Brazil games take center stage with nearly 50 studios at GDC 2024

The Brazil Games delegation will feature nearly 50 companies. Pepita Digital (Master Lemon and the Tree of languages), Hermit Crab Game Studio (FC Barcelona Freestyle and Benfica Football Merge), Audaces (Audaces Fashion Studio), ExtraordinaryGames.fun (Midnight Dreams), The Glitch Factory (To Kill A God), Mad Mimic (Mark of the deep) and Rockhead Studios (Starlit Adventures 2) will be showcasing their titles at Brazil Games’ mini-booths from Wednesday, March 20 to Friday, March 22 at stand P1681 in North Hall.  

Check the delegation agenda  here.

This year’s Brazil Games delegation also includes ARVORE Immersive Experiences (Pixel Ripped 1978), BitCake Studio (Atomic Picnic), Double Dash Studios (Shadows of Chroma Tower), Gazeus Games (Dominoes Battle), Lightfarm Studios (Zero Lilium Bloom), Mad Mimic (Mark of the Deep), PEPITA DIGITAL (Master Lemon – The Tree of Languages), Seize Studios (WHAT THE DUCK), The Glitch Factory (No Place for Bravery), White Wolfy (A SUNDAY AFTERNOON), and many others. 

A complete list of all the Brazilian studios attending GDC this year can be found here. Additionally, Brazil Games will host its own official GDC 2024 session, “Next-Gen Brazil: Where Your Next Game Business Will Thrive,” on Thursday, March 21, from 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM at Room 3022, West Hall. Rodrigo Terra, President of Abragames (Brazilian Game Companies Association), and Gustavo Steinberg, CEO of Gamescom Latam and BIG Festival, will host the session discussing the Brazilian gaming development industry’s sustained growth and the country’s eagerness for new gaming content and products. 

Furthermore, the Brazilian delegation will participate to the Independent Games Summit for a panel entitled “A decade unveiled : The Brazilian Indie Games Scene’s Transformative Journey” hosted by Arthur Protosia (Fableware), Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (PUC-PR), Ana Ribeiro (Arvore Immersive Experiences), Thais Weiller (JoyMasher), Sandro Manfredini (Epic Games)

“The Brazil Games delegation is proud to return to GDC this year,” said Eliana Russi, Director of Operation of Abragames. “The recognized quality of development by Brazilian companies, rapid rise of support studios, proliferation of external development services, presence of world-renown companies such as Garena, Tencent, and Ubisoft, and other factors have earned the Brazilian games industry its rightful place on the international stage. We invite all GDC attendees to visit our booth and realize the full potential of Brazil first-hand.” Brazill Games is also inviting all GDC participants to attend the Brazilian Breakfast and SP DAY Networking events taking place at the Brazil Games stand (P1681) on Thursday, March 21 at 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM, respectively. Attendees can contact Damien Sarrazin ([email protected]) if interested. Lastly, Brazil Games will participate in the – invite-only – Global Play Showcase competition at BuzzWorks (365 11th St, San Francisco, CA 94103) on Tuesday, March 19, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Mad Mimic’s  Mark of the Deep pirate themed adventure will represent Brazil with the tastiest snack Latin America has to offer.