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  • Control Conference 2016

    TivoliVredenburg Vredenburgkade 11, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Control - game conference.  

  • Contours 2016

    Library at the Dock Melbourne, Australia

    Contours - "Charting the fringes of independent games in Melbourne and Australia A month-long exhibition of playable games, zines, artwork, sculptures, videos, photography and other cultural gems http://contours-exhibition.com/ Events Opening Night Event: 10 October 2016: 6PM https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/contours-opening-night-tickets-27674861255 In Conversation Series: HELEN STUCKEY - October 13 MARIGOLD BARTLETT - October 19 NICO DISSELDORP - October 27…

  • IndieCade 2016

    TBA Los Angeles, United States

    The IndieCade Festival is a celebration of indie games, its creators and the innovation within the industry. We also curate and recognize those that we identify as the top indie games of the year. More than 200 games of all types are selected by our esteemed Jury and are made available to play. Attendees also…

  • GameCity 2016

    Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Videogame festival Nottingham, UK From the website:  Now in it’s eleventh year, Nottingham’s world-renowned video game festival returns, promising to be bigger than ever! Headlining games industry speakers from across the world will provide a free talks and workshops programme throughout the festival- all hosted at The National Videogame Arcade Operating as a fringe festival,…

  • PLAY16

    Unnamed Venue Hamburg, Germany

    PLAY – Creative Gaming Festival is the first and unique festival, which combines media art, discourse and education with the culture of digital games. Discuss games with new perspectives at our confernce and panels, learn how to use games creatively in our workshops and play experimental indie games in our interactive exhibition.

  • Beta Public 6

    Camden People's Theatre London, United Kingdom

    "Three nights of experimental games and theatre" Website: https://www.cptheatre.co.uk/production/beta-public-vi/ Poster design by Musbuh

  • Zoo Machines 2016

    Imaginarium Lille, France

    Festival for innovative art and experimentation in games. Game Jam, Talks, Exhibition http://zoomachines.com/

  • Games People Play

    Nest De Constant Rebecqueplein 20b, The Hague, Netherlands

    'A game seems so simple, but in the end it is a complex phenomenon that gives us the possibility to think outside the box. Playing makes it possible to reinterpret reality, to explore taboos and to experiment with the impossible. In Games People Play, eight artists and artist collectives explore the social function of playing…

  • IndieCade Europe 2016

    tba paris, France

    Inaugural edition of IndieCade Europe   IndieCade Europe takes place November 18-19, 2016 in Paris, France. Works shown at this event will be drawn from the IndieCade 2016 game submissions. The games will be curated by the IndieCade Europe Committee that will focus on international representation. There is no separate submission process for inclusion of…

  • Symposium en expositie: Let’s Play Nederlandse Game Geschiedenis

    Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid 1 Media Parkboulevard, Hilversum, Netherlands

    In het kader van een onderzoek naar Let's Play video's en de Let's Play game-tentoonstelling bij Beeld en Geluid, nodigen we game academici, studenten, liefhebbers, verzamelaars en erfgoed professionals van harte uit voor een symposium georganiseerd door Universiteit Utrecht en Beeld en Geluid over het bewaren van Nederlandse computergame geschiedenis. Een volle middag met lezingen,…

  • Wordplay London 2016

    British Library London, United Kingdom

    This year, our festival of writerly games will be happening in London, England, in a no less esteemed place than the British Library. According to the Wikipedia entry, it’s the largest library in the world and included in their collection of 170,000,000 items is the manuscript copy of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (which was later published as…

  • Fugue of Play

    Platform Minerva Praediniussingel 59, Groningen, Netherlands

    FUGUE OF PLAY | 24 NOVEMBER - 8 DECEMBER | AN EXHIBITION ON ART AND VIDEOGAMES In a world full of smartphones, apps and augmented reality, almost nobody notices a single new videogame. But as a result of the development of extended and accessible techniques, the videogame is no longer just a game of skill.…

  • The Overkill 2016

    The Cee Spot Enschede, Netherlands

    From the website http://www.theoverkill.nl/ The Overkill Festival is a 48 hours nonstop gaming and film event. On The Overkill, visitors are confronted with an ‘Overkill’ of popular culture multimedia, with a strong focus on movies, video and gaming. The transcending borders of these media and the corresponding subcultures evolving around them will get a special attention…

  • Parallel Worlds 2016

    Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road , London, United Kingdom

    https://twitter.com/tigershungry/status/780723660298579969 How do the virtual worlds of videogames reflect and augment our reality? With VR headsets hitting the high street and augmented reality sending players hunting through their neighbourhoods 2016 has seen our virtual and physical worlds collide like never before. But what does it mean to design a virtual world? Come join us on Friday…

  • Exile – Not a Jam! 2016

    Vallekilde Hørve, Denmark

    4-day event to explore interactive things with each other (originally a game jam). Get away from the daily life and join other developers/designers/makers/people for the 11th Exile at the old folk highschool Vallekilde, Denmark. After ten successful Exile Jams we have concluded that the world has enough game jams and that there are plenty of…

  • Over Game: Videogames, Alternative Scenes

    Maison des métallos Paris, France

    Over Game: Jeux Vidéo, les scenes alternatives. Game Exhibition Curator: Simon Bachelier This is an introduction to the alternative game scenes related to political/social/moral topic. Come play and watch indie games and interactive installations, but also participate in different interesting debates, documentary screening, conferences, live-playing performances and more... for free. This is also the first time…

  • ALT CTRL Hackathon

    TBA TIlburg Tilburg, Netherlands

    One day of experimenting with creating alternative controllers for games. More info tba

  • Global Game Jam 2017

    Everywhere

    The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Register a site or join one of the jams around the world. There will be locations in over 90 different countries! http://globalgamejam.org/ If you're in the Netherlands: There are about 10 locations around NL…

  • Ludicious 2017 – Zürich Game Festival

    TBA - Zurich Zurich, Switzerland

    Game Festival. The biggest professional game event in Switzerland returns for a third edition from January 26 to 28, 2017. With roughly 600 expected professionals from the game industry, Ludicious is the place to network and see great new games from emerging talents in our exhibition. Stay up do date by signing up for our newsletter. Three days…

  • Screenhake 2017

    Het Bos Ankerrui 5-7, Antwerp, Belgium

    Screenshake 2017 is the fifth edition of the only art festival in Belgium to showcase the video game medium, with a focus on independent or ‘indie’ games. These are often smaller, more personal and innovative games; think of them as the video game equivalent of arthouse films! http://www.screenshake.be/

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