Italy at GDC 2023 with Spritz & Games Event – San Francisco, March 21 2023

The GDC is the industry’s premier professional event for game developers that brings the gaming community together to shape the future of the industry across five days of education, inspiration, and networking. Italy was there with 20 Italian companies in the exhibition space dedicated to the collective “Games in Italy” organized by the Italian Trade Agency Los Angeles in collaboration with the trade association IIDEA.

During the GDC, our Los Angeles Office has also organized at Innovit (Italian Innovation and Culture Hub in San Francisco) “Spritz & Games” collateral event, which was attended by 85 guests, including investors, publishers, developers, startups and other specialized operators in the world of video games and innovation.

“The gaming market represents the most important and dynamic segment of the entire entertainment industry, recording the fastest growth among the cultural and creative industries, driven by the pandemic and the technological innovation that have allowed access to gaming devices and platforms and increased the number of users, not only in the younger demo,” said the Italian Trade Commissioner, Alessandra Rainaldi in her welcome speech. “And the Italian game market is also the world’s 9th largest market by revenue, with a base of approximately 36.55 million gamers and it’s worth $ 3.5. billion by 2027.”

 

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