- Special digital country pavilions from the Baltics, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland
- 600+ companies already registered for devcom
- Sponsors Xsolla, the NRW Indie Expo, Destructive Creations and InnoGames will make #ddc2020 a truly unforgettable event
Cologne, August 14th, 2020 – With over 600 companies already registered for this year’s devcom digital conference, the devcom team is preparing to open the virtual gates to their devcom digital conference this year. There are yet some more great news to announce, that will make participants anticipate the beginning of the 14-day-event starting on August 17th even more!
The country pavilions, that have become more and more important at prior devcoms, are of course also being translated into the devcom digital conference concept this year. Below is a list of the pavilions, with some of their exhibitors:
- Baltic Pavilion with a total of 7 companies!
- Belgian Pavilion with a total of 18 companies!
- Brazilian Pavilion with a total of 33 companies!
- British Pavilion with a total of 40 companies!
- Canadian Pavilion with a total of 30 companies!
- Indonesian Pavilion with a total of 16 companies!
- Chilean Pavilion with a total of 7 companies! ProChile, with 4ja Studios and Octeto Studios
- Colombian Pavilion with a total of 30 companies!
- Dutch Pavilion with a total of 9 companies! Dutch Games Association
- French Pavilion with a total of 8 companies!
- German Pavilion with a total of 8 companies!
Games Entertainment, halbautomaten Kommunikationsdesign GmbH
- Spanish Pavilion with a total of 7 companies! With Games from Spain
- Swiss Pavilion with a total of 9 companies!
devcom digital conference 2020 is happy to announce its full list of sponsors, that will ensure the digital event this year will be just as much of a success as the previous ones on-location. Xsolla, the main event sponsor, helps developers get their Unity or UE4 game access to over 700 payments methods worldwide, and will explain how to do so in their sessions and virtual booth.
The second sponsor of this year’s very special devcom is the NRW Indie Expo. The Indie Expo of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) has fully translated their vibrant devcom arena to the digital format, with exhibitors such as Invisible Walls from Denmark, Anshar Studios from Poland, Happy Volcano from Belgium, Trialforge Studio from Brazil, Outlier from Ireland, Honestly Games from Czech Republic, NeoBird from Germany, Flamebait Games from Sweden, Byte Kinematics from Serbia, TavroxGames from France, Altergaze from UK and many more promising to amaze with their new games, concepts, and ideas.
As the partners for the official party of devcom digital conference 2020, Destructive Creations will ensure you feel like you’re having a cocktail with the industry icons, creative indies and promising connections you met during a talk, meeting or at a booth – just as if you were meeting in real life.
Thanks to the recruiting sponsor InnoGames, employers and job seekers can network, exchange information about new opportunities and make valuable connections that may lead companies to hiring their next employee of the month!
The ticket shop for the devcom digital conference can be accessed here:
https://www.devcom.global/devcomdigital/tickets/
Here is an overview of all formats and platforms that devcom will launch as part of its digital concept:
- devcom 365 kicked off June 17th by starting the first episode of “devcom’s The GameDev Show” on www.twitch.tv/devcom_conf
- The devcom tutorials https://www.twitch.tv/devcom_conf, a serial of weekly tutorials about game development
- The first podcasts have been available on Patreon since June. Patreon memberships start at just $2 per month and already offers access to all devcom podcasts, talks and other exciting content produced for you every month. Tickets for devcom 2021 are part of some memberships starting at only $5/month. More information and all other memberships can be found here: www.patreon.com/devcom_conf
- The devcom event in the PINE app can already be accessed right now
- Start of devcom digital conference 2020: Monday, August 17th • End of ddc2020: Sunday, August 30th
- You can apply for a press ticket here:
https://www.devcom.global/devcomdigital/press/#press-accreditation
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About devcom 2020 devcom is the official gamescom developer event since 2017 and with more than 3,000 attendees in 2019 Europe’s annual ‚must attend‘ developers event. This year is the premiere of the devcom digital conference 2020, taking place from August 17th to 30th 2020, as the first digital edition of devcom to date.
Hand in hand with all the exciting changes that go with the online program of devcom 365, such as the brand-new Twitch channel, “devcom’s The Game Dev Show”, the devcom tutorials and the devcom Podcasts, industry newcomers and legends alike have the change to mingle on PINE, as this year’s all-digital event sets sail. Also, using the hashtag #ddg20, digital networking has never been easier! The entire program will be spread over two weeks and will feature, amongst other highlights, “devcom’s The GameDev Show” hosted by Deborah Mensah-Bonsu, the devcom HEROES Award, devcom MasterClasses, devcom tutorials, free devcom keynotes and amazing rewards for devcom’s Patreon supporters.
devcom is organized by
devcom GmbH a subsidiary of game – the German Games Industry Association, co-organiser of gamescom Luxemburger Straße 79-83
50354 Hürth
www.devcom.global
Press contact & media partnerships:
Marchsreiter Communications
Dieter Marchsreiter – Thomas Hübner – Alexandra Krienke
devcom@marchsreiter.com
Tel: +49 (0) 89 519 199 42
Sales contact:
Roufina Guenkova
roufina@devcom.global
Program contact: Nico Balletta
nico@devcom.global
About gamescom gamescom is the world’s largest event for computer and video games and Europe’s largest business platform for the games industry. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, gamescom 2020 will be held exclusively in digital format from Thursday, August 27, 2020 to Sunday, August 30, 2020. On-site events in Cologne, such as the business area, entertainment area, gamescom congress and gamescom city festival, will not take place this year given the current situation. gamescom is jointly organized by Koelnmesse and game – the German Games Industry Association.
www.gamescom.global
About game – the German Games Industry Association
We are the association of the German games industry. Our members include developers, publishers and many other games industry actors such as e-sports companies, institutions and service providers. As the co-organiser of gamescom, we are responsible for the world’s biggest event for computer and video games. We are an expert partner for media and for political and social institutions, and answer questions relating to market development, games culture and media literacy. Our mission is to make Germany the leading location for game development.
www.game.de
About Koelnmesse
Koelnmesse – Global Competence in Digital Media, Entertainment and Mobility: Koelnmesse is an international leader in organising trade fairs in the Digital Media, Entertainment and Mobility segments. Trade fairs like photokina, dmexco, gamescom, INTERMOT and THE TIRE COLOGNE are established as leading international trade fairs. Koelnmesse not only organises trade fairs in these areas in Cologne, but also in other growth markets like, for example, China, Singapore and Thailand, which have different areas of focus and content. These global activities offer customers of Koelnmesse tailor-made events in different markets, which guarantee sustainable and international business.
www.koelnmesse.com