Playing for the Planet

We're delighted to announce three new Alliance members who joined Playing for the Planet in February 2025; Bold Donut Games, GAME ONLY , and GameDistribution! You can find out more about our members, their commitments, and how to join the Alliance here ?? https://lnkd.in/ec39XVqJ

Our new Sustainable Games Events Guide is out now for anyone who... ???? Would like support with taking their first steps towards running more sustainable events. ?? Is looking for specialist help on particular areas in their sustainable events management, such as catering or procurement. ?? Hopes to cultivate a more sustainable events sector by sharing and modelling best practice within the industry, and beyond. ...and more! Read our latest blog below to find out more, and get started in taking sustainable action for your events.

We're excited to be heading to Game Developers Conference once again next month! Do get in touch if you're attending and would like to meet up to talk through opportunities to collaborate, or simply say hello ??

Des innovations qui font du bien ! ?? ?? La semaine dernière, l’équipe de For Honor a re?u le trophée ? Meilleure Tech Verte ? des Playing for the Planet Awards, un honneur remporté plus t?t en novembre dernier, grace à son nouveau mode de jeu éco. Cette technologie géniale permet de réduire la consommation d’énergie des consoles jusqu’à 30 % sans compromettre le gameplay. Félicitations à toutes les personnes impliquées dans ce projet - un exemple brillant que le jeu vidéo peut aussi être un moteur de changement positif. ????

We’re delighted to share Playing for the Planet’s Sustainable Games Events Guide; a brand new, industry-tailored resource designed to help studios, publishers, and other games organisations put sustainability at the heart of their events planning. The resource brings together best practice from event and sustainability experts across the games industry to provide practical guidance, case studies, and easy-to-use checklists for event organisers to improve the environmental impact of their games events. Many thanks to Ubisoft, Amazon Games, and SNJV - Syndicat National du Jeu Vidéo, who co-developed this guide with Playing for the Planet, alongside many other friends and members of the Alliance who gave their time and expertise towards shaping this into a practical toolkit that can support events organisers across the games industry. Download your free copy here, and let us know what you think! ?? https://lnkd.in/eQcDVCzB

?? Tomorrow is your LAST DAY to register for the Green Game Jam. Remember: ? You DON'T have to build a new game from scratch ?? You DO need to have a live game with an existing audience to build new content into ? You DON'T need to be an expert in the environment and climate change ?? You DO need to attend our kick-off event on the 19th, or watch the recording afterwards to get aligned on this year's ask ? You DON'T need to have a concept ready to submit right now ?? You DO need to be able to build an activation into your game or as part of your community channels before our programme ends in August Want to know more? Find out and register here: https://lnkd.in/eECiEj4M

It's your last chance to sign up for tomorrow's event before ticketing closes! ??? Join us in collaboration with game - German Games Industry Association to find out how your studio or publisher can take action for the planet ??

With just under a week left to go to register for the Green Game Jam, we've put together some top tips from last year's judges for those looking to secure one of our coveted awards. Remember, we're jamming within live games with existing audiences, not building new games from scratch. Fill out the registration form by Wednesday 12th February to join in (link below).

Alliance member Wooga has been on a journey to begin reporting against the European Union's new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, the ongoing rollout of which is now beginning to impact studios and publishers across the games industry. In a new post for Playing for the Planet, Director of Communications Maike Steinweller shares her experience in tackling this new process, and the learnings, challenges, and successes that Wooga has found along the way.

We're excited to be partnering with game - German Games Industry Association to host "Hotfixes for a More Sustainable Games Industry"; a free, insight-packed webinar designed to help game studios and publishers spearhead environmental action through their work. Featuring bitesize talks from industry peers leading the way on sustainability across the sector, you'll learn about actionable ways to reduce your carbon footprint, champion sustainable principles within the sector, and harness your game and its players to leave a real-world impact in the fight for our planet's future. Come along to hear from leading industry practitioners in games and sustainability, including: ?? Tommi Lappalainen, Senior Sustainability Manager at Rovio Entertainment, sharing directly from his experience about the organisation's learnings, challenges, and best practices in pursuing decarbonisation as a games business. ?? Galina Fedulova, Lead Product Marketing Manager at Wooga, looking back at the studio's long-running participation in Playing for the Planet's Green Game Jam, which has seen it win multiple awards for high-impact Green Activations embedded into June's Journey. ??? Yvonne Lukanowski, Senior PR Manager at astragon Entertainment, sharing tips and tricks that the studio has learned in modelling sustainability measures through its events work, including the development of a sustainable booth structure at last year's gamescom. Register for your ticket below, and join us online next Tuesday, February 11th, at 1PM GMT. We're looking forward to seeing you there! https://lnkd.in/d5mFNGdp