{"id":7309,"date":"2012-11-28T09:43:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T08:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=7309"},"modified":"2012-11-28T09:43:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T08:43:21","slug":"6-startups-paris-game-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2012\/11\/6-startups-paris-game-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Great companies to watch at Game Paris Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game Paris Week, which is run by the Paris region video game cluster Capital Games, \u00a0has now officially kicked-off. \u00a0The first event,\u00a0Game Paris Talent<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which\u00a0place last Friday and the only event open to the general public, offered high school students the opportunity to learn about the video games sector and network with several leaders in the industry.
\nYesterday’s featured event was the Game Paris Business Tour<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(organized by both Capital Games and the Paris Region Development Agency) which I had the pleasure of attending. \u00a0The main focus of the day was exposing potential partners, customers, and other key players in the video games and tech sectors to the rising (and some established) stars of the Paris regions’ games sector. \u00a0The tour’s attendees got the opportunity to meet a cross-section of studios developing various types of games (i.e. from serious MMOGs to casual to console dance games), across a truly broad range of platforms. The thing that was probably the most intriguing about these studios was how extremely global they are in terms of their customers, target players\/consumers, and distribution. Examples include:<\/p>\n