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We are attending The Next Web!

Aldric April 24, 2017

We are pleased to announce our participation to the technology and business event The Next web in Amsterdam, the 18th and 19th of May. After participating to events in San Francisco and Barcelona this year, such as the GDC or 4YFN, we will be heading to the Netherlands along with nine Catalan companies. We will be exhibiting under the Catalan pavillon, along with them. Don’t hesitate to give us a visit if you are around! We would like to thank ACCIO for giving us the opportunity to participate to this event. It will be once again a chance for us to present our cloud-based testing platform to our visitors. We are really excited to get the opportunity to share our ideas along

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Why biometrics is the next level of game analytics

Aldric April 4, 2017

[sg_popup id=”2″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]Recently, SEKG was invited to give a contribution to the American media Gamesauce regarding the use of biometrics in the videogame industry. This is the re-post of the original article. Video games certainly have evolved over the years and are different from one to another. However, there is one thing they have in common: the players. We all have a different experience while playing, as well as different emotions: frustration when losing, happiness to successfully finish a mission, angriness over an unfair or puzzling situation. Players all react differently during their gaming adventures, and it’s a major challenge to understand what makes the audience vibrate or, on the other hand, abandon the game. We wondered how to address

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Our past weeks in San Francisco and Barcelona

Aldric March 17, 2017

Last weeks have been busy for Sekg, as we crossed the atlantic once again to reach the Game Connection America, the Game User Research and the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, from 27th February to 1st of March. We also had the opportunity to shareattending no less than 3 events in our hometown Barcelona: 4YFN, Mobile World Congress, and the Gamelab. The team at Sekg has particularly enjoyed spending time with startups and game developers from all around the world! GCA, GDC & GUR @ San Francisco Few months after attending Techcrunch, we were on our way back to San Francisco and AT&T Park, were we’ve been able to have lots of interesting chats and exposure in the United States of

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Game Connection America: Here We Come!

Aldric February 14, 2017

Along with 2700 other companies, Sekg will be presenting its product at Game Connection America in San Francisco, from 27th February to 1st of March. A few months after our participation to TechCrunch disrupt, we already were missing the USA and decided to go back to the beautiful city by the bay to introduce Sekg’s new testing platform. We will be exhibiting at the world-known AT&T park (Booth 34), along with other Spanish companies. Don’t hesitate to give us a visit if you are around! This event will be an opportunity for us to present our cloud-based testing platform to our first visitors. We are really excited to get the opportunity to share our ideas along some of the most promising

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Understanding Gamer Psychology: Why Do People Play Games?

Chirlien Pang January 31, 2017

Games have been played for a long, long time now. Remember those countless hours we spent playing Pacman on the arcades or playing Pokemon on our Gameboy Colors as children? For sure we do . While a lot of research has been done concerning the possible negative health effects of video gaming, it is not often highlighted the positive effects of video gaming, what is so appealing about games, and why we play and continue to play. However, numerous studies have been done showing the key factors of what motivates us to play games. Nick Yee, a scientist who made one of the first steps in building a framework for studying motivations, found three motivation components1. There is the achievement component,

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Meet us at Tech Demo Day 2016

guybrush November 2, 2016

Tech Demo Day is here! The event that La Salle Technova annually organizes to gather, in one place, the most promising startups of Barcelona, has finally arrived! November the 10th is the 7th edition of the event and is expected to have more than 4000 attendees including general public, corporates and investors. As it couldn’t be any other way, we’ve been selected for the event. We will be sharing space with 49 other incredible startups, exhibiting our company and sharing our experience with all of you. Are you coming?  We would love to meet you! For more information and registration, click here.      

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