The SGDA Swiss Game Awards are back for the third instalment and part of the Ludicious Game Festival in Zürich. The jury and the SGDA is happy to announce the nominees today! The nominees: Antyz – DNA Studios, Bulle Cloud Chasers – Blindflug Studios, Zürich Feist  – Bits & Beasts, Zürich FILD: Renegade Monsters – Bisbog, Lausanne Plug and Play – Etter Studio, Zürich Yamgun – Digital Kingdom, Vevey The jury: Adam Moravanszky (Jury-Präsident), … Read more

We are currently setting up new events like workshops, talks and more and will post them here nearer to the respective dates!

The very first edition of the Junior Swiss Game Award is happening. Deutsch: EINGABE Français: INSCRIPTION Italiano: ISCRIZIONE English: SUBMISSION We have partnered up with gameZfestival to host the very first Junior Swiss Game Award. Children, adolescents and young adults not only play games, they also invent them. Whether it’s a puzzle or action game, created for the Matura … Read more

As it is tradition, SGDA hosts an event presenting exciting new projects that combine game and animation design. This year we are excited to have Studio Gobo with Disney Infinity 3.0 which adds the Star Wars world to an already exciting world populated by famous characters. Also presenting is Awfully Nice Studios with their wonderfully animated The Bug … Read more

After two successful editions, the 3rd Swiss Game Award is happening on the weekend of the Ludicious – Zürich Game Festival Weekend (January 21 to 24). The SGDA Swiss Game Award is Switzerland’s first award that honours excellence of Swiss games. We have an open send in policy, go check the guidelines and send in … Read more

The Swiss Digital Alliance has been founded in Locarno as a body to promote the importance of the digital industry in Switzerland on a political level. The creative economy is rapidly evolving in the wake of digitalization, and games are an important pillar of this development. The technological know-how and the creative talent  of our members is … Read more

We have partnered up with the industry association “Zürich für den Film” to launch a initiative for a film and media law in the Canton of Zurich which demands a legally binding film, game and media support. The initiative is supported by the SGDA. The collecting of 6000 signatures is required to start with the … Read more

«The idea came during a discussion with a representative of the Swiss Game Developers Association» states Jacqueline Fehr in a recent newspaper article. An idea that became political action: for the first time a broad cross-party coalition has brought a motion that asks to clarify how policy should influence the development of the Swiss game industry. Being in … Read more