Bucharest Gaming Week, discussions on games and gaming competitions

• Florin Cașotă

The fourth edition of Bucharest Gaming Week, the largest event dedicated to the gaming industry in our country, starts today exclusively online at www.bucarestgamingweek.ro and access is free.

For a week, game enthusiasts in Romania will be able to participate in the most interesting discussions on the impact of video games in society and on weekends they will be able to meet their favorite content creators with whom they can play the most popular games or discover titles created by developers Romanians. Bucharest Gaming Week takes place between November 16-22, 2020, culminating with the central event on the weekend of November 21-22.

During the week, Bucharest Gaming Week offers a series of discussions on current and sensitive topics, very little debated in society: what is a healthy relationship between children and video games or what are the steps to follow so that women have equal access to establish themselves in technical areas such as video game development.

The webinar France, Homeland of Gamers? Will take place on Tuesday 17 November, starting at 6.00 pm. presented by the French Institute in Romania during the digital November. The panel is dedicated to promoting the French experience in higher education in the field of video games. This experience can be a source of inspiration for the creation of a local school curriculum which will provide a foundation for young people who wish to pursue a career in the game development industry in Romania. The discussion will be attended by specialists from the French gaming industry: Laurent Michaud (development director of the Icônes Creative Schools network), Boris Bergerot (president of the Stakrn group), Benjamin Rolland (CEO BiggerInside) and Willy Lafran (co-founder of Freya Games) . The discussion can be followed on the Facebook page of the French Institute.

The debate “The use of video games in Romania” takes place on Thursday 19th November, which aims to provide more context to the recent launch of the most in-depth study ever conducted on the relationship between Romanians and video games. The study, conducted by RGDA (Association of Romanian Video Game Developers), reveals that 7.9 million Romanians play video games on smartphones, PCs, consoles or tablets and reveals, among others, which are the most popular platforms on which I Romanians play, where they buy their games, where and why they play. The discussion will be attended by Matei Psatta, social media specialist and co-founder of TPS Engage, Tudor Rohozneanu of Vodafone Romania, Cosmin Baba, creative director of V8 interactive and Ana-Maria Ghiurcă, Online Marketing Manager of BCR. The discussion will be moderated by Cătălin Butnariu, president of RGDA and will take place at 17.00 on the Facebook page of RGDA and Bucharest Gaming Week.

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Also on Thursday, starting at 18.00, Amber, the largest video game development studio in Romania, initiates a discussion on the role of women in the gaming industry and how prejudices regarding their access to careers can be combated. technical fields. The “Women in Gaming” panel will feature Luiza Banyai, Amber’s Head of People Operations, Baabuska aka Ioana Sima, creator of gaming content on Twitch, Andreea Per, executive director of RGDA, Gabriela Gherman, Head of Business Intelligence at Amber , and the discussion will be moderated by Irina Simion, creator of game content. The panel will be available on Amber’s Facebook pages and Bucharest Gaming Week, and those who have not attended live can watch registration at Amber’s virtual booth over the weekend.

The panel “Children’s relationship with video games”, led by psychologist Yolanda Creţescu, invites parents to a sincere debate on what a healthy relationship between children and games means, how can parental control systems developed by the video game industry but and open and honest discussions with children to contribute to their good and balanced development. The discussion is a preamble to the “About Games” campaign, a social responsibility action organized by RGDA (Romanian Association of Video Game Developers) dedicated to parents. The discussion can be followed on the Facebook pages of RGDA and Bucharest Gaming Week, Friday 20 November, at 19.30.

During the central Bucharest Gaming Week event linked by Vodafone, players will be able to interact online with the most popular streamers in Romania, discover projects from local and international game development studios, participate in numerous competitions organized by partners and watch competitions of hottest esports.

During the main event, participants will be able to discover, in addition to the partner stands, 3 scenes: Main Stage, Esports Stage and New Games Stage where the eSports competitions, tournaments organized by the most loved content creators and many other activities will take place. .

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