During last week’s Media Fast Forward event, investor PMV and Flemish broadcaster VRT announced the new joint venture Media Invest Vlaanderen (link in Dutch). They mainly offer financial support for emerging media companies that want to invest in media content (of which video games are a part) or media technology. For Flemish and Brussels game studios Continue reading →
They say money doesn’t buy happiness, but it sure buys you precious development time. Financials are important for any company, but as the development process for a game often spans several years, game studios do well to always have one eye on the screen and one eye on the books. In the next Gaming Lab, Continue reading →
South by Southwest (SXSW), taking place in Austin from March 8 until March 17, has grown from a music event into one of the most important international forums for the creative industries. The festival is no longer only about discovering hip new bands, but has embraced topics such as film, multimedia, digital entertainment, video games Continue reading →
The first edition of a brand new game event always conjures a gentle mix of excitement and uncertainty. Stuffing the program with activities while trying to do something different, it’s inspiring to see an event get molded into its final form. But even then, nobody knows what the maiden voyage is going to be like. Continue reading →
If you’ve succesfully started your own studio, you’ve already gathered that creating actual video games is but a part of the job. Steering your company in the right direction is equally important and doing so requires a healthy dose of creative entrepreneurship. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had an experienced enterpriser help show you Continue reading →
If you frequent(ly visit) indie events like Indigo, Media Indie Exchange or Indie Arena Booth, chances are you’ve run into Heiny Reimes at one point or another. Next to running a hugely succesful Twitter account where he highlights interesting indie games to a following of over 100K people, this indie evangelist also started a Discord channel where Continue reading →








