The video game industry also thrived in the cities of Cluj, Timisoara, Brasov, Craiova and Iasi. The profile industry employs more than 6,000 people who work within studios held by international companies in Romania or within Romanian-held independent studios, 2% more than in 2016.
„Romania’s game development industry keeps developing and the growth trends, both locally and globally, are encouraging. We expect significant growth on the segment of independent developers, in coming years, and, as such, much more promising products developed in Romania”, said Catalin Butnariu, head of the Romanian Game Developers Association (RGDA).
Butnariu also said a sustainable development and a truly significant growth can be reached with support from the state, as it happens in other countries in which this sector is well developed.
The RGDA is a non-profit organization aimed at supporting and promoting video game developers in Romania.