DIGITAL GAMING in New York’s Capital Region

The Capital Region has been making waves in the for more than two decades. It is the home of Vicarious Visions, which aquired in 2005. The studio in the Albany suburb of Menands worked on III: Legends of Rock, which was released two year later and became the industry’s first billion-dollar title. The region’s video game development cluster has grown to include several other prominent studios, such as WB Games NY (formerly Agora Games), MadGlory and 1st Playable Productions.

COME PLAY IN THE CAPITAL REGION

1 1st Playable Productions 10 Askiisoft 2 Lottery Rewards 11 University at Albany 3 Omiya Games 12 Vicarious Visions 4 13 Catapult Games 5 WB Games NY 14 Knowledge Wand 6 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 15 Schenectady County Community College 7 Hudson Valley Community College 16 Crescent Moon Games 8 Binary Takeover 17 Squiggout Studios 9 Jamboxx 18 MadGlory

POPULAR GAMES BY CAPITAL REGION STUDIOS

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MadGlory WB Games NY 1st Playable Productions

The Fiscal Ship (1st Playable Productions) Lost Marbles (Binary Takeover) Samson’s Classroom (Knowledge Wand) Jamboxx (Jamboxx) Katana ZERO (ASkiisoft) Xtraction (Squiggout Studios) The Recursive Dollhouse (Omiya Games) Ravensworld (Crescent Moon Games) TROY INNOVATION DISTRICT Don’t Look Down (Catapult Games) Zombie Slot (Lottery Rewards)

Tel: 518.465.8975 Email: [email protected] Web: ceg.org The Capital Region’s video game development cluster is concentrated in Troy, dubbed “Upstate’s Brooklyn.” That is CLUSTER PROFILE where Empire State Development is investing hundreds of thousands of dollars to establish a Digital Gaming Hub at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which Animation Career ~ 14 352 Review ranked as the nation’s 10th best game design college. Troy is also the home of Velan Studios, the newest venture by video game employees Vicarious Visions’ co-founders, Karthik and Guha Bala, as well studios as Innovate 518-affiliated incubators, such as the Tech Valley Center of Gravity, and co-working spaces, such as the Troy Innovation Garage. 285 8 With the Capital Region Economic Development Council studios with hiring recently identifying the establishment of a video gaming software developers plans over next hub as a new regional priority, even more opportunities are 12 months available for game designers and studios.

+422 9 total games average years of developed by studio operation local studios

10 9 studios with founders studios that utilized who came from or the Innovate 518 attended a regional startup support school ecosystem TALENT PIPELINE

$150,000 13 amount NYS ESD video game-related pledged to spend patents issued over last annually (2016-2018) 5 years, with local listed Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to establish a Digital inventors (77% first- Gaming Hub at RPI listed inventors) Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences • 45 Game-related Courses $1.7M $7M Animation Career Review Rankings th in NIH funds awarded to in Series A financing raised • 10 Best Game Design College (2017) local studios since 2012 by Velan Studios in Troy • 41st Best Graphic Design College (2018) • 48st Best Animation College (2017) Degrees Awarded (2014–2016) Primary Gaming Platforms • 79 Game and Interactive Media BA degrees — 10th most in the U.S. MOBILE Other Video Game-Related Programs at: • University at Albany CONSOLE • Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) • Schenectady County Community College (SCCC) VR Albany Can Code WEB • Software code training for non-traditional PC students offered at HVCC and SCCC