Sandsoft, the cellular-first recreation developer, writer and investor powered via way of means of international–main video games enterprise expertise, nowadays proudly proclaims the hole of a first-rate new cellular recreation improvement studio in Barcelona, led via way of means of Alexandre Besenval, who joins the organisation as VP Studio Barcelona. Sandsoft Barcelona becomes the organisation’s European hub, reflecting its approach to end up a international gaming powerhouse.
Sandsoft first opened its Barcelona workplace in January 2022 and has long-mounted ties to the video games enterprise environment withinside the town via CEO David Fernandez and COO Pasqual Batalla, who lately joined Sandsoft from Socialpoint, a Take-Two Interactive subsidiary. With the hole of the brand new studio, Barcelona becomes the important thing European area for the Riyadh-founded organisation, recruiting expertise regionally and from throughout the continent to paintings on new first-celebration titles. The studio is predicted to develop gradually and create 60 new roles over the following 3 years.
Sandsoft Barcelona might be helmed via way of means of Alexandre Besenval, previously Head of New Games & Studio Manager at Madbox. Alexandre has giant revel in withinside the cellular video games enterprise, having additionally formerly labored as VP of Product at Socialpoint and Studio Manager at Gameloft. He will paintings intently with Sandsoft’s Leadership Team, inclusive of EA and Zynga veteran, Yahsir Qureshi (VP Studio Riyadh), to align Sandsoft’s international improvement approach, centered on developing innovative, reachable center social video games that convey human beings collectively from everywhere in the international and are performed for years to return back.
David Fernandez, CEO at Sandsoft, commented:
“Barcelona is a town that’s near my coronary heart and which already homes a thriving network of recreation makers. It’s additionally an excellent location for gifted devs from throughout Europe to return back and be a part of what we’re constructing at Sandsoft. As a incredibly new organisation, that is an possibility to be a part of making brand-new video games and developing new IPs at a time withinside the enterprise in which new titles are scarce. I can’t think about anybody higher to guide this thrilling section of our increase than Alexandre.”
Alexandre Besenval, VP of Studio Barcelona at Sandsoft, commented:
“Sandsoft has the ambition to construct a virtually international and numerous gaming organisation and I’m excited to play my part. I become immediately inspired via way of means of the team’s dedication to developing enticing stories for gamers the world over and the possibility to form those from an early degree along gifted colleagues become a huge draw. A studio is best as correct as its human beings and we need to surround ourselves with the satisfactory expertise to construct a cellular gaming dream team.”