Fun & Serious Game Festival


Fun & Serious Game Festival is a video game festival that takes place, in Bilbao, Spain, from late November to the beginning of December since its foundation in 2011. Its main objective is to recognize the cultural importance of video games. To do so, several leisure and training activities are celebrated, such as the VIT Talks and the Fun & Serious Awards.
The Fun & Serious Game Festival has the support of the Basque Regional Government - SPRI, the city hall of Bilbao and Vizcaya's Porvincial Council. Besides, it is sponsored by the newspaper 'El Correo'. Among the strategic partners of this event relevant brands from the sector can be found, such as Microsoft, PlayStation and Ubisoft. The Spanish Association of video games also collaborates with the Festival.
The Festival concludes with the Titanium Awards gala for the best video games of the year. In 2015, the Titanium Award was presented for the first time at the festival. This award changed its name and design, in reference to the titanium, a metal that represents the transition experimented in the city of Bilbao. In 2016, the total number of assistants was of 25000 people.
In 2018, by its eighth edition, the festival changed its location, moving to the Bilbao Exhibition Centre of Baracaldo, in order to increase the habitual capacity. In 2019 the IX edition will take place, between the 6th and 9th of December, where Yōko Shimomura will be awarded with the Titanium award for her input in the video games' music world. Furthermore, the compositor will impart a talk in the VIT Talks of this festival.

Titanium Awards

2011

The first ceremony for the Titanium Awards was celebrated on November the 8th, 2011, at the Campos Eliseos Theater and it was presented by Patricia Conde and Alex Odogherty.
CategoryWinner
Game of the year Battlefield 3
Game of the year

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

The ceremony took place at the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao and was presented by the actress Itziar Atienza and the journalist Toni Garrido. The awards were handed by Ed Vaizey, the basketball player Alex Mumbrú and the comedian Hovik Keuchkerian.
CategoryWinner
Bizkaia AwardYuji Naka
Vanguard AwardHarvey Smith
Honorific AwardWarren Spector
Game of the year

2017

The ceremony was held in the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao and was presented by the journalist Iñaki López and the actress Itziar Atienza.
CategoryWinner
Bizkaia AwardJohn Romero
Honorific AwardJordan Mechner
Vanguard AwardJeff Kaplan
Game of the year

2018

2019