The European Game Showcase will be back at GDC in 2023. On March 21, we will host another showcase at Swissnex in San Francisco to help developers with great connections.
If you want to be part of our showcase, please submit your game no later than January 12, 2023. You can find the submission form here. Please check the FAQ before submitting your game to ensure that your game is eligible for the showcase.
You can submit all kinds of video games for all platforms, as long as the game is not yet released before GDC 2023. Submissions have to be done by the developer (not a publisher or another third party).
If you want to become a partner, please get in touch with the team to find out how your company can be included in our newsletter announcements, on the website and on-site during the event.
A big shout out to our sponsors, especially Swissnex and the Xsolla Accelerator program. Please scroll down for the full 2023 sponsor list.
We are looking forward to seeing your awesome games!
See the recent news here:
About EGS
Christopher Heck, Business Development Manager Nintendo of Europe:
“It is a great way to discover and connect with indies from Europe.”
Goran Saric, co-founder Okomotive, makers of Far: Lone Sails:
“The European Game Showcase in San Francisco was quite a positive experience for us. It’s a small business meeting with platform holders and publishers and only with some handpicked game projects. Within that small scope it was quite easy for us to get in contact with a representative of Sony. Two days later we already got access to Sony’s back-end and we could order a devkit for our PS4 port.”
About the event: What is the European Game Showcase?
The European Game Showcase at GDC is a pro-bono event where 30+ European developers showcase their newest games to the press, publishers, and strategic partners. It’s an invite-only event aimed at helping developers and their showcased projects take the next steps toward success. More detailed information can be found in our FAQ.
Date and time
March 21, 2022, 4:00 – 8:00 PM, Location: Swissnex, Pier 17, The Embarcadero #800, San Francisco, CA 94111
Showcase selection
You will find the selected games for the European Game Showcase 2023 after the selection is completed end of February here.
Can I attend as a visitor?
If you are a press member, a publisher, a platform holder, or a potential strategic partner, and want to be considered for the European Game Showcase guest list, please fill out this form. Invitations go out from the beginning of March. We will get in touch.
Organization
The primary organization team of the event is (in alphabetical order) Dajana Dimovska, Tobias Kopka, and Alessandra van Otterlo. The European Game Showcase receives support from a wide range of people and organizations across Europe, including Eva Gaspar, Jakub Marszałkowski, Oliver Miescher, Micaela Romanini, and Simon Barratt.
More questions?
To learn more about the event, why we organize it, the venue, cost, etc? Please check our Frequently Asked Questions!
Thanks!
If you are wondering if EGS is a thing: you can find more good experiences from our showcasing developers or attendees here.
Our 2023 Partners and Sponsors
We are thankful for the support by:
swissnex: Connecting Switzerland, North America and the world in science, education, innovation and the arts.
Xsolla: Find your way to funding with Xsolla Accelerator, a new investment program powered by Xsolla
SwissGames: Exporting Fun & Innovation Worldwide
Coherence: A network engine, SDK and platform that lets you make and run scalable multiplayer games in minutes.
Indium PLAY: We are a boutique QA & Playtesting company. Our approach is personalised, we are autonomous and we operate as if we are part of the dev team.
The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) supports films, series and games, from idea to experience.
MeetToMatch is the premium event networking service that combines an online meeting platform with a full-service matchmaking approach.
Premortem Games: Knowing before failing.
Your ultimate business resource to game development.
Get in touch if you are interested to support! We are just gearing up for 2023.
Header images by Koen and Paul Deetman