Country in focus: POLAND
In collaboration with the Polish Institute, this year we are bringing experts from one of Europe's leading industries. Featuring studios such as CD Projekt Red, 11bit, Bloober Team, Spectral Games & more
OUTFIT7 joins the mobile track
One of Europe's leading mobile games companies and the first gaming unicorn of our region continues its support for FTW! and shares tips for creating mobile games with a hook
Unity is back in Belgrade
Unity reps come back to FTW! to meet the devs and show us what's new in one of the most widely used game engines out there
AI in game production
This year we will host a masterclass and a lecture on use of various AI-based tools in game production, presented by Chat3d's Félix Balmonet
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Featured speakers

Vitalii Abramov

Executive Producer, Narwhal Accelerator

Tjaša Derstvenšek

Product Marketing Manager, Outfit7

Tim Browne

CPO & Co-Founder, Bright Gambit

Szymon Westfal

Head of Sales/Release Management, Untold Tales

Pawel Miechowski

Communications & Brand Partnerships Expert, 11 bit studios

Nicolas Briere

CEO/Creative Director, Old Skull Games

Natasha Skult

Founder & CEO, MiTale / Turku Game Hub

Magdalena Cielecka

Head of Production, Anshar Studios

Kacper Ullmann

Business Partnerships Manager, CD PROJEKT RED

Juraj Hrvoje Krašković

Game Producer, Raw Fury

Félix Balmonet

Founder & CEO, Chat3d

Elise Marchouba

Senior Producer, New Tales

Dragan Jerosimović

Independet Game Developer

Chad Mirshak

Creative Director, Onyx Studio

Bobby Wertheim

Founder, Kando Factory

Bibbi Wikman

Head of Brand & Publishing, Aurora Punks / Founder, PlayCap

Adriana Tanasković

Game Marketing & Publishing Producer, Grindstone / Games Farm

Main program tracks

CORE TRACK
Production, art direction, studio management, leadership, publishing and many more topics – from indies, over AA all the way to AAA, beyond & back. News from major game engines, ex-dev and co-dev, inevitable AI, focus on the Polish game dev scene, and most importantly – how to overcome the state of the industry.

MOBILE TRACK
FTW! is a “best of both worlds“ experience and we strive to satisfy the needs of our entire ecosystem. Mobile dev makes around 40% of local games production, and for those peers we will offer inspiring and informative talks. Find out the latest trends in ad monetization, game design & more.

GAME SLICE
We are adding a special track this year dedicated to publishing. We’ll host several European publishers, follow their talks and have them review selected live pitches from studios from our region and provide valuable feedback. The open call for indie teams will come in early April, and is open to any team from anywhere in Europe!

STAKEHOLDER ROUNDTABLE
We keep our stakeholder program with the idea to think about developing resilient and amazing game dev ecosystem. This will be a closed and invite-only panel and working session for representatives of NTAs, accelerator programs, educators and decision makers. Get in touch if you’re interested to get involved!

SHIFT2GAMES TRACK
Yet again, we open a part of the program for free – to all juniors, beginners, students & professionals from other industries considering their own “shift2games”. We offer them some amazing talks, we let them get a taste of our dynamic industry, plus meet the people involved. Powered by our own shift2games.com platform. 

AI IN GAME PRODUCTION
To all the ticket holders, we are offering a chance to take part in a masterclass which will shed light on some of the AI-based tools used in game production. The masterclass will take place a day before the main conference program and requires a separate signup – all details coming in April. Let’s find out what’s behind the buzzword!

Topics in focus

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: POLAND

NEWS FROM MAJOR GAME ENGINES

GAME SLICE: PUBLISHING, SELF-PUBLISHING AND BEYOND

AI IN GAME PRODUCTION

EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT AND CO-DEV IN 2025

LATEST TRENDS IN UA AND AD MONETIZATION

INCUBATION AND ACCELERATION

OVERCOMING THE "STATE OF THE INDUSTRY"

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Join 500+ European game dev professionals

as well as peers from other related fields - for two days of inspirational knowledge-sharing, networking and talks about the future of game development across our region and beyond.

CHECK OUT WHO WAS AROUND LAST YEAR !

EPIC GAMES | 3LATERAL | UNITY TECHNOLOGIES | OUTFIT7 | ROVIO | GOOGLE | SUPERCELL | WARGAMING | PLAYRIX | NORDEUS | SHOSHA GAMES |  SPERASOFT | INTEL | MY.GAMES | FINGERSOFT | SOZAP | TWO DESPERADOS | SCHOENHERR | TRICOMAN STUDIOS | YBOGA | AURINKO | PLAYKOT | GAMEBIZ CONSULTING | FLEGA | POLISH INSTITUTE | THE GAMES FUND | SOZAP | MAD HEAD GAMES | UNTOLD GAMES | WEBELINX GAMES | PLAYSENSE | OOX LIMITED | ENTANGLED |  DUCK ROCKETS | TWO DESPERADOS | POLYGON IMPACT | LIPSAR STUDIO | BRAVOCADO | WALGA | ALLCORRECT | PLAYKOT | VERTEXBEE | DREAMLINE ENTERTAINMENT | INGENIOUS STUDIOS | HORA GAMES | STUDIO OIO. | POINTER.HOW | CENTROID | PLAYSTUDIOS EUROPE | TINYBUILD | FLAT HILL GAMES | PERP GAMES |SOFIA GAME JAM | NACON STUDIO MILAN | EBB SOFTWARE | WEBMASTER.GM | BLACK BILE GAMES | RUDJI GAMES | OBRUZA INC | CRATER STUDIO | ALGEBRA | TESTRONIC LABS | PACKAGE DEVELOPMENT | LAV GAMES | CASE 3D | ELEPHANT GAMES | KIPI INTERACTIVE | DGI TECH GROUP | FORTUNA ESPORTS | BUNKER VFX | BOHEMIAN PULP | DEMAGOG STUDIO | ILBE STUDIOS | MATERRIYA TALENT DEVELOPMENT | EUCLIDEAN STUDIOS | WN MEDIA GROUP | SUPERGIANT GAMES | SEMENOV&PEVZNER | BIG BLUE BUBBLE | MONTE GAMES | SPACE TRACE | PUZZLE POINT | STRONG STUD GAMES | STP BELGRADE | TENDER TROUPE | MARBLE IT | RED INFO | AM-PM GAMES | WAVEFORM STUDIO | DIGITAL SERBIA INITIATIVE | GOOD GAME GLOBAL | KOOKABURE | NOVA ISKRA | DIGITAL SERBIA INITIATIVE | GOETHE INSTITUTE | INSTITUT FRANCAIS | SUPERSIDE | FOXY VOXEL | PHOBOS | CENTROID | THERA INTERACTIVE | UBISOFT BELGRADE | SHOSHA GAMES |  KARANOVIC&PARTNERS | FRIED PICTURES | INCINERATION PRODUCTIONS | STUDIO BEDEM | ALBANIAN GAMING COMMUNITY | LENADOR STUDIOS | METAXILASIS | MATERRIYA TALENT DEVELOPMENT | IMPACT HUB BELGRADE | BABYBOTTLE STUDIO | SUPERSCALE | BLOOMBERG ADRIA | APPMAGIC | METAWORX | SIRIUS 3D | ABVH | DIGITSAL ASSET TAILORS | GOLIJAT CONSULTING | LIVEVIEW STUDIO | VRROOM | STORYTELLER369 | VEGA IT | BOOM CORP | DIGITAL KRAFT | SENDE | RED INFO | CRATER STUDIO | ADJUST | PEAKSEL | NOTHING2INSTALL | OPS.INC |  DANUBE GAMES | NOOR GAMES | TEKNASYON | NEKKI | FISHING BOOKER | CAS AI | BUBADU | INNOVATION FUND OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA | CROATIAN GAME DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION | MACEDONIAN GAMING INDUSTRY | EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT | EPIC ASSISTANTS | OBRT TEAM | ARCHANGEL STUDIO | KINOA | 

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many more freelancers, indies, startups, service providers and related professionals!

Locations

mts Dvorana

Sprat Bar

Playstudios Europe