The rumours are true; the 5th Annual Game QA and Localisation Forum Europe 2017 will take place in Berlin, Germany, for the first time. We are extremely excited to bring the world’s only QA and loc-dedicated gaming conference to such a hub of developer activity!

As we take residence in Berlin for the first time, 2017 discussions will focus on cross-team collaboration for game quality. Ultimately, everyone on a game team, whether they be in QA or localisation, production or development, operations or studio leadership, is trying to make the best game possible. We’re all united under the same banner of final game quality – since, after all, quality titles means better brand reputation and sales.

The Game QA & Localisation Forums, as regular participants will tell you, provide a much-needed and unique platform for games professionals and leaders to get together to discuss these critical, but niche, topics in a relaxed and intimate environment. Industry events these days are commonly either too broad to have discussions that get to the heart of the issue, or so huge that getting any significant facetime with peers is very difficult between all the running around and meetings. That’s why the Game QA & Loc forums are so popular – with just the right size to promote valuable discussions, just the right mix of seniority and roles to enable unrivalled networking, and just the right topics to allow for both holistic/strategic discussions and detailed practical improvements for our everyday workflows and challenges.

What’s more, we bring together both essential sides of the industry – not only the developers and publishers working on the games, but also the external suppliers that make our work possible. In fact, the support of our event partners is what makes it possible to keep growing and improving these forums year on year! Please do take a moment to see who will be speaking and exhibiting at this year’s forum, as they have been integral in making it happen – and who knows, you may even meet your next business partner here!

So this June, let us come together, as whole game teams, to have open and honest dialogue about how we can better work together, how we can collaborate more, how we can include each other earlier in planning stages to become less reactive and more proactive – all in the name of making the best games we possibly can.