BGA x NEWZOO: Metaverse Game Worlds & Different Perspectives

BGA x NEWZOO: Metaverse Game Worlds & Different Perspectives

July 22 at 6pm CET

Free online event featuring a panel of industry leaders including Manticore, The Sandbox, Darewise, and Lockwood Publishing, discussing different approaches to metaverse games this year and beyond.

Catch them live on July 22nd at 5pm CET

Are you ready to live virtually? We’re closer than it looks! Learn about the present and future of the ‘metaverse’ — a digital world beyond the physical world we live in. Join us on this week’s panel hosted by Candice Mudrick from Newzoo, a leading data source for games and esports analytics and market research. On this occasion, you’ll hear from four pioneering companies in the metaverse space that are pushing the boundaries between what’s analog and what’s virtual.

Tune in this Thursday, July 22nd, at 6pm CET and connect with the speakers LIVE.

Watch live on our BGA YouTubeTwitter, and Twitch channels.


About Our Speakers

Patrick Buechner, Chief Marketing Officer at Manticore Games

A product-focused video game executive with a track record of creating, launching, and growing some of interactive entertainment’s biggest brands. Specialties: product development, studio management, community, marketing, and PR.

Oliver Kern, Chief Commercial Officer at Lockwood Publishing

Oliver is a noted growth hacker and mobile marketing guru and has helped app companies ranging from indies to market giants like Rovio and Wargaming. In his more than 20 years in marketing and advertising he has marketed hundreds of casual, core and MMO games in the online and mobile space. Currently he serves as Chief Commercial Officer at Nottingham-based Lockwood Publishing, the creator of the virtual 3D world AVAKIN LIFE.

Benjamin Charbit, Co-founder and CEO at Darewise

First an investment banker, Benjamin was soon overtaken by his passion for video games. He joined Ubisoft and cut his teeth as a Live Content Producer and Director on Assassin’s Creed before creating Darewise Entertainment.

Sebastien Borget, Co-founder and COO at The Sandbox; President of Blockchain Game Alliance

Sébastien Borget is the co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, a unique virtual world where players can build, own and monetize their gaming experiences using NFTs & SAND, the main utility token of the platform. Sébastien also became the president of the Blockchain Game Alliance in 2020, a non-profit organization of 150 key members of the industry.


About the Blockchain Game Alliance

The Blockchain Game Alliance is an organization committed to promoting blockchain within the game industry.

Our goal is to spread awareness about blockchain technologies and encourage adoption by highlighting their potential to foster new ways to create, publish, play, and build strong communities around games.

The BGA also provides an open forum for individuals and companies to share knowledge and collaborate, create common standards, establish best practices, and network.

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