Fun & Serious Game Festival

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Fun & Serious Game Festival
Formation2011
Type Video games convention
Location
Key people
Alfonso Gómez Aguirre (Director)
Website www.bilbaogamesconference.com

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]

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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]

Ceremonies

YearDateGame of the YearVenue
2011 November 8 Battlefield 3 (European)Campos Eliseos Theater
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Non-European)
2012 November 29 Halo 4
2013 November 28 Grand Theft Auto V
2014 December 3 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015 December 1 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016 November 28 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Guggenheim Museum
2017 December 9 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2018 December 10 Red Dead Redemption 2
2019 December 9 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Bilbao Exhibition Centre
2020 December 12 The Last of Us Part II Virtual
2021 December 11 It Takes Two Bilbao Exhibition Centre
2022 TBATBD

Award winners

2011

The first ceremony for the Titanium Awards was celebrated at the Campos Eliseos Theater on November 8, 2011, and it was presented by Patricia Conde and Alex Odogherty. [7]

CategoryWinner
Game of the year (European) Battlefield 3 [8]
Game of the year (Non-European) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception [9]

2012

CategoryWinner
Game of the year Halo 4 [10]

2013

CategoryWinner
Game of the year Grand Theft Auto V [11]

2014

CategoryWinner
Game of the year Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor [12]

2015

CategoryWinner
Bizkaia Award Alexey Pajitnov [13]
Vanguard Award Tim Schafer [14]
Honorific AwardJames Armstrong [15]
Game of the year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Soundtrack Life Is Strange

2016

The ceremony took place at the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao and was presented by the actress Itziar Atienza and the journalist Toni Garrido. The awards were handed by Ed Vaizey, the basketball player Alex Mumbrú and the comedian Hovik Keuchkerian. [16]

CategoryWinner
Bizkaia Award Yuji Naka [17]
Vanguard Award Harvey Smith [18]
Honorific Award Warren Spector [19]
Game of the year Uncharted 4: A Thief's End [20]

2017

The ceremony was held in the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao and was presented by the journalist Iñaki López and the actress Itziar Atienza. [21]

CategoryWinner
Bizkaia Award John Romero [22]
Honorific Award Jordan Mechner [22]
Vanguard Award Jeff Kaplan [22]
Game of the year The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [23]

2018

CategoryWinner
Bizkaia Award Fumito Ueda [24]
Honorific Award Brenda Romero [25]
Pioneer Award Jade Raymond [26]
Game of the year Red Dead Redemption 2

2019

CategoryWinner
Bizkaia Award Tim Willits [27]
Vanguard Award Bruce Straley [28]
Pioneer Award Yoko Shimomura [29]
Honorific Award Greg Street [30]
Game of the year Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order [31]

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