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Video games and immersive content development
Details
Location:
EU 27
Grantmaking entity:
Grantmaking entity type:
Multilateral organization
Status:
Awarded
Budget:
EUR 10,000,000
Award ceiling:
N/A
Award floor:
N/A
Sector:
ICT & Telecommunications, Marketing & Media
Languages:
English
Eligible applicants:
Government / Public Bodies, Private Sector
Eligible applicant countries:
EU 27, Albania, Anguilla, Armenia, Aruba, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Georgia, Greenland, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Montserrat, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Serbia, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna
Date posted:
Sep 30, 2025
Summary
The objective of the support for Video games and immersive content development is to enhance the capabilities of European video game producers, XR ...
Eligible applicants must be legal entities such as public or private bodies, established in countries fully participating in the MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe Programme. This includes EU Member States, listed EEA co...
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Description
Video games and immersive content development
TOPIC ID: CREA-MEDIA-2026-DEVVGIM
Type of grant: Call for proposals
General information
Programme: Creative Europe Programme (CREA)
Call: Video games and immersive content development (CREA-MEDIA-2026-DEVVGIM)
Type of action: CREA-LS CREA Lump Sum Grants
Type of MGA: CREA Lump Sum Grant [CREA-AG-LS]
Status: Forthcoming
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned Opening Date: 30 September 2025
Deadline dates: 11 February 2026 17:00 (Brussels time)
Topic description
Scope:The objective of the support to Video games and immersive content development is to increase the capacity of European video game producers, XR studios and audiovisual production companies to develop video games and interactive immersive experiences with the potential to reach global audiences. The support also aims to improve the competiveness of the European video games industry and other companies producing interactive immersive content in European and international markets by enabling the retention of intellectual property by European developers.
Expected results
- Increased quality, appeal, feasibility and cross-border potential for selected projects.
- A stronger position on the European and international market for video games developers and companies producing interactive immersive experiences.
Description of the activities to be funded
Support will be given to the development of works and prototypes of interactive narrative storytelling with original content and/or quality gameplay intended for production and global commercial exploitation via PCs, consoles, mobile devices, tablets, smart phones and other technologies.
The aim is to provide funds to video game production companies and other companies producing immersive content to develop works with a high level of originality and innovative and creative value, and that have a high level of commercial ambition and extensive cross-border potential to reach European and international markets. This will allow for further investment in innovative European content and increase the competitiveness of European companies in the digital global market.
Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure a more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
described in the call document.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described in the call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in the call document.
Publication of the call: 30 September 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications:11 February 2026, 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period:February - June 2026.
Information to applicants:August 2026.
Signature of grant agreement:November 2026.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in the call document.
Call document and annexes:
call document.
Application form templates
Standard application form (CREA MEDIA) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table (CREA LSII)
Information on independence and ownership (CREA MEDIA)
Information on language of submission documents (CREA MEDIA)
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
CREA MGA
Lump Sum MGA
Additional documents:
CREA Annual Work Programmes
CREA Regulation 2021/818
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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About the Funding Agency
EuropeAid is an agency responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid worldwide. Its purpose is to aid in the reduction and eventual abolition of poverty in developing nations by fostering sustainable development, democracy, peace and security. With its partner nations, EuropeAid walks alongside them on their journey to sustainable development, continually adapting its help to their changing requirements. EuropeAid is also concerned with increasing the value and impact of aid money by ensuring that help is provided appropriately.
Under the donor EC - European Commission, DevelopmentAid covers the following entities:
Departments / Directorate Generals
- AGRI - Agriculture & Rural Development
- BUDG - Budget
- CLIMA - Climate Action
- COMM - Communication
- CNECT – Communications Networks, Content & Technology (formerly Digital Agenda)
- COMP - Competition
- ECFIN - Economic & Financial Affairs
- EAC - Education & Culture
- EMPL - Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
- ENER - Energy
- ENV - Environment
- ESTAT - Eurostat
- FISMA – Financial Stability, Financial Services & Capital Markets Union
- SANTE - Health & Food Safety
- ECHO - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection
- HR - Human Resources & Security
- DIGIT - Informatics
- GROW - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs
- DEVCO – International Cooperation & Development - EUROPEAID
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- SG – Secretariat-General - no procurement opportunities available
- FPI – Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
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Agencies
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- Eurojust
- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
- European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
- European GNSS Agency (GSA)
- European Union Agency for Network and Information Security
- The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ("Fusion for Energy")
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
- Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA), Health and Food Safety Unit
- European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
- European Fisheries Control Agency
- Single Resolution Board
- Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC Office)
- The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
- European Asylum Support Office
- European Union Intellectual Property Office
- European Union Agency for Railways
- European Environment Agency
- European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA)
- Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
- European Defence Agency
- EU Grant Programmes
EU Bodies
- European Parliament
- Council of the European union
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- European Court of Auditors
- European Economic and Social Committee
- European Committee of the Regions
- Publications office of the European Union
- European Patent Office
- European External Action Service
- Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
- Energy Community Secretariat
About the Sectors
ICT & Telecommunications
Features information and communication technologies, digital systems, and telecommunications infrastructure and services.
Key areas:
- ICT systems, software, and digital solutions
- Telecommunications networks and services
- Digitalization, data, and communication tools
Marketing & Media
Supports initiatives that enhance communication, branding, information dissemination, and public engagement through marketing and media channels.
Key areas:
- Marketing strategy and market research
- Advertising and promotional campaigns
- Media production and broadcasting
- Public relations and strategic communication
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