News - Uruguay Video Games

JOIN US AT GAMESCOM LATAM IN SAO PAULO!

Once more, Uruguay Video Games will make its way to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the third edition of Gamescom Latam. We’ll be travelling to the event with a team of gaming studios who will be showcasing their exciting new projects and their talent.

Want to connect with us? Reach out through the event’s B2B platform to learn more about our talented studios and their work!

March 28, 2025

DISCOVER URUGUAYAN GAME DEVELOPMENT AT GDC 2025

From March 17 to 21, Uruguay Video Games will once again be present at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) with a dedicated country pavilion.

A talented delegation of Uruguayan game studios will showcase their latest projects in San Francisco, joined by representatives from Uruguay XXI and CAVI, the Uruguayan Game Developers Association.

Visit our booth throughout the event and get to know Uruguay’s growing game development ecosystem, our latest projects, and the talented developers behind them.

Check out our catalogue here.

February 14, 2025

URUGUAYAN GAME DEVS GATHER FOR A NEW EDITION OF LEVEL UY

On November 14 and 15, creators from across our country will meet at LEVEL UY, Uruguay’s national game developers summit, to participate in workshops, keynotes, and a game exhibition. The event will conclude on Friday with a new ceremony of the National Video Game Contest (CONAVI), to award the talent driving this industry.

LEVEL UY is organized by CAVI (the Uruguayan Game Developers Association), and sponsored by Uruguay XXI, ACAU, ANTEL, Ingenio, the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC), and the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining. Learn more about the schedule, workshops, and keynote speakers here: https://www.leveluy.com/

November 13, 2024

URUGUAY PITCH DAY: A GATEWAY TO THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR URUGUAYAN VIDEO GAMES

16 Uruguayan studios presented their projects to 22 international investors at a meeting that opened the doors to new funding and expansion opportunities.

Pitch Day is now a fundamental platform for the internationalization of Uruguayan video games. Organized by Uruguay XXI, in collaboration with the Uruguayan Chamber of Video Game Developers (CAVI), the event brought together virtually 16 national studios that presented their projects before a panel of 22 high-profile international publishers and investors, including representatives from companies such as Google, Raw Fury (Sweden), Gaijin Entertainment (Hungary) and Rocket Ride Games (Canada).

This space offered the possibility of gauging the interest of essential players in the sector in the region and was the closing of an intensive preparation process known as “Road to Pitch Day,” which is now in its fourth edition and in which Uruguayan developers receive training from Pex Pison, who has held positions as Production Manager at Hyper Luminal Games (UK), Business Development Manager at Pomelo Games and CEO of Trojan Chicken. Thanks to this training, the studios were able to perfect their presentations and improve their skills to showcase their projects globally.

A key opportunity for the development of the industry
Santiago Auscarriaga, from Polynerve Games, who presented the game World Reforged, highlighted the positive impact of the training. “It was very practical to improve the presentation of video games.” The experience of facing a panel of international investors not only allowed Uruguayan talent to be showcased but also offered studios a valuable perspective on the commercial potential of their projects as a result of the feedback they received from the panel.

Fernando Rivero from Shiny Moon Games saw the instance as an engine for growth. “It has helped us grow and prepare for the next challenges. We are grateful to the event’s organizer for the opportunities created.” His team presented the game Be My Star.

For small studios, such as Fun Control, which presented Bunnerly, the process was key in its development. Sofia Collazo explained how participation helped them change their approach. “So far, our experience has been a process of ‘trial and error’ (…) However, participating in Road to Pitch Day has been an invaluable learning experience. It has made us rethink our work several times and learn to see ourselves not only as passionate creators but also as marketers of our project. We faced difficult challenges, but it left us eager to continue applying what we have learned,” she said.

For his part, Andres Kent, from Luminara Games, highlighted how the event helped them refine critical elements of their game Project Luna. “I found the experience very enriching. It helped us clarify some things about our project that we had not fully defined, such as the target audience, genre, competition, budget, and to incorporate tools to find an investor,” he said.

Nicolás Berrogorry, from Exceed, shared his experience with Halted. “The Pitch Day instance is always an invaluable experience, a way to test the project and the business that leads to the studio’s growth.”

For studios like MOYVA, the event offered crucial training. “We received great training on how to organize our project to achieve a presentation with better impact, and then we presented it to a panel of international publishers with much experience in the field,” said Joaquín Peirano, who presented Financial Tycoon. His colleague Álvaro Cabrera added that the experience was “incredible.” “It allowed us to learn how to present our financial education project more attractively,” he said.

Joaquín Volonté of Hipocampo, who presented Armonia, expressed how the experience helped him polish his vision. “It allowed me to go deeper into aspects one often does not consider. Thanks to this training, I feel much more prepared to present my project with a clearer and more concrete vision of the product I am developing”, he said. At the same time, the representative of Piratas del Plata, Sofía Micheloni, concluded that it was ‘a great experience of growth and exposure’.

Among the 22 investors and publishers were Qubyte Interactive and Nuuvem from Brazil, Buldogo Games from Argentina, Ludimus from Japan, Akupara Games, Xsolla, Google, Cleveland Game Devs, Serenity Forge and Whitethorn Games from the U.S., Viva Studios from Spain, Gaijin Entertainment from Hungary, Dotemu from France, Rocket Ride Games from Canada, Lesta and Narwahal Accelerator from Russia, Greenman Gaming from Great Britain, Raw Fury from Sweden, No Gravity Games from Poland, Riyadh Angel Syndicate and MBC Group from Saudi Arabia, Iceberg Interactive from the Netherlands.

These international referents’ participation resulted from sustained networking and prospecting work carried out by Uruguay XXI at events such as the Game Developers Conference (GDC), Big Festival, and Eva.

Find out more about these and other games and studios from Uruguay at Uruguay Video Games.

October 21, 2024

Join Us for Uruguay Pitch Day 2024!

For the 4th consecutive year, we are excited to organize our beloved Pitch Day – a unique opportunity to discover the latest in Uruguayan video games and connect with developers seeking publishers and investors. In just one hour, participants will hear up to 15 pitches, each lasting 3 minutes, followed by a chance to ask questions and engage directly with the creators.

Each pitch, carefully prepared over a month of intensive work, promises to deliver polished presentations showcasing the passion and potential behind these projects.

Write us at hello@uruguayvideogames.com if you’d like to receive an invite to the online session.

August 21, 2024

MEET US AT GAMESCOM LATAM IN SAO PAULO!

We’re excited to announce Uruguay Video Games will be present at Gamescom Latam! As the world’s largest gaming event arrives in Brazil, we’ll be participating with a delegation of 8 talented studios, to showcase their innovative projects and achievements.

Interested in connecting with us? Reach out to us on the event’s B2B platform to discover more about our studios and their innovative projects.

June 6, 2024

LISTEN TO URUGUAYAN VIDEO GAME PITCHES ON OCTOBER 25th!

For the third year in a row, Uruguay XXI and CAVI will host an online pitching session, as part of our national game developer summit, LEVEL UY.

Join us on October 25 at 1:00 PM (GMT-3) via Google Meet, where 7 Uruguayan video game developers will be pitching their projects to an audience of international publishers, investors, and other buyers. Each presentation will last 3 minutes, and there will be up to 4 aditional minutes for the speakers to entertain questions from the audience.

If you’d like to listen to these pitches and learn about what’s happening in Uruguay’s flourishing video game industry, just drop us a message at hello@uruguayvideogames.com, and we’ll send you the link.

September 18, 2023

FOR THE FIRST TIME, URUGUAY VIDEO GAMES WILL BE ATTENDING THE ARGENTINIAN EXPO EVA WITH A COUNTRY STAND

Uruguayan Video Games will be present at EVA, one of the largest expos and B2B events in the video game industry in Latin America.

Join us there from September 13th to 16th. We will be participating with a country booth, along with a delegation of talented Uruguayan studios.

Find us on EVA’s B2B platform to schedule a meeting and learn more about the Uruguayan studios and the projects on this page.

See you there!

September 12, 2023

URUGUAY VIDEO GAMES RETURNS TO BIG FESTIVAL WITH FINALISTS IN ITS TOP CATEGORIES

Once again, Uruguay Video Games will be present at BIG Festival, the largest B2B event for the video game industry in Latin America, from June 28 to July 2. We will be participating with a virtual country booth, as well as a delegation of talented Uruguayan studios, who will be both travelling in-person and joining the event online.

This year, two Uruguayan titles are among the festival’s finalists: Iron Marines Invasion and The Black Pepper Crew have both been nominated for Best Game: Latam, while the former has also been nominated for Best Game: Mobile. It’s the second year in a row that Ironhide Game Studio, the author of Iron Marines Invasion, gets nominated at BIG.

Do you want to get in touch with us? Download our brochure or talk to us on BIG Festival’s B2B platform to learn more about our studios and the projects that they’re working on.

June 5, 2023

MEET URUGUAYAN DEVELOPERS AND STUDIOS AT GAME CONNECTION AND GDC 2023

This year, representatives from the Uruguayan Game Developers Association (CAVI), Uruguay XXI, and 11 studios from our country will be travelling in person to San Francisco, California, to showcase our industry’s talent and achievements.

We’ll be participating for the third time at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), from Monday, March 20, through Friday, March 24. Meet us at our country pavilion at booth N2924, from Wednesday to Friday, to learn more about our country’s innovative video game industry and what it has to offer.

On the other hand, our delegation will also be participating at Game Connection America to strike its next deals with publishers, developers, and other industry specialists. Be sure to meet us there too, at booth #212!

Click here to read and download our official brochure for GDC 2023.

February 18, 2023

Fireborne Games

Dive into a dystopian sci-fi virtual reality as you speed through the streets on your hoverbike shooting down other racers in Airborne Arena

February 12, 2023

Ironhide

Ironhide Game Studio released on September its second space RTS entry, Iron Marines Invasion, for Android and iOS: https://www.ironmarinesinvasion.com

February 4, 2023

Rubber Duck Games

Rubber Duck Games: The demo of Evil Wizard was updated thanks to the feedback of the community.
You can try it right now on Steam 👉 https://bit.ly/3C3uB7H

January 28, 2023