Tyrol in the gaming frenzy: over 360,000 players and innovative upswing!
Tyrol in the gaming frenzy: over 360,000 players and innovative upswing!
Innsbruck, Österreich - The gaming industry in Austria has experienced explosive growth in recent years! According to the Game Development Study 2024 of the Industrial Science Institute (IWI), around 150 companies are active in Germany, which is an impressive increase of 71.3 percent compared to 2018. The turnover of the domestic Game Developer was around 190 million euros in 2023. This trend is particularly obvious in Tyrol: 360,000 people use digital games in the state at least once a month, says Nikolaus Staudacher from Spielraum GmbH. This boom has led to the foundation and success of several studios in Innsbruck, such as Stillalive Studios, which are known for over a million players for their most successful titles, such as the Bussimulator series.
gaming festival in Tirol
Another highlight is the gaming festival that took place in Tyrol. With around 1,000 participants, the first event in 2024 was already a complete success; Even 4,000 interested parties are expected this year. The Mayrhofen tourism association has announced that it to build an "e-dome"-a kind of gaming center-to serve the growing interest of gamers and tourists, as Josef Lang, the managing director of the association, explains. This shows that the gaming world not only affects the economy, but also seen as a new tourist offer, as reported.
In addition, the pandemic has revolutionized the role of streamers. Numerous players, such as the Tyrolean stream "Readyx", who today maintains around 40,000 followers on Twitch every day and serves as a model, have opened up new sources of income through their online presence. "In the beginning, many said that I should look for a normal job," he says proudly. Such developments prove how dynamic and influential the gaming industry has become and which new professional fields have arisen. The upswing of the digital game world also means that more and more young people are looking for their career opportunities in this exciting industry, which makes the future particularly promising, says Martin Filipp from the Pione of Game Development Austria (PGDA).
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