Also this year back First Playablethe business event dedicated to the world of Italian videogame development, organized by IIDEA And Toscana Film Commission and supported by Sistema Toscana Foundation, Foreign Ministry And ICE agency.
The fourth edition of the event will in fact start the next Wednesday 6 July and the next one will finish Friday 8 Julywith performance at the Republican Arsenals of Pisa. For the occasion, as has become tradition, the appointment will be opened by the award ceremony of the Italian Video Game Awardswhich can be followed in live streaming through the First Playable Twitch channel.
In this case, the date to be noted on the calendar is that of Tuesday 5th Julyat 19.00 o’clock. To lead the evening, we will find Elle Osili-Wood And Aoife Wilsonwhich from Cinema The Company of Florence will reveal the winners of the five categories of the Italian Game Awards:
- Outstanding Individual Contribution;
- Outstanding Italian Company;
- Best Innovation;
- Best Italian Debut Game;
- Best Italian Game;
Thanks to the contribution offered byICE (Agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian companies), the 2022 edition of First Playable will host a delegation of over 35 international guests, from the UK, France, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and Poland. From Wednesday 6 July, conferences dedicated to the most current issues in the world of video games will alternate between metaverse, accessibility and inclusiveness, financing, growth of the European industry, gaming accelerators in Italy. Space also for the experiences of Italian developers who work abroad and an appointment aimed at presenting all the news relating toUnreal Engine 5thanks to the collaboration of Epic Games.
Through a platform made available by MeetToMatch, the over 60 Italian development studios registered with First Playable will also be able to arrange meetings to present their projects to international publishers such as All in! Games, Amplifier Game Invest, Curve Games, Epic Games, Focus EntertainmentIO Interactive, Kepler Interactive, Koch Media, Marvelous Europe, myAppFree, Merge Games, Nintendo of EuropeRenaissance PR, Square Enix CollectiveTeam 17, Thunderful Games, Wired Productions, Zordix, as well as 34BigThings and Acer.
During First Playable 2022, more information will also be offered on upcoming editions of Red Bull Indie Forge, Xsolla Contest (program with a prize money of 7,000 euros, a support from the Funding Club, a month of registration to the 80 Level Talent Platform, a ticket to access the Xsolla Accelerator and various bonuses for all finalists) and on the three Italian accelerators Cinecittà Game Hub From Rome, Bologna Game Fam of Bologna and Quickload of Turin.
For more details, you can refer to First Playable official site.
