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GGJ23 Winners

Seven studios were crowned winners of the 2023 Green Game Jam, with Trailmix’s Love & Pies, Supercell’s Boom Beach, and Wooga’s June’s Journey among those that took home Awards from the ceremony held in London.

Green Game Jam: Behind the scenes

How the world’s biggest studios have found space in the best games for wildlife. Three ecosystems home to three iconic species living were chosen as this year’s cause: the Western Indian Ocean (Manta Ray), the Himalayas (Snow Leopard) and the Amazon (Harlequin Toad).

Plastics is Everywhere

Whether it’s consoles or the plastic boxes that some of our most beloved games arrive in, there’s no getting away from it: the video games industry has a plastics problem. A 2019 study conducted by Sports Interactive found that a single video game sleeve contains 55g of plastic. Plastic that could take thousands of years to biodegrade.

The Green Game Jam 2023 is kicking off

Forty major video games, including the likes of Clash Royale, Angry Birds and Pac-Man, have come together to introduce “wildlife takeovers” in their games and call on their players to educate and act in support of three gravely threatened species.

Playing for the Planet at GDC23

Five key takeaways from GDC23 by Sam Barratt (UNEP). Playing for the Planet's door is always open and we are keen to grow and support more studios on their environmental and sustainability journey.

Annual Impact Report 2022

Playing for the Planet Annual Impact Report 2022: A breakthrough year for game studios' sustainability efforts.

Confirmed: Playing video games can lead to climate action

Playing for the Planet’s largest-ever survey has found that video games can spur positive actions and attitudes toward the environment in real life. The survey, targeted at gaming communities and designed to unearth attitudes towards environmental issues and environmental content within games, reached 380,000 players across ten games.

Annual Impact Report 2021

60% of the members have committed to either be net zero or carbon negative by 2023 and over 1 million trees have been planted. In addition, the Green Game Jam raised $800,000 for environmental causes and reached some 130 million players on ocean and forest issues.

Playing for the Planet welcomes 10 new members

New milestones were celebrated as 10 new members joined the Playing for the Planet Alliance and a new film celebrating the outcomes of the 2021 Green Game Jam was premiered at the UKIE and ISFE hosted “Green Games Summit”.

GGJ21

The Playing for the Planet Alliance today launched the second-annual Green Game Jam, bringing together over 25 studios across PC, mobile and console to educate and empower millions of players to act for nature.

Winners GGJ21

In March 2021 studios convened for a series of educational workshops to learn more about the importance of conserving and restoring forests and oceans, the theme of this year’s Jam. Workshops were conducted by experts from the UN Environment Programme, as well as leading minds such as Peter Wohlleben, Dr. Elizabeth Bagley and Kristian Teleki.

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