Flanders Investment & Trade
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Flanders Investment & Trade is the Flemish government agency that supports international trade and foreign investment in Flanders, Belgium. It publishes material on the region's gaming sector and its presence at industry events such as GDC.
Documents
Presentation29 pages
BelgianGames at GDC 2024
BelgianGames at GDC 2024 is a promotional and directory document prepared for Belgium's presence at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, held March 18–22, 2024.
- The Belgian Tax Shelter for video games gives private investors a net return of roughly 25% of the production budget, capped at about €1 million, with grants paid upfront while studios keep full revenue and intellectual property ownership.
- BelgianGames at GDC 2024 was a promotional directory for Belgium's presence at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, held March 18–22, 2024, aimed at attracting international attention, partnerships, and investment.
- The document profiles roughly eighteen exhibiting Belgian companies, spanning app store marketing and analytics firms such as AppTweak and Sparkers Data Company to game and XR developers including Briganti, Cognition, Cyborn, Myron Games, Fishing Cactus, Maracas Studio, Team Panoptes, Triangle Factory, and Wild Bishop.
Flanders Investment & TradeMar 2024
Article
Invest in Flanders: Gaming Sector
This promotional page from Flanders Investment & Trade presents the creative media, gaming, and animation sector in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium, as an attractive destination for businesses and talent.
- Flanders' gaming industry is a significant global player, with the video game sector exceeding the combined revenues of the movie and music industries. Belgium, with a population of 11 million, has over 70 game studios, almost all located in Flanders, and 4.2 million active gamers.
- Flanders boasts a strong talent pool and educational infrastructure for gaming, including five universities and 16 university colleges offering relevant degrees. Howest university college's Digital Arts & Entertainment program, the largest in Benelux, consistently ranks among the top 10 worldwide for game design and development.
- The region is home to globally recognized companies and innovations, such as THEOplayer (world's number 1 video player) and Larian Studios, a Ghent-founded RPG developer whose game "Divinity: Original Sin II" generated $85 million in its launch year. Flanders also contributed to the JPEG 2000 standard through Ingrid Daubechies' work.
Flanders Investment & Trade