Rovio, the cellular developer and writer, lately introduced that they might be opening their eighth studio, within the historic Spanish metropolis of Barcelona. The studio, though not but having a bodily deal with, has already begun hiring for a number of roles in Spain, corresponding to lead degree designer and sport artist.

So why Barcelona? Barcelona is a bustling hub of cellular gaming expertise in a time zone fairly near Finland’s,” the announcement learn. Rovio’s eighth studio is the most recent to increase into different markets in Europe, Rovio’s Head of Studios Andy Muesse was quoted as saying, “Having a presence in southern Europe substantially expands our hiring potential and makes it easier to tap into a new pool of talent.”

Spanish Flea

Rovio is most well-known for its world well-known Angry Birds franchise, which has spawned a number of spin-offs in addition to an animated movie. One of the founding pillars of the trendy cellular gaming business in Helsinki, Rovio has continued to increase lately. Having lately pulled out of Russia and Belarus, it’s no shock that Rovio would possibly wish to rectify this contraction by opening new studios. Given the recognition of gaming in Spain, it might additionally show to be a effectively of under-utilised expertise for the Finnish Studio.

According to Senior Director of Live Ops at Rovio, Matthieu Burleraux, the Barcelona studio will probably be strongly targeted on the reside operations side and degree design ingredient of their video games. “Levels are critical to an excellent player experience in our games, and we’re excited to build a strong in-house design capacity as our level designers are in charge of everything from the moment you enter a level to your win screen, from design mechanics to the level itself.”

Rovio additionally lately made an entry at #25 on our listing of the Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2022 the place we famous their intent to make extra acquisitions and scale up their operations. This yr additionally noticed them return to their flagship franchise with Angry Birds Journey, which noticed wonderful income of their earlier monetary outcomes.