​Of course, it wouldn’t be a developer conference without some informative and enlightening talks from industry experts, veterans, and professionals — of which Brazil Games has many.

Panels for XDS21 Adapt will include:

• “Getting Noticed as a Small Vendor” (Tuesday, September 14 at 3:30 PM PDT): Including Rodrigo Carneiro, CEO of PUGA Studios, attendees will learn about the best practices and strategies to use when approaching a large development studio for work or when entering the industry. The talk will highlight perspectives from both the vendor and the developer. A Q&A including Jesse Sosa, Outsourcing Manager at Gearbox Software, Brian Burleson, Managing Director of Production at Gearbox Software, Walter de Torres, Founding Partner at Pixel Mafia, and Colby Acree, Outsourcing Department Head at WB Games, Avalanche, will follow the main presentation.
  
  
• “Help Us Help You: Best Practices from RFP to Sign-Off” (Friday, September 17 at 10:30 AM PDT): Alberto Lopes, Director of Production at Kokku, will discuss the importance of communication and proper protocol for ensuring solid partnerships between internal and external development teams and publishers. Several panelists will join the presentation — including Juney Dijkstra, Legacy Portfolio Manager at Paradox Interactive, Blandine Prost, Client Partner at Keywords Studios, and Andrii Titov, CTO at Stepico Games. A Q & A session will follow the talk.

To learn more about the panels and speakers attending XDS21 Adapt, visit the official website: https://xdsummit.com/.

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Starlit Kart Racing Key Features:

• Powerups and Bosses: In classic “kart” formula, the racers can pick up special items and weapons to use against the other players and even bosses, because who needs speed when you’ve got bombs and boomerangs!
• Your Favourite Heroes and Villains: All the stars of the Starlit franchise are here for your enjoyment, with wacky custom karts and adorable hats.
• Varied Terrain and Weather: Get down and dirty in the mud and rain or take a nighttime cruise under the starry sky, different weather conditions keep things spicy on the track.
• Choose Your Engine: With different categories of race available, players can keep it chill at 150cc or put the pedal to the floor with the intense 600cc tier.

About Rockhead Studios
Rockhead Studios is focused on projects designed for mobile devices, tablets, PC and consoles. The studio is committed to creating fun, deliver memorable moments, lead to imaginary worlds, present living characters, and challenge people by revisiting elements of the classic games, back to our time. Rockhead strives to make elegant solutions, created as a custom outfit. Modular technology that adjusts to the platform strengths and game features, as a glove. And at last, but not least, they aim to deliver valuable content to the public. Rockhead Studios' goal relies on fair play and positive meanings, targeted for individual and collective growth.

Starlit Kart Racing will launch on iOS and Android on September 9 for free. 
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​Listen to the newly released DeMagnete soundtrack on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Tidal.

DeMagnete Key Features:

• Virtual Reality Magnet Gloves: Solve an intricate series of physics-based puzzles using the power of magnet gloves — positive attracts, negative repels.
• Beautiful, Immersive Visuals: Taking the quality of VR to the next level, DeMagnete features stunning, lush visuals and vivid colors.
• A Mysterious Story: Uncover the secrets of the cryptic cave and its even more enigmatic host, the keymaster AI which controls the environment and guides you through its chambers.
• Lots to Discover: More than 40 puzzles that utilize a variety of original magnet-based mechanics that become more complex as the player progresses through the chamber.

About BitCake Studio
BitCake Studio is a game development studio from Rio de Janeiro, creating games that bring people together since 2013. The company specializes in multiplayer experiences and have released titles for PCs, browsers, mobile devices, and most recently consoles. 

​DeMagnete is currently available for Oculus Rift, Steam VR, Viveport, via Steam, and PlayStation VR for $19.99 USD.

Follow Brazil Games on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to learn more about the many talented studios and companies, and to keep up to date with their achievements. 

A full press kit can be found here: https://uberstrategist.link/BrazilGames_Presskit.

About Brazil Games
Brazil Games is the export program created by the Brazilian Game Companies Association, ABRAGAMES, in partnership with Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency. Our goal is to promote the Brazilian Indie Game industry internationally, developing new business opportunities for our companies. The Brazil Games Program also promotes Brazil as the hub for business in Latin America and invites buyers, investors, and publishers for BIG Festival, Brazil's Independent Games Festival, the most important international indie games festival, and the hub for international business in Latin America.
 
About Apex-Brasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and to attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. The Agency's efforts comprise trade and prospective missions, business rounds, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international trade fairs, the arrangement of technical visits of foreign buyers and opinion makers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, and other select activities designed to strengthen the country’s branding abroad. Apex-Brasil also plays a leading role in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, by working to identify business opportunities, promoting strategic events, and providing support to foreign investors interested in allocating resources in Brazil.

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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL (October 26, 2020) — Today, Brazil Games is proud to announce that nine Brazilian External Development companies, including Garage 227, PUGA Studios, and Manifesto Games, will be attending External Development Summit 2020 (XDS20 Adapt). In addition, eleven talented Brazilian game studios will attend this year’s White Nights Fall Online Event.

In partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), the group is led by Brazil Games (the Brazilian Games Export Program) — carried out by the Brazilian Games Companies Association and Abragames.

Taking place from Tuesday, October 27, to Friday, October 30, 2020, XDS20 Adapt is a one-of-a-kind industry event that draws hundreds of attendees from more than 45 countries that shines a light on studios that specialize in the external development of art, animation, audio, software engineering, QA, and localization.

“We’re very proud of the work done by all of our independent game studios, whether that’s developing their own titles in the house or assisting with independent and AAA studios internationally,” said Eliana Russi, Manager of Brazil Games. “Brazil is becoming a very important player in the scene and is growing an international reputation for top of the line quality work.”

Nine studios will be present at XDS20 Adapt, including the recently expanded Garage 227 Studios, 2D and 3D art specialists PUGA Studios, and the veteran studio Manifesto Games — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Other  Brazil Games’ member studios attending XDS20 Adapt include BitCake, Cavylabs, Diorama Digital, Dogs Underground, GamePlan Consultants, and Kokku. Daniel Monastero, CEO of Garage 227 Studios, will be presenting at the event in his talk, “From 911 to Speed Dial: A Case Study in Partnership Evolution” on October 27, 3:30 PM BRT.

Founded in 2014, Garage 227 Studios is an external development house with a focus on 2D and 3D game art, animation, engineering, porting, and full-game development. In 2017 the company expanded into the United States and now has studios in São Paulo and an office in Los Angeles. Garage 227 provides its partners with concept art, both 2D and 3D, characters, environments, illustration, VFX, and animation, and has worked with studios like Kokku, Bad Minions, Flux, Soedesco, and many others. 

PUGA Studios is a top Brazilian outsourcing company that specializes in the creation of 2D and stylized 3D art, with clients in 16 different countries and a resume that includes clients and partners like Gearbox, Jam City and Kwalee. PUGA promises high-quality content and delivery from it’s staff of experienced artists and developers.

Manifesto Games, is one of Brazil’s longest-serving external development studios, with nearly 15 years in the industry and a whopping 100+ titles under their belt. Their client list includes world-famous brands like Disney, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Ubisoft, and Zynga. Currently, the studio is supporting the live operations of a multiplatform game developed by Ubisoft. As well, Manifesto supports the live operation of the children’s entertainment platform The Children’s Kingdom: Play and Learn, which they co-produced with Leader Entertainment. The studio is proficient in both the development of mobile or web html5 titles and ongoing operations for titles that aren’t actively being developed or require a complement staff to assist the core team.

Garage 227, Manifesto Games, and nine more Brazilian studios including Aiyra, Cavylabs, Druzina Content, Flux Games, GamePlan Consultants, Kokku, Main Leaf, Manifesto Games, Radioativa Game Sounds, Smash Mountain Stud, and Webcore Games, will also be attending White Nights, a European B2B event that draws more than 20,000 participants online. White Nights Fall Online will take place from October 26 to October 30, 2020.
                                                                       

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Brazil Games representatives will be speaking at White Nights on October 29, 2020, at 11:00 AM BRT for this year’s talk: “Doing Game Business in Brazil, Opportunities you can’t miss!” — which will help teach interested parties how to expand their businesses in Brazil.
 
Catalog detailing information about the Brazil Content studios attending XDS20 Adapt  and White Nights can be found below: 

[XDS20 Adapt] https://uberstrategist.link/BrazilGames_XDS2020
[White Nights] https://uberstrategist.link/Brazil-Games-White-Nights 

A video reels featuring the Brazil Games video game development studios attending XDS20 Adapt can be found below: 

[YouTube] https://youtu.be/GRvDZdOIBo0


To keep up with all things Brazil Games and its developers, follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. ​

São Paulo, Brazil (October 14, 2020) — Brazil's Independent Games (BIG) Festival, the largest independent games festival in Latin America, is thrilled to announce today that submissions are now open to studios who wish to enter the International Independent Games Competition. Submissions are also open to developers, publishers, and industry professionals who would like to enter a panel suggestion and present a talk during the event.
 
With support from the Brazil Games Export Program, a partnership between the Brazilian Game Companies Association, ABRAGAMES, and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), BIG Festival carries on the tradition of providing a fundamental business hub for video game professionals across the globe through its lectures, networking events, and face-to-face meetings.
The eighth edition of BIG Festival will take place at the Frei Caneca Convention Center in São Paulo from May 5 to May 9, 2021, with programming available both at the physical show and online. BIG returns with a renewed focus on its three core pillars — lectures from highly respected industry professionals, face-to-face and virtual business meetings, and the expansive and fan-favorite consumer festival. BIG Festival is also pleased to bring back the International Independent Games Contest, which features 18 awards categories and gives independent teams a chance to showcase their creations to an audience of their peers and the world.
 
“We are excited to once again bring together developers, publishers, and video game industry leaders to meet and learn from each other,” said Gustavo Steinberg, President of BIG Festival. “We look forward to sharing the games developed by so many talented independent studios during the consumer festival and Independent Game Competition, along with the knowledge and experience of some of the industry’s brightest minds during the festival’s panels and lecture sessions.”    
 
Studios who wish to submit their game or lecture suggestion may do so on the official BIG Festival site: https://www.bigfestival.com.br/index.html.
 
BIG Festival has helped countless independent game studios flourish by providing a place for fundamental and meaningful meetings and networking events to take place. BIG Festival invites past attendees to share their own stories of how the annual event has helped them by submitting their own testimonials. Those who wish to do so may submit a testimonial or suggestion through the form found here: https://uberstrategist.link/BIG-Festival-Testimonials.

About BIG Festival
 BIG Festival, which received more than 20,000 visitors in 2019, is the largest and most important game festival in Latin America. Since 2012, the event has become a central meeting point for studios to attend lectures and workshops, network, and meet with industry peers to learn more about the business of gaming. BIG has helped hundreds of innovative games from all over the world connect with an international audience. Networking opportunities held at the event generated more than 4,000 meetings between 630 game industry professionals from 34 countries. BIG estimates that BIG Festival 2019 resulted in more than USD 63 million in games-related business based on these connections. For more information about the upcoming event, visit the official website: https://www.bigfestival.com.br/.

Follow BIG Festival on LinkedIn, and keep current with BIG Festival 2021 by following the event on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and subscribe to the BIG Festival YouTube channel.

About the Games Industry and Brazil
 
Brazil is now the 13th largest video game market in the world and second in Latin America, only to Mexico. The $1.6 billion (USD) Brazilian games industry has nearly doubled in size since 2014, and the number of local gamers reached 75.7 million as of 2018, making Brazil the fourth-largest consumer market in the world. Half of both men and women in Brazil play mobile games, while roughly 40 percent of men and women play PC games, according to Newzoo. Purchase intent is healthy as well, as 83 percent of gamers in the region have made an in-game purchase within the past six months.
 
About Brazil Games
 
Brazil Games is the export program created by the Brazilian Independent Game Companies Association, ABRAGAMES, in partnership with Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency. Our goal is to promote the Brazilian Indie Game industry internationally, developing new business opportunities for our companies. The Brazil Games Program also promotes Brazil as the hub for business in Latin America and invites buyers, investors, and publishers to BIG Festival, Brazil's Independent Games Festival, the most important international indie games festival, and the hub for international business in Latin America.
 
About Apex-Brasil
 
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and to attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. The Agency's efforts comprise trade and prospective missions, business rounds, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international trade fairs, the arrangement of technical visits of foreign buyers and opinion makers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, and other select activities designed to strengthen the country’s branding abroad. Apex-Brasil also plays a leading role in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, by working to identify business opportunities, promoting strategic events, and providing support to foreign investors interested in allocating resources in Brazil.
 

​FinalBoss and VARSAV Game Studios are more fantastic examples of the great things happening in Brazil’s thriving games industry and a prominent member of Brazil Games — an export program created by the Brazilian Game Companies Association, ABRAGAMES, in partnership with Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade, and Investment Promotion Agency.
 
FinalBoss is among the very first companies that specialized in the production and development of video games and applications in Brazil, currently enjoying their 14th year in the industry with a hefty 114 games and 176 projects delivered in that time. They’ve also worked with big brands like McDonald’s, Qualcomm, Square-Enix, Globosat, SKY, Xuxa Produções, Domingão do Faustão, and Caldeirão do Huck.
 
Working with FinalBoss to develop The Path of Calydra is VARSAV Game Studios, a Polish studio that consists of 40 team members, and have a resume that includes Bee Simulator, which won Game Connection Europe Development Awards 2018 "Best Social Game" and Indie Prize "Best Kids and Family Game". The company is currently hard at work on its next title, Giant’s Uprising.