch between flames in order to achieve the rainbow flame in each room. Interact with colors and Switch between flames to match each door. Every door only opens when you are with its respective color.

Many obstacles!
Every obstacle changes the way you look at the entire room, so be careful with where you touch and melt your brain finding new solutions.
Get to the rainbow flame!
Your little golem just wants to be filled with the energy from the biggest flame, so get the job done and find your way through each room.
Featuring
• 50 Levels; 
• 4 Switchable flames; 
• Many obstacles to complicate your exit; 
• Vibrant music; 
• Pixel art style.

Get inspired, relax and have fun with the new Hidden Shapes: Animals + Lovely Cats

QUByte Interactive, in partnership with YAW Studios, announced a new puzzle game.

Hidden Shapes: Animals + Lovely Cats is a collection with two beautiful and relaxing minimalist hand-drawn jigsaw puzzles that have two options to choose, cats or animals in general. Both games in this bundle have similar features and playthrough, in the Lovely Cats edition, the player will have the opportunity to play with elements of the classic jigsaw puzzle with a lot of cute cats. In the Animals version, the player will have the same features, but with different levels and now with a diversity of animals in this theme. Both games are created exclusively for you to rescue your tranquility and to be amazed by beautiful art for each puzzle solved, using abstract and minimalist elements.

Brazil Games Program and Innovation Diplomacy Program promote international discussions on the industry

Held on April the webinars approached important topics for the game industry in Brazil, Japan and South Africa.

Abragames' schedule of events was busy with two important webinars: Japanese Games Market, Challenges and Opportunities and South Africa and Brazil, Gaming Industry Opportunities. The events, co-organized by the Brazilian Embassies in Tokyo and Pretoria, respectively, within the Innovation Diplomacy Program, promoted the reflection about essential themes for the games industry in Brazil, Japan and South Africa. Specialists on the market discussed, among others, about the potential of the Japanese market, the diversity and opportunities of the sector in Brazil and South Africa. The videos will be available soon on Abragames channels.

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.