From 14- 16 November 2025, Vidja invites all game enthusiasts, whether beginners or experienced developers, to 48 hours of creative chaos, collaboration, and game development. Create a game from idea to prototype in just one weekend! This is the perfect warm-up for the Konsoll conference and the Play festival – kicking off ten days filled […]
We’re thrilled to welcome Sofia Romualdo to Konsoll! A game designer with 7+ years of experience across PC, console, VR, and real-world play, Sofia received the Design Hero award at Game Dev Heroes 2023 and was nominated for Technical Innovation at the 2023 MCV/Develop Women in Games Awards. 🏆 Her games include Batman: Arkham Shadow […]
This year Mike McCarthy will be speaking at Konsoll! He is a concept artist with over 25 years experience in the games industry, producing work for many AAA titles, most notably the “Fable” series of games for Lionhead Studios and most recently “Hogwarts Legacy” for Studio Gobo. He is currently Principal Concept Artist for Act […]
We are thrilled to feature Elisabeth Sivertsen at Konsoll 2025, where she will lead an engaging workshop on inclusive game design. Elisabeth Sivertsen, also known as Arevya, is a game accessibility consultant, content creator, and public speaker dedicated to making video games accessible to all. A disabled gamer herself, she has partnered with studios including […]
Konsoll is so happy to welcome back Dan Thronström from Amplifier Game Invest! Dan has more than 19 years industry experience as a producer and project manager, having led large development teams and game productions ranging from Capcom, EA/Crytek, Warner Brothers to Avalanche Studios self-published the Hunter series. Games include Bionic Commando, Crysis 1 & […]
We are so excited to welcome our Konsoll Connect Keynote Speaker, Charu Desodt from Interior/Night! Charu Desodt is Studio Director of Interior/Night, an independent narrative games studio based in London. She started her career as the core engineer at PlayStation $1bn SingStar franchise before moving into production. Over the last 20 years, she has earned […]
It is our great pleasure to welcome our next Konsoll speaker, Shifally Rattan from Infinity Ward! Shifally Rattan brings a decade of experience in the gaming industry, currently serving as a Senior Character Artist at Infinity Ward. You can see her work in Call of Duty: MWII – Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: […]
We are thrilled to announce our next speaker, Victoria Kennedy from Eurogamer! Victoria Kennedy is a news reporter for Eurogamer. She has worked there since 2022, and in that time has interviewed developers including The Last of Us Part 1’s Naughty Dog, Monkey Island’s Ron Gilbert, Alan Wake 2’s Remedy and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s Insomniac, […]
Joining us for a student day talk on his journey from student to established game developer, please give a warm welcome to Thor Palsson from Megapop! Thor Palsson is a Nord graduate that currently works as Senior Game Designer for Megapop. With over Six years of experience in the gaming industry. In his career Thor has worn many […]
Joining us for a writing panel and student day talk, we are excited to welcome back Eric Stirpe from Remedy Entertainment! Eric Stirpe is a writer originally hailing from the tiny state of Rhode Island in the United States. From 2013-2018 he worked at Telltale Games on franchises such as The Walking Dead, Batman, and […]
We are so happy to welcome back our next Konsoll speaker, Molly Maloney from Remedy Entertainment! Molly Maloney is currently Lead Narrative Designer on the Alan Wake 2 DLC for Remedy Entertainment. Previously, she has been a Lead Narrative Designer and Assistant Director at Telltale Games (Tales from the Borderlands, Minecraft: Story Mode, Guardians of […]
Konsoll is proud to be hosting a student day at Spillhuset Bergen! We offer not only insight into day-to-day game development with local developers, but also exciting talks by national and international speakers. Continuing from last year, we also offer students a chance to showcase their games! The student day starts at 10:00 at Spillhuset […]
We are very excited to welcome our next Konsoll speaker, Adrienne Law from Larian Studios! Adrienne Law is a Senior Writer at Larian Studios, an independent developer dedicated to pushing the boundaries of storytelling and player freedom. Most recently, Larian launched Baldur’s Gate 3 for PC, PS5 and Xbox, which went on to win over […]
It is a great pleasure welcoming our next Konsoll speaker, Dr Tommy Thompson from AI and Games! Dr Tommy Thompson is the founder of AI and Games, a company that provides consultancy, training, and development support for artificial intelligence in the video games industry. He is largely known as a content creator, producing the AI […]
This October 31st, from 20:00 to 00:00, join us at Kulturhuset i Bergen for a spook-tacular Halloween party like no other! Whether you come dressed as your favorite video game character or in your own unique style, we welcome all conference pass holders aged 20 and over for a night of games industry fun! Costumes […]
We are proud to welcome our next Konsoll Connect speaker, Natalia Grajek from PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions! Natalia is a People & Performance Advisor with eight years of experience in recruitment and HR across tech, game development, and space industries. Based in Oslo, she works at PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions in Amsterdam, focusing on building and developing teams. She has […]