16/06/2026
Pocket Gamer Connects Barcelona Day 1 totally delivered🔥
📸 Check out the photos from our delegates 👇
Here’s a quick look at the main stuff:
🕹️ Big Indie Zone pulled us in
Lots of interesting indie builds on display. We spent over an hour with some demos. Co-dev studios, early-stage publishers, indie teams – conversations covered everything from playtests and difficulty balance to compatibility and pre-release planning.
📱 Cross-platform is part of the initial brief
Multiple teams are building for phone, PC, console, and smart TV from day one, which means platform coverage becomes part of the production scope early on.
👤 Player experience is getting real attention
Onboarding, in-game hints, smoother environments – a lot of companies are investing in making the experience comfortable from the first session. The player is in a better position than ever.
Barcelona is earning its place as a games industry hub, and PGC makes that obvious. Goodbyes here tend to be "see you around" – and they mean it.
Day 1 done, Day 2 is already underway.
We’re still on-site, let’s meet while the event is on👋