Hendrik Lesser has been re-elected president of the European Video games Developer Federation (EGDF) because the organisation proclaims its 2026-2028 board.
Homo Ludens CEO David Rabineau and No Brakes Video games studio director Gediminas Tarasevicius have stepped down.
The EGDF board now consists of:
- Martine Spaans (Fourth Moon Video games COO, Dutch Video games Affiliation normal supervisor)
- KooPee Hiltunen (Neogames Finland Affiliation director)
- Per Strömbäck (Gaming Tradition Basis board member, Stockholm Area Enterprise Council member)
- Hrvoje Mitic (GamesCo. head of enterprise improvement, Croatian Sport Growth Alliance secretary normal, Splitscreen Croatia founder)
- Jakub Marszalkowski (Head of Video games Trade Convention, Indie Video games Poland Basis co-founder and board member)
- Vanessa Kaplan (Syndicat Nationwide du Jeu Vidéo director normal)
The EGDF has outlined its agenda for the subsequent two years, specializing in providing builders “a path to the highest of the worth chain” in addition to improved entry to funding, expertise, and expertise.
“The EGDF will proceed to observe and facilitate the event of the European recreation business ecosystem, strengthen its collaboration with European recreation improvement studios, and enhance the European recreation business’s international visibility,” the group mentioned.
“Moreover, as the sport business is a forerunner of AI-based instruments and applied sciences, the affiliation set a objective of changing into the primary AI-based European commerce affiliation.”
Earlier this week, the EGDF and Video Video games Europe (VGE) published the European Video Game Industry Insights Report 2024.
The report states that the European video games business generated €24 billion in turnover in 2024, with over 6,600 studios using greater than 95,000 individuals.