What?
What is GDCy Executive Lounge?
This fall we decided to try a new event format in an unusual location for GameDev Founders and C-Level Executives with insightful sessions about doing business in turbulent times. Great Gaming IP’s are aging like a good wine, so we decided to gather best industry professionals on a best Cyprus winery to discuss how to grow their games in 2025 and beyond, covering few topics:
speakers
Meet Industry Leaders
agenda
Lounge Agenda:
12:00
Doors Open, Welcome Drinks & Networking Reception
12:50
Executive Lounge Opening Ceremony
by Tim Fadeev, Andrey Ivashentsev
with welcoming speech from Berkley Egenes, CMO at Xsolla
1New Revenue
Developing business through 3-rd party App Stores, Web Shops and Web3
13:00
5 rules of success for your Web Shop
discussion with Artem Liubutov,
Head of Monetization Products at Xsolla
2Platform Deals
Is it worth joining GamePass? How companies operate after M&A by publisher?
13:30
Let’s Make a Platform Deal!
insights from Mike Fischer,
Professor at University of Southern California, Former CEO of Square Enix, COO at Sega, CMO at Xbox, and Publishing Director of Fortnite
14:00
M&A in Gaming Industry – operating gaming studio after acquisition by bigger player
experience of Andrej Kugonič,
Vice President Marketing at Nordeus, recently acquired by Take-Two Interactive
14:30-15:30
Lunch Break & Wine Tasting at Vlassides Winery
3Growing Audience
Working with User Acquisition and finding new audiences for your games keeping them profitable
15:30
State of the Mobile Gaming Business – Growing audience in 2025
analytics from Mariusz Gaziewsky,
CEE Mobile Gaming Lead at Google
4Gaming IP
Growing your own IP to TV Series or creating a new game with popular IP, is it worth it?
16:00
Growing your Game to evergreen IP franchise with merchandize, movies and TV series and re-engage players back to the game
story of Angry Birds by Teemu Hämäläinen,
Product Director at Rovio Entertainment
16:30
Visual identity of your gaming franchise – how to stand out from the crowd
Mike Fischer revealing vision of Viktor Antonov,
Co-Founder and Art Director of Eschatology Entertainment, Former Art Director and “Worlds Builder” for Half-Life 2, Team Fortress, Fallout 4, Dishonored series and more.
17:30
The musical story behind video games, when every video game has something to tell.
fireside chat with Mike Fischer and David Wise,
renowned video game composer known for Donkey Kong, Battletoads, Super Smash Bros, and other Nintendo titles
18:30-20:00
Networking
event venue
Vlassides Winery
GDCy Executive Lounge 2024 would take place in Vlassides Winery – a fabulous place where winemaking innovations meets passion and tradition. Modern winery in a picturesque setting, afar from city noise with possibility to disconnect for a day for exclusive business networking with industry leaders.
Address: Koilani, Limassol 4776, Cyprus

tickets
Join the Lounge
Choose from our available ticket options to connect with industry leaders and professionals.
GameDev Executive
GameDev Executives Only
Executive Networking
Speakers' Cocktail
Event Venue Transfer
Service Company
Option for Service Companies and non-executive roles
Same as Executive Ticket
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