Video Game Industry in Wallonia

World Serious Game market in 2011: 2.500 million €

Main Video Game Studios (Wal. & Bxls)

• AMA Studio: Consoles, Ubisoft • Belle Productions: Web, 5Di, Serious Games• Crossroads: Casual and Serious games• Fishing Cactus: consoles, Smartphones, SG• Guru Training System: Gesture control – Golf sim.• Play Me Studio: Gesture control, connected tele• Softkinetic: Gesture control• Vetasoft: Mobile

But also...

• e-Learning > Learning Games:• Crossknowledge, e-doceo, Now.be

• Web agencies > Advergames, Xmedia:• Defimedia, Dialogic, D-Side, eMakina, Globule bleu Glucone, Lemon Crush, Polygone, Pops Comm. Yakafaire

• Comics editors:• Dupuis

• Audiovisual and 3D agencies: • Immeractive, Omedia

• Interactive Theatres:• Alterface, De Pinxi

• Technologies:• Cblue

• Etc. (sound, voices, special effects...)

Associations

• Clusters:• Infopole Cluster TIC, TWIST, AWT

• Grapes:• Serious Game, Transmedia

• Game association:• Game In

• Financing supports: • Tax Shelter > promotion + ???• St’art• Wallimage - Crossmedia• Creative Wallonia• Expériences interactives (NPC)

Thank you!