DIGITAL MAGICS LAUNCHES CASUAL GAMING CHALLENGE:Â CALLS FOR THE STARTUPS THAT DEVELOP DIGITAL GAMES FOR SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS
All the innovative digital companies that develop games for smartphones and tablets may submit their project by October 7 on
https://openinnovation.digitalmagics.com/it/challenge/casual-gaming-challenge
Milan, September 10 2018 – Digital Magics, the most important business incubator of digital startups “Made in Italy” active throughout Italy, together with the Publisher of La Settimana Enigmistica, launches the Call for Innovation CASUAL GAMING CHALLENGE.
The Call is addressed to all the startups operating in the gaming industry, which design and develop digital games for smartphones and tablets; more specifically, games that are very easy to play and intended to entertain a mixed audience.
To participate, applicants may submit their applications via the platform https://openinnovation.digitalmagics.com/it/challenge/casual-gaming-challenge. Among all the startups that will have applied within October 7th, the 10 most interesting projects will be selected to participate on Monday 5th November at the Innovation Day, within the coworking campus Talent Garden Milano Calabiana.
The goal of CASUAL GAMING CHALLENGE is to find the best startups, with innovative and original software, that are able to create a real innovation in the field of digital games for mobile devices, of the puzzle type and more, offering a gaming experience in single or group mode (multiplayer).
The 10 finalist startups will have the opportunity to be involved in commercial and technological partnerships with La Settimana Enigmistica, with a view to Open Innovation, integrating traditional games with digital initiatives related to the world of casual gaming, creating new forms of entertainment that have a common denominator: intelligence and fun.
CASUAL GAME
A casual game is a video game that has a simple structure and therefore does not require a long preparation, but at the same time is able to involve the user. It is characterised by a basic graphic style and above all for the chance to play short games. According to AESVI (Association of Italian Video Game Developers and Publishers), the turnover of the gaming apps sector in Italy amounts to EUR 385 million in 2017. About 17 million Italians have played video games in the last 12 months: 57% of population aged between 16 and 64, of which 59% men and 41% women. (Source: Ipsos Connect, January 2018).
According to the analysis company Digi-Capital, in 2017 the mobile gaming industry has exceeded USD 50 billion in sales worldwide and in 2021 the sector could be worth 80 billion.
This press release is available on the website www.digitalmagics.com under Investor Relations – Press Release.
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Digital Magics, listed on AIM Italia (symbol: DM), is a business incubator of digital projects that provides consulting services and acceleration services to startups and enterprises, to facilitate the development of new technological businesses. Thanks to the partnership with Talent Garden and Tamburi Investment Partners, Digital Magics has created the most important national platform for innovation for DIGITAL MADE IN ITALY, by providing support to innovative startups to create successful projects, from conception to IPO, while offering services for the digital transformation and “Open Innovation†to excellent enterprises. The incubation and acceleration services offered by Digital Magics are active in the TAG co-working campuses present throughout Italy. Complementary services include investment activities, which have produced over the years a portfolio of 70 investments in startups, scaleups and digital spinoffs with high growth rates. Accelerated companies are flanked by Digital Magics’ team, a partner of enormous business and digital experience, and benefit not only from the large network of private and institutional investors that support them through “club deals”, but also from the many partner companies that support them on an industrial scale.
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Digital Magics – Press Office
Giorgio Bocchieri – Mail: giorgio.bocchieri@digitalmagics.com
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