GameDEVA's Jeremy Lam: Hong Kong Studios Need a Non-Profit Bridge to the World
GameDEVA's stated model is to carry finished Hong Kong games to international publishers while refusing to steer the creative work of the indie developers it serves.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
GameDEVA chairman Jeremy Lam, who also runs mobile studio PIXIO, told 4Gamer at ChinaJoy 2026 that Hong Kong's roughly 40 to 50 game studios are mostly small and struggle to reach outside markets. The non-profit, founded in 2017 with over 100 member companies, handles government grant applications, runs a monthly meetup, and brings finished games to international shows. It does not touch development. Its Hong Kong Pavilion, subsidized by CCIDAHK, is the second such setup.
GameDEVA's Hong Kong Pavilion at ChinaJoy 2026 carried 18 titles from studios that range from an education foundation to a company run by a Korean living in Hong Kong. Lam said the selection bar was simple: a game must be 70 to 80 percent complete, have a playable demo, and look like something a publisher would care about. Company size did not matter, only quality. After the show, the 18 exhibitors were set to tour major Shanghai game companies.
- Act Plus Education Foundation Limited
- Binary Tree Studio Limited
- Cateasee Game and Education Limited
- Daytech HK Limited: 9Cat Saga: Strike Team
- Deep Frame Studio Limited
- Feeling Game Company Limited
- Firedog Creative Company Limited: also known as Firedog Studio
- Genuine Studio Limited
- IterSoftworks Limited: Chefs Hat Studio
- Leap Studio Limited: also known as Lipu Studio
- Lokin Studios (Hong Kong) Limited
- Night Chill Studio Limited
- NiuGamer Hong Kong Limited
- One Interactive Technology Limited
- PhygiFusion Limited
- Realm of Alters Limited: Sector IX
- Snako Production Limited
- Yicheng Trading International Limited
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