Barcelona Rising: Emergence of A Global Hub For The Games Industry
summary
Barcelona positions itself as a growing games hub with concrete outcomes: it hosts 260 studios, a third of staff are international, and long-running companies (one with 25+ years locally) feed talent into smaller teams. Local universities, government-funded internships and tax rules drive hiring; clusters and Devicat funnel freelancers and specialists into projects. Studios ship work on Asphalt, Candy Crush, Call of Duty and are now incubating original IPs — Piccolo scales from 10 to 40 people to build an unannounced double-A title for a Korean publisher.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Barcelona's gaming ecosystem
- 3:13Defining Barcelona's ecosystem
- 9:56Barcelona's global IPs
- 19:59Creativity and talent in games
- 26:44Attracting gaming talent
- 34:11Why Barcelona stands out
- 38:45Advice for new graduates
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