Floodlight Gaming

Focus
Media and content

Year of establishment
2025

Year of investment
2025

Country
Netherlands

Floodlight Gaming is an innovative initiative that brings together investigative journalism and video games. It gives game developers access to in-depth journalistic investigations into organised crime and corruption, with the aim of translating these stories into interactive games.

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Good Game Generation

Journalistic stories get a second life as video games

26.8.2026 - iMEdD Lab

iMEdD explores how investigations are being turned into games. The goal is to reach new audiences and generate extra revenue. The article focuses on Floodlight Gaming.

Vilius Kukanauskas/Pixabay

Investigative journalism finds new audiences through video games

10.8.2026 - Global Investigative Journalism Network

GIJN highlights how journalism organisations are turning investigations into video games to reach new, particularly younger, audiences. Leading examples include Predatorgate and Dark Money.

OCCRP

Predatorgate wins second Floodlight Game Jam

3.6.2026 - OCCRP

Predatorgate, a game based on an investigative report into spyware, has won the top prize at the second Floodlight Investigative Journalism Game Jam. The project demonstrates how investigative journalism can reach new audiences through interactive storytelling.

Francesco Cuoccio

How journalism can reach mass audiences through games

18.4.2026 - International Journalism Festival

At the International Journalism Festival, Floodlight Gaming and its partners demonstrate how investigative journalism can be transformed into interactive games for mass audiences.

OCCRP

Investigative journalism inspires video games at Floodlight Gaming

25.9.2025 - OCCRP

At the inaugural Floodlight Gaming Summit, participants explored how investigative journalism can serve as a foundation for video games. The initiative connects journalists and game developers to create new forms of storytelling and audience engagement.

Floodlight Gaming

Game jam connects investigative stories with games

22.7.2025 - Global Game Jam

The Floodlight Gaming game jam invites participants worldwide to translate journalistic themes into interactive game concepts. The initiative encourages experimentation and collaboration across disciplines.