Beyond hours of lectures and countless meetings, the Game Industry Conference includes an extensive B2B zone, which this year featured a record-setting 57 booths—30% more than in 2023. Major companies, including Larian Studios Warsaw, 11 Bit Studios, and Fool’s Theory, participated and opened doors to new candidates during the CEE region’s largest job fair.
Saturday 26 October marked the much-anticipated Central and Eastern European Game Awards (CEEGA), where the top honor went to Croteam for their game Talos Principle 2. These awards were born from the collaboration of 16 industry associations across Eastern Europe, reinforcing the strength and unity of the region’s gaming industry. The full list of award winners is as follows:
- Visual Art – Let Bions Be Bygones, by Bohemian Pulp
- Audio – Ghostrunner 2, by One More Level
- Design – Talos Principle 2, by Croteam
- Narrative – Let Bions Be Bygones, by Bohemian Pulp
- Technology – Ghostrunner 2, by One More Level
- Hidden Gem – Death must die, by Realm Archive
- Best Mobile Game – Raccoon Mania, Sun Storm Studio
- Best Game – Talos Principle 2, by Croteam
This year, for the first time, the CEEGA Awards featured additional “Code the Rights” awards, presented by Amnesty International in collaboration with industry experts. In the “Best Game” category, nominees included titles released between August 2023 and August 2024 that explore themes of exclusion, acceptance, and equality. The 2024 award was presented to Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios.
