Keynote: Turning Games Green: How the Industry is Signing up to Play for the Planet
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UN-backed Playing for the Planet Alliance gathers 24 companies, ~1 billion monthly players to push measurable change: Sony-funded research shows streaming is cleaner than downloads only after ~4–5 hours depending on country energy mix; Space Ape measures a studio + player footprint (device energy × playtime), commits to carbon‑neutral status by offsetting via VCS/Gold Standard projects (forest conservation in DRC, water filters in Cambodia) and targets a 10% cut while running a green mobile game jam with 11 studios to prototype in-game behavioral and restoration mechanics.
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