The fourth edition of First Playablethe business event dedicated to mondo gaming organized by IIDEA and Toscana Film Commission and supported by Fondazione Sistema Toscana, MAECI and Agenzia ICE, it is about to return. The event will start on Wednesday 6 and will end on Friday 8 July at the Republican Arsenals of Pisa.
First Playable, the gaming event is about to return
To open First Playable will be the ceremony of Italian Video Game Awards which will be streamed via Twitch on Tuesday 5 July at 7pm. During the opening night two exceptional conductors, Elle Osili-Wood e Aoife Wilsonthe winners of the five prize categories:
- Outstanding Individual Contribution;
- Outstanding Italian Company;
- Best Innovation;
- Best Italian Debut Game e Best Italian Game.
Over the three days, First Playable will host a delegation of high profile international players. Beyond 35 international guests selected, in collaboration with the ICE network of offices abroad, will take part in the rich program of the event.
Wednesday 6th Julyinstead, they will start the activities in presence with a rich man conference program. Together with the numerous international guests we will talk about metaverso, accessibility e inclusiveness, financing e lenders, growth of European industry and much more.
The days of Thursday 7 and Friday 8 July will be dedicated to two initiatives. Through the online matchmaking platform made available by MeetToMatchthe more than 60 Italian development studios registered with First Playable will be able to fix meeting business to present their projects to realities of international caliber.
On top of that, younger development teams will also be able to set some coaching session with international mentors Rami Ismail (Flame beer), Hollie Bennett (Frontier Development) e Vikki Blake (Eurogamer). On this occasion they will be able to ask for advice on issues related to business, marketing and communication activities and the management of a firm.
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First Playable will also offer moments of networking informal. At the end of the first two days of the event, two evening appointments will be held. The first is theItalian Aperitif at the Baths of Pisathe second is the First Playable Party powered by Unreal Engine at the Domus Comeliana: both will give all participants the opportunity to meet informally and enjoy the hospitality and food and wine traditions offered by the Tuscany Region.
As if that were not enough, all developers will have the opportunity to meet Xsolla to receive more details on the Xsolla Contest.
Finally, representatives of the three Italian gaming accelerators, partners of First Playable, will also be present to meet all the developers interested in learning more about the next editions of the programs: Cinecittà Game Hub From Rome, Bologna Game Fam of Bologna and Quickload of Turin. It will be possible to meet at First Playable too Women in Games e MixedBagrespectively partner and sponsor of the event.
For more details on the event, on the different activities and on the Italian Video Game Awards you can consult the official site.