The first James Bond videogame, the famous 007 agent, developed by the Danish videogame company IO Interactive, will be made in Barcelona.
To do so, it will hire around 150 designers, programmers and animators.
The Danish company announced the investment and highlighted that it already has 30 employees in the Catalan capital and will begin hiring the remaining ones.
In fact, its offices in Barcelona, with more than 2,400 square meters, are located on Enric Granados street. Together with the sites in Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden, they will develop the Hitman video game saga and the first James Bond game.
It will be “one studio, one office,” but in multiple locations in different countries.
First James Bond videogame developed in Barcelona
Eduard Lopez, head of IO Interactive’s Barcelona studio, said that the city is the best setting for opportunities and that it also has all the right conditions to attract the talent required.
The best thing, he said, is that “the culture fits perfectly with the Danish way of working, as there are highly qualified and trained professionals in the field”.
It was also highlighted that Catalonia is the European Union region that has taken the lead in attracting foreign investment in the sector.
In this regard, Roger Torrent, Minister of Enterprise, said that during the last five years the region has attracted 20 projects and 120 million euros in this sector.
IO Interactive’s offices in Barcelona have an area of 2,400 square meters in the heart of Enric Granadós street.
IO Barcelona
This is the third studio that will join the work of the other venues to create fantastic experiences for players.
Project 007, in which IO Barcelona participates, seeks to create a unique James Bond for video games, detached from the movies.
The company is looking to make this game the start of a James Bond trilogy.
In this way, the best MI6 agent will return to the consoles in Project 007 from an original story that will not be based on any specific history of the Agent.
It is a Bond for the video game industry, a unique creation that allows the company to feel that it is a world-class product.
It’s not a film adaptation, it’s a fully digital Bond. The inspiration is obviously the character and his journeys. They are the inspiration to create an original story very faithful to the values of 007.
It will bring together everything his fans have come to expect from James, with an identity independent of the films.
IO will be looking for its James Bond to become a trilogy. It will be another of his projects based on films that awaken great illusions in the spectators.
