Curious about the game development industry in Romania?

According to the following sources (here and here), two of the worlds’ most renowned gaming companies, Ubisoft Games(Romanian site here) and Gameloft (Romanian site here), have offices in Bucharest since 1992 and latter since 2001. A younger software developer, Hand Games has also opened an outsourcing office in Bucharest according to this article. Game development requires different skills than the a typical software application and usually involves 3D animation, 3D graphics, AI algorithms and 3D graphic engines development. As company’s innovation level is driven by the customers’ expectation level raised with every newly developed game, these offices are also the ground for the research and development of new and exciting technologies and games in Romania.