Calling Bergen direct from the US, we are excited to welcome Austin Wintory! Grammy-nominated and 2-time BAFTA winning composer Austin Wintory has worked on a wide variety of titles spanning games, film, TV and the concert hall. Most known for his work on the PS3 game Journey, his other games include The Banner Saga trilogy, […]
Welcome back to Konsoll, Stephen Hey! Stephen’s career spans 28 years of games PR, advertising, product marketing and latterly the role of Marketing Director at EA studio, Chillingo. Although Stephen loves games, he is terrible at them, but has a deep understanding of why people play games and what triggers people to buy them. He […]
Konsoll is proud to be hosting a student day in collaboration with the Bergen Public Library! We offer not only insight into day-to-day game development with local developers, but also an exciting talk by Milica Dokic (Talent Acquisition Specialist, Funcom). The student day starts at 10:30 at the Bergen Public Library. Local Norwegian companies will […]
We are thrilled to announce our next speaker at Konsoll and Konsoll Connect, Rami Ismail! Rami Ismail is a Dutch-Egyptian independent games & tool developer with over 20 titles across PC, console, web, and mobile. The co-founder of the influential now-retired indie games studio Vlambeer, Rami worked on award-winning and genre-defining games such as Ridiculous […]
You might recognize our next speaker as our one and only Game Master from our past events. Konsoll is therefore very proud to announce our next speaker, who has a dear place in our hearts, Yngvill Hopen. Yngvill Hopen is a concept artist with a background in traditional art and a passion for storytelling. After […]
Tickets for Konsoll 2018 are now live and can be purchased here and on our homepage! Ticket Costs are as follows: Student ticket: **550kr** Early Bird General Admission ticket: **550kr** (August 1st-August 31st) General Admission ticket: **650kr** The Early Bird ticket period is from August 1st to August 31st. After that, general admission tickets will […]
Please join us in welcoming back the wonderful Claire Blackshaw! Claire is a queer geeky Creative Programmer with a passion for learning and general insanity from London UK. She works at Media Molecule as part of Sony. Claire also serves as director and creative at Flammable Penguins Publishing making comics and telling stories. When not […]
As a dear member of our Konsoll family, we are very thrilled to welcome back Lee Petty. Lee has been involved in video games since 1996 in a variety of art production and leadership roles. Lee has worked for a variety of video game developers and publishers and is currently at Double Fine Productions where […]
Konsoll is so pleased to welcome back Molly Maloney and Eric Stirpe to Konsoll! Molly & Eric are a Narrative Design/Writing duo currently based in Los Angeles after five years at Telltale Games. They met on the job while working on a variety of Telltale franchises including The Walking Dead, Tales from the Borderlands, Minecraft: […]
It is our great pleasure to announce our next speaker, Åsa Roos! Åsa Roos is a veteran game developer from Sweden. She started in the games industry about 19 years ago as a game designer for mobile games. From these humble beginnings her career has spanned everything from small games and consoles to triple-A titles. […]
Konsoll is very excited to announce our first speaker of the year: Emil Pagliarulo! Emil Pagliarulo has been in the video game industry for over twenty years, working briefly as a reviewer before moving into development. He got his start at Looking Glass Studios in Massachusetts as a designer on the Thief series, but has […]
We’re pleased to announce that tickets to this year’s conference will go on sale August 1st. Prices are as follows: Early Bird General ticket: *550kr*General ticket: *650kr*Student ticket: *550kr* Lunch is included in the price of the ticket. All tickets purchased during the early bird period (student or general) will come with a Konsoll t-shirt!The […]
This year, Kulturrådet launched a new development program for cultural and creative industries – Ovasjon! This is a very interesting funding opportunity for our Norwegian developers and developer related events! More information below (information in Norwegian): I 2019 kjører Kulturrådets seksjon for Kreativ næring i gang Ovasjon: et utviklingsprogram for kulturelle og kreative næringer. Programmet […]
Last year Konsoll Connect had the great privilege of partnering with Casual Connect and Indie Prize. Our 2018 Konsoll Connect winners were Hyper Games, who will be showcasing their game (link: http://morkredd.com/ text: Mørkredd) at Indie Prize in London May 28-30. Check out the information below to learn more about how you could also participate!Indie […]
Save the date! We are so excited to finally reveal the dates for Konsoll 2019! October 17th and 18th we’ll all get together to celebrate our favourite industry. It is also our great pleasure to announce the venue for 2019: Grieghallen! We can’t wait to see you there!- The Konsoll Team
It’s 2019, and we are all excited for what the coming year will bring. Because for us, a new year is not just a new year – it’s a whole new Konsoll conference! And as we know the wait for another Konsoll conference can be excruciating (for us at least!), it is with great pleasure […]