Madrid in Game will be present at Gamergy and Bilbao International Games Conference

Madrid in Game will be present at two unmissable events of the national videogame industry: Gamergy of Madrid and the Bilbao International Games Conference (BIG). After expanding its borders and being present in the main capitals and fairs of the sector at international level with a last stop in Miami, the initiative of the Madrid City Council will close the year attending these two major events in the field of Esports and gaming along with more than a dozen companies of the Start IN Up Program, its ambitious entrepreneurship program that already brings together more than 50 startups dedicated to video games and applied technologies.

With the aim of continuing to publicize the initiative and show the progress made in the Campus of the video game during its first year of life, Madrid in Game will be on December 15 and 16 at the BIGwhich will be held at the Euskalduna Palace in the Biscayan capital. From the same Friday 15 and until December 17, the initiative will be at Gamergywhich will take place at IFEMA Madrid.

BIG and Gamergy are key meeting points for the Spanish industry, providing opportunities to connect with other industry players: programmers, artists, producers, designers, commercials and Esports players, among others. An ideal showcase where the novelties of the national industry are revealed and where presentations, round tables and competitions with top-level players and large companies take place.

The grand finale of the Clash Royale and Fortnite leagues and presence at the event ‘La Isla Infojobs’.

Gamergy will host the grand finale of the municipal leagues of Clash Royale and Fortnite. The final of Supercell’s game will be held in person on Friday, December 15 at 17:00h, the Fortnite municipal league, meanwhile, will be decided online on Saturday at 11:00 and will be streamed live from the Madrid in Game booth and Twitch channel by SujaGG. The streamer, one of the most prominent names in the Fortnite community, will also hold a meet and greet with his fans at the conclusion of the finals.

Madrid in Game will also be present on the championship map. Fornite Open La Isla Infojobs, to be held at Gamergy, and will be organized and broadcast by YouTuber TheGrefg. An evening in which 40 Spanish streamers from the sector will participate in an exhibition game in which Madrid in Game will have a leading role, with presence in the Control Room from the EpicGames game map.

Start IN Up Program startups, protagonists at Gamergy and BIG

Up to thirteen companies that are currently part of the second edition of the Start In UP Program, the entrepreneurship program of Madrid in Game, will accompany the initiative in both fairs to show the progress they have made during their stay working in the Development Center of the Campus of the video game during the last months.

At the Madrid in Game booth at Gamergy will be the development studios Mundo Nuevo, AnotherPath and Pontica; the clubs Kumiho Esports and E-Spartans; Web3 mobile game Second Worldthe gamer platform Gamersfy; the Esports agency Algon Gamesthe Esportspoints solution Have Fun Gamers and the immersive VR experience Airsoftwhich has centers in Madrid and Gran Canaria.

The companies that travel to Bilbao are the development studios Infinite Thread and Ponticaworking on ‘Hitori Kakurenbo Online’. y ‘Plus Ultra’, an asymmetric multiplayer horror and a two-dimensional exploration game set in the Mesoamerican era, respectively. Also available will be Sathosi’s Gamethe game that combines cards, soccer and bitcoin and the virtual world to create and share experiences of Uttopion.

Since the inauguration of the second edition of this program last September, the startups have advanced in their projects and have received personalized advice, support for fundraising, presence at events, and mentoring from experts in three pillars: business, product and person. In addition, they have been provided with technological resources such as sound, video and virtual and augmented reality laboratories of the latest generation, as well as other cutting-edge tools to boost their business ideas.

Some of them have even been present at national and international fairs accompanying Madrid in Game to showcase the development of their projects, materializing the benefits of the Start In UP Program. The entrepreneurs will continue their acceleration process in the Development Center of the Campus of the video game until March, when the third edition of this initiative will begin, whose registration period is already open. A cutting-edge program through which more than 200 companies are expected to pass over the next 3 years.

Madrid in Game reaches the last weeks of 2023 maintaining the intense activity deployed throughout the year to become a benchmark and make visible all the initiatives we are launching.

Ángel Niño, Councillor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Madrid City Council.