Legendary Tetris cofounder Henk Rogers, confirmed at Gamescom Latam and playable games line up

Gamescom Latam announces participation of co-founder of The Tetris Company, games selected for national and international showcase and more.

Henk Rogers, responsible for popularizing Tetris worldwide, will launch the book The Perfect Game – Tetris: From Russia with Love directly at the event
Gamescom Latam 2025 announces the 40 games taking part in Gamescom Latam Brazil panorama sponsored by Banco do Brasil, the national non-competitive exhibition
Also, there are 20 games participating of Gamescom Latam world panorama, the international non-competitive online exhibition

Visionary entrepreneur and gaming legend Henk Rogers, founder of The Tetris Company, has confirmed his presence at Gamescom Latam 2025, which takes place from 30th April to 4th May at Anhembi District in São Paulo.

Known for being responsible for popularizing Tetris worldwide, the guest will take part in a panel moderated by renowned American games journalist Dean Takahashi, on 2nd May. They will discuss Roger’s journey in discovering the international phenomenon Tetris and his role in Nintendo’s Game Boy launch. Also, Rogers will participate in a photo and autograph session with visitors

In addition, Henk Rogers will launch his recent book, The Perfect Game – Tetris: From Russia with Love, directly at Gamescom Latam 2025. In the book, the entrepreneur explores his early days programming The Black Onyx, Japan’s first major RPG, before immersing readers in his daring quest to secure the rights to Tetris, which culminated in the popularization of the game that has become one of the best-selling titles in history.

National and international game exhibitions

Gamescom Latam 2025 also reveals the games selected for two non-competitive exhibitions. The first is the Gamescom Latam Brazil panorama sponsored by Banco do Brasil which will present 40 games by national developers, with 7 games created by students. Throughout the days, the area will allow visitors not only to learn more about regional game production, but also to talk to the developers in person, pick up tips, ask questions about curiosities and learn more about the titles. The list of selected games is as follows:

After The End – Red Frog Games
Astercys – Elsenyh
ATOMIC PICNIC – BitCake Studio/Mad Mushroom
Bees vs Zombees – No Serious Games
Boomies – Split Studio
Calum – Estudio Escabroso
Deep Dive – Ninja Games
Drowned Lake – Monumental Collab/CRITICAL REFLEX
Endless Tactics – Dead Battery Games
Exílio de Si – Updog Software
FROGUE – Wired Dreams Studio
Ghost Golfing – Sleepy-K
Ghostless – Coffeenauts
Honey Bee – Ation Studios
Hoppin: Buna’s Adventures – Lizard Mountain Studios
Kriophobia – Fira Soft
Looppip – Petal Twirl Studio/Dream Stories
lunr.rdio.taxi – Soin Coletivo
Monster Meals – Giant Warrior Studio/Dream Stories
One Card One Shot – Mafia – YAW Studios
Onikura – Too Dark Studios
Party Demon – Barely Alive Studio
Plungeez – Team Zeroth/QUByte Interactive
RitMania – Garoa Studios
Saborus – High Room Studio/QUByte Interactive
Save My Human – Curis Studio
Shadows of Chroma Tower – Double Dash Studios
Shard Squad – The Root Studios
Shield Strike – Statera Studio
Sunny Trails – Plot Kids
The Tale of Mara & Moa – Cabana Game Studio/QUByte Interactive
To Kill a God – Glitch Factory
Wind Runners – Ludic Studios
Ivayami – Berço da Névoa (Student) – Hestios
Au Revoir (Student) – Invisible Studio
Ecos da Mata (Student) – Poteiga
Firefighter Gaiden (Student) – Froddo
Tape Us Out (Student) – Digital Graveyard
Soulchain (Student) – Moraguma
The Stochastic Dungeons of Apogee (Student) – Hazard Reign

The second one is Gamescom Latam world panorama which will feature titles from outside Brazil. For this non-competitive showcase, 20 games from 14 countries were selected, including ones from Paraguay, Spain, France, China, and Cyprus. Unlike the Brazilian version, in this exhibition, the games will only be available online, on the Gamescom Latam website. The list of selected titles is as follows: