Fun & Serious Game Festival

Fun & Serious Game Festival is a video game festival that takes place, in Bilbao, Spain, from late November to the beginning of December since its foundation in 2011.[1] Its main objective is to recognize the cultural importance of video games. To do so, several leisure and training activities are celebrated, such as the VIT Talks and the Fun & Serious Awards.[2]

Fun & Serious Game Festival
Formation2011
TypeVideo games convention
Location
Key people
Alfonso Gómez Aguirre (Director)
Websitewww.bilbaogamesconference.com

History

The Fun & Serious Game Festival has the support of the Basque Regional Government - SPRI, the city hall of Bilbao and Vizcaya's Porvincial Council. Besides, it is sponsored by the newspaper 'El Correo'. Among the strategic partners of this event relevant brands from the sector can be found, such as Microsoft, PlayStation and Ubisoft. The Spanish Association of video games (AEVI) also collaborates with the Festival.

The Titanium Awards honoring the year's contributions to the video game industry conclude the festival.[3]

The Titanium Award changed its name and design in 2015, in reference to the titanium, a metal that represents the transition experimented in the city of Bilbao. In 2016, the total number of assistants was of 25000 people.[4]

In 2018, by its eighth edition, the festival changed its location, moving to the Bilbao Exhibition Centre of Baracaldo, in order to increase the habitual capacity.[5] In 2019 the IX edition will take place, between the 6th and 9 December, where Yōko Shimomura will be awarded with the Titanium award for her input in the video games' music world. Furthermore, the compositor will impart a talk in the VIT Talks of this festival.[6]

References
  1. Gamer, Redacción FS. "Fun & Serious Game Festival, un festival de 'cine' | FS Gamer" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. EP (2013-05-04). "La tercera edición del Fun & Serious Game Festival llega en noviembre a Bilbao" (in Spanish). El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. Sempere, Josep Maria (2018-12-10). "Anunciados los ganadores de los premios Titanium". Eurogamer.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. "Más de 25.000 personas asistieron al Fun & Serious Game Festival 2015". Vandal (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  5. Ortega, José L. (2018-09-24). "Fun & Serious Game Festival se muda a un nuevo recinto". HobbyConsolas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  6. "Yōko Shimomura recogerá el Premio Pionera en la IX edición de Fun & Serious Game Festival". El Correo (in Spanish). 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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