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New investment fund for games in The Netherlands
This month a group of 25+ Dutch games industry professionals launched a new initiative to fund games in The Netherlands. The Midgame Fund (midgame.fund) is only open for Dutch initiatives in the €10,000 – €150,000 investment range. A prototype, vertical slice or...
INDIGO 2021: Focus on local developers, tickets now available
INDIGO, the annual game and entrepreneurship festival in the Netherlands organized by Dutch Game Garden returns for 2021. At INDIGO, we aim to bring the work of Dutch game developers to the attention of international publishers, platform holders, press, influencers,...
Van Iersel Luchtman and Dutch Game Garden are entering into a collaborative partnership
Van Iersel Luchtman and Dutch Game Garden are starting a promising partnership. Van Iersel Luchtman is currently the only law firm in the Netherlands with a full-service legal team for the games industry. They assist and advise developers, publishers, and other...
New start-up focusses on-body sensors to measure emotional gaming experience
The Dutch start-up ObservingMinds has launched the Return on Experience (RoX) optimizer, which is the result of 8 years of scientific research and data science. Founders Paulien van Slingerland and Harrie van de Vlag decided to start ObservingMinds to bring...
Dutch Game Garden wins Game Bakery’ Best Community Award
Game Bakery hosted the first Game Bakery Award on July 24th on the GameKings Twitch stream. The original award ceremony was scheduled for March 13th in the Forum in Groningen but couldn’t continue due to the pandemic lockdown introduction. Game Bakery collaborated...
INDIGO 2020, Online and developed into a full-fledged business conference
INDIGO has developed into a full-fledged business conference. On June 26th, Dutch Game Garden organized the 11th edition of INDIGO. INDIGO 2020 was hosted online for the very first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Publishers, developers, industry professionals,...
INDIGO 2020 Online DISCOVER Lineup Revealed
We can happily announce that we have 26 games selected for the eleventh edition of INDIGO! Each and every one of the selected DISCOVER showcase games will be playable on Utomik for 7 days straight. Dutch Game Garden selected 26 games to be part of the INDIGO DISCOVER...
Dutch Game Garden’s first online Network Lunch
Now that the corona crisis has caused many events to be canceled, the need for a networking event was stronger than ever. That’s why we held our first online Network Lunch on May 6th! One of the main goals of Dutch Game Garden (DGG) is supporting the industry by...
Dutch Game Garden partnering with game platform Utomik for INDIGO showcase
Dutch Game Garden and Utomik are joining forces for the INDIGO 2020 business and showcase event on June 26th taking place online this year. Dutch cloud gaming pioneer Utomik delivers a subscription service that efficiently streams chunks of the game and the service is...
Online Network Lunch in May
A month ago we announced that we were canceling the May Network Lunch. Prime Minister Rutte and ministers De Jonge, Grapperhaus, and Van Rijn announced at the time new measures to combat the spread and coronavirus and restricted certain events from taking place. As...
INDIGO 2020 will be Hosted Online
INDIGO 2020, Dutch Game Garden’s main game business and showcasing event will be online on the original date of June 26th, 2020. We believe that under the current restrictions and the many unknowns, we cannot guarantee a physical event that is safe and manageable at...
No Network Lunch in May
Dutch Game Garden won't be hosting her monthly Network Lunch in April and May. On Monday, March 23rd, Prime Minister Rutte and ministers De Jonge, Grapperhaus and Van Rijn announced new measures (based on advice from RIVM) to prevent the increase of the coronavirus....
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