WALGA
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Publishes articles on the games sector in Wallonia, Belgium, including sector figures for 2023 and invitations to industry networking events.
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Belgian Beer Café Invitation
The "Belgian Beer Café" is a promotional invitation issued by Belgian game industry organizations, including FLEGA, Games.Brussels, VGFB, and WALGA, to partners attending gamescom.
- The Belgian Beer Café is a networking happy hour for gamescom partners on Wednesday, 21 August 2024, from 17:30 to 19:30 at the Belgian Games booth in Hall 4.1 in Cologne, aimed at connecting international visitors with Belgian studios and developers.
- The invitation is issued by Belgian game industry organizations FLEGA, Games.Brussels, VGFB, and WALGA, and lists roughly seventy participating companies across the Flemish and Walloon regions and the Brussels-Capital Region.
- Named participants include developers and publishers Pandaroo Interactive, Frosty Froggs, Rogueside, Triangle Factory, and Head First Studios, alongside support bodies Flanders Game Hub and the Wallonia Games Association.
BelgianGamesAug 2024
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Walloon Games Sector Figures 2023
This document is a press release from WALGA, the Walloon video game association, published in August 2024 following the Gamescom trade show.
- The Walloon video game sector's sales figures remained stable at approximately 11 million euros in 2023, with public investment impact on balance sheets expected in late 2024 or 2025 due to development cycles.
- Gamescom 2024 saw the largest Walloon delegation ever, with nearly 100 participants representing around 30 companies (studios, start-ups, service providers) and a dozen project leaders.
- Only 14 new games were released by Walloon studios in 2023, but studios aim to launch approximately 50 new games over the next five years, projecting significant sales growth.
WALGAAug 2024