The gamer world meets this weekend at Gaming Experience Gran Canaria

Gaming Experience Gran Canaria is already a reality. Inaugurated this Friday, June 13, at 10:00 am, the most important festival in terms of video games and urban cultures that has been held on the island of Gran Canaria kicks off three days where the capital becomes the epicenter of gaming and family entertainment. Until Sunday, June 15, the Alisios Shopping Center will be offering a wide range of entertainment with eight themed areas designed for all tastes and interests.

The opening ceremony, held this morning, was attended by the following people Augusto HidalgoFirst Vice-president and Councilor of Public Works and Infrastructures, Architecture and Housing of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria; Olaia Morán, Councilor of Education and Youth of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria; Pedro QuevedoCouncilman of Tourism of the City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Antonio CabreraCEO of A1M Entertainment; Emilio Hurtado, Business Development Director at A1M and Raquel CostelaDirector of Marketing and Communication of CC Alisios.

Augusto Hidalgo said he was very excited to finally have a fair dedicated to the video game industry in Gran Canaria. “It was not acceptable that we lost the thread of an economic sector as powerful as the video game, which moves 2600 million euros and with a growth of 16%, and more in the Canary Islands with the tax benefits we have in the audiovisual sector. Finally we have a fair that I hope will be the beginning of many others.“. Olaia Morán stressed that it is not only a gathering of young people but also a gathering of talent. “We have to point out and inform from Gran Canaria, that when they come to record here they have young people with a lot of value to work at the first level.“. For his part Pedro Quevedo said he was pleasantly surprised by the level of professionals and creators at this fair. “Arriving and finding 40 developers from the Canary Islands leaves me open-mouthed and proud of the pride of having these professionals.‘.

Finally Antonio CabreraCEO of A1M Entertainment wanted to congratulate the more than 150 professionals who have worked to make Gaming Experience a reality. “We are very proud to have achieved this in Gran Canaria.“.

The epicenter of ‘Gaming Experience Gran Canaria’ will be located at the central square of the Alisios Shopping Centerwhere the main stage is located. Around it, a diverse program is displayed that includes official esports competitions, free play areas, indie studio exhibitions, board game tournaments, family events, live shows and the participation of renowned industry figures.. All this makes up the core of an event that, as highlighted by its promoters, is born with a vocation for the future: “Gaming Experience is the first step of a broader strategy, which seeks to consolidate Gran Canaria as a European benchmark in the video game industry and digital innovation.”.

Being the video game the most consumed cultural industry in Spain, above cinema and music, Gran Canaria deserved this. game. A1M Entertainment organizes this event where culture, gaming, professionals and family entertainment come together. The company, which has extensive experience in festivals and large-scale events such as Tenerife GG or the Canarian Esports League ventures into its first initiative in the Canary Islands that expects to receive more than 30,000 visitors throughout the weekend.

Gaming Zone

One of the main pillars of the festival is the gaming zone. Here attendees will be able to compete in one of the fourteen tournaments. open with a wide selection of titles ranging from the thrilling races of Mario Kart Worldto the intense battles of Tekken 8 or the most recent choreographies of Just Dance. In addition to actively participating, you can enjoy watching exciting gameplay within the three official tournaments of Valorant, Official EA FC25 y League of Legends.

A space designed to live to the fullest the gamer culture, with activities, tournaments and entertainment for all tastes, plus a lot of tournaments where you can unleash the skill and demonstrate your level.

Culture Zone

Zoma Cultura offers entertainment for all ages, being perfect to visit with the family. You can enjoy a variety of activities throughout the weekend, board games, cosplay catwalk, Kpop, mass games, EA Sports, and workshops where creativity will be tested. In addition to a commercial area will feature numerous artists’ booths, which will be open to the public. Artist Alley will exhibit and sell their creations related to comics, anime, video games and much more. From illustrations to fanart, and from comics to character designs. Pepa Ilustra, Madame Moxy, Krateware, Momo Arttz, Cristina Chirino Art, Chispa, Kawaii&Cut, Mardybum Art, Tangerine, Daykile, Andreass Moon, Kura, Oroneya, Aythami Cruz, Wid Arrow Art, MariaMolyna, Lobarka, Mochimó, Karamoto Rider, Ápeiron, Aruowls, Hitsujilau, Frikichorradas, Paulooba Art, Yaxy, RGV Art, NAN will be some of the artists showing their works.

Professional Zone

Just as the festival is configured as a space for the entertainment and enjoyment of all those who decide to attend, it also has a specific area in which training talks, game presentations and lectures related to the technology and gaming sector will be given, bringing together in one place the greatest talent in the industry nationwide. While comprising a wide range of topics and specialties within the training offer, the professional section groups all these instructional spaces into five major families: Build with AIwhich is held only on the first day of the festival, a space where Artificial Intelligence, as a tool for creation, takes the lead in the mouth of top-level speakers with members of Google’s bUEI Program such as Gema Socorro or Moisés Martínez., part of Google’s development corps; Indie GGa section reserved for the presentation of the latest projects and video games, defined as an indie fair in the middle of the Atlantic where novelty is the order of the day; ABJ Educational TrainingABJ is an educational methodology that uses board games as a tool to support and reinforce the contents, with speakers who will show how they use the games in their professional activity; ConferencesIn a more generalist and accessible enclave, this section offers lectures and workshops of value for both professionals and beginners. Unreala privileged section that will be held in its first national congress with experts at the forefront of development and creativity in the video game industry.

Unreal Engine Community National Congress

The professional section of ‘Gaming Experience Gran Canaria’ will be dedicated on Sunday June 15, in its entirety, to the first national congress of the Unreal Engine Community. In it, through seven conferences divided throughout the day, speakers and attendees will be able to learn, be inspired and grow in the development of video games. This day’s lectures are focused on videogame development, no matter what engine is used, the role of each person in the audience within the industry or whether they are professionals, students or indie. In this day you can learn from top-level speakers the techniques, processes and tools that facilitate the development of projects, either in Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot or your own framework. Among the contents included in this first congress are process optimization, experience design, art, sound, marketing, real workflows in studios, etc. In short, everything you need to know to make a game better, an open space to share knowledge among creators regardless of the tool.

Gaming Experience Gran Canaria is sponsored by Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Centro Comercial Alisios, Cajasiete, Consejería de Juventud del Gobierno de Canarias, Fred Olsen, B”, Base, Mediamarkt Alisios, Universidad Atlántico Medio, Coca Cola, Red Bull, Playseat, Monster and Gaming.