The 6th edition of Fun & Serius promises to surprise lovers of the genre


The 6th edition of Fun & Serius promises to surprise lovers of the genre



Bilbao will become the European capital of digital animation from November 25 to 28


The Fun & Serius video game festival held every year in Bilbao promises surprises and fun for lovers of the genre. The event has become by its own merits one of the references of the European scene, a must for digital entertainment that has revealed some key names that will visit Bilbao from November 25 to 28 as the reason for its VI edition.

As tradition, culminate his last day with the awards ceremony in a spectacular setting, the Guggenheim Museum. There, important international figures from the videogame will attend to collect the Titanium prizes to the different categories of the industry. The most nominated this year is one of the biggest blockbusters, Uncharted 4, with six nominations, followed by the surprise of the year, Inside, with five. Dishonored and Dark Souls III will seek the award with four.

Investors and publishers from all over Europe will attend the Games Industry Forum (GIF) to capture talent and projects. The GIF is one of the novelties of this year, which will involve the creation of an industry forum focused on showing round tables, talks and meeting points to all members of the sector, opening the possibility of creating synergies between them.

The creators of Sonic, Deus Ex, Dishonored 2, Inside, Watch Dogs 2, PCFootball and Oxenfree will participate in some of the activities of the festival that this edition will feature the United Kingdom as the guest country. Every year we try to improve ourselves and bring the best, we are growing, the message begins to sink and I hope Bilbao becomes the epicenter, said Alfonso Gómez, director of the festival.

Fun & Serious has unveiled Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic, as an honorary prize in the 6th edition of the festival. The Japanese created the blue hedgehog in 1991 and since then is one of the most famous and representative video game characters. A visit of high flights for some awards that place Bilbao as European capital of the sector.

The Whole Saga Award will fall on Civilization, which turns 25 in this 2016. Civilization is a fundamental reference not only in the genre of strategy, but in the history of video games in general.

A total of 480 studios in Spain are working on the creation of videogames investing more than 500 million euros, despite this it is difficult for us to go abroad and find new investors, explained Antonio Santo, head of GIF.

In addition, between the 25th and 27th of November the Fun Zone will be open, the place to see and play with all the latest news. This year with more games and more square meters than ever, it will take place in the emblematic Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao and its organization is run by GAME e · sports.

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