The business-to-business event organised by IIDEA and Toscana Film Commission will be held in Pisa from 5 to 8 July. Applications open today for the Italian Video Game Awards
March 23, 2022
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Author: IIDEA
Milan, March 23, 2022 – IIDEA today announces the fourth edition of First Playable, the most important "business to business" event in the gaming industry at national level, which will take place at the Arsenali Repubblicani in Pisa from 5 to 8 July 2022.
With a respectable number of attendee at the previous events, First Playable has become a central event in the Game Industry calendar for everyone across the Italian Development, Publishing and Investment communities. Between 2019 and 2021, more than 300 Italian and international operators in the sector took part in First Playable and attended more than 1,000 meetings dedicated to the gaming sector, in addition to more than 50 speakers from all over the world. The event, despite its B2B vertical nature, also produced high numbers in terms of streaming, with over 225 thousand views for a total of more than 15 hours of live broadcasts on the dedicated Twitch channel.
Once again, this year, the objective of First Playable will be to facilitate connections between game development studios and international publishers & investors, offering content of the highest absolute value to Italian developers who will, once again, be able to attend the event free of charge.
Specifically, First Playable 2022 will offer preparatory Coaching sessions, especially useful for developers with less experience; in-person talks (also joinable online via the streaming channel) with a host of round tables including leading national and international guests plus the opportunity to secure 1:1 pitching sessions with publishers and international investors, managed through the MeetToMatch platform, matchmaking partner of the event; and finally the Awards to celebrate excellence among the productions made in Italy.
This year's Italian Video Game Awards 2022 ceremony will take place on the evening of 5 July in the form of First Playable's "Opening Night" and will be the occasion to award prizes to the Italian video games and developers who excel in the five different categories in the competition:
Best Italian Game: award for the best italian videogame
Best Italian Debut Game: award for best first Italian work
Best Innovation: award for the most innovative Italian video game
Outstanding Individual Contribution: award to the individual Italian professional who has most distinguished himself at national and/or international level
Outstanding Italian Company: award for the Italian development studio that has most distinguished itself at national and/or international level
The official website of the event (www.firstplayable.it) now opens for applications to be assessed by an international jury of journalists and experts in the sector. Italian developers have until 15 April to apply.
The fourth edition of First Playable is organised by IIDEA and Toscana Film Commission with the support of Fondazione Sistema Toscana. Confirmed MeetToMatch as matchmaking partner of the event. Unreal Engine will be Platinum Sponsor.
More information about the event is available on www.firstplayable.it
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