Barcelona: a magnet for the Technology sector
The Chinese company Scopely, leader in the video game sector outside of China, opens new offices in the Poblenou neighborhood.

The 22@ technology district, in Poblenou, has hosted the presentation of Scopely‘s new headquarters in Barcelona. This company, the largest in the entire state in terms of number of employees, is now inaugurating this new 8.500 square meter hub that will occupy nearly 700 employees.
The building consolidates Barcelona as Scopely’s main technological, creative and gaming development center in Europe, and establishes itself as one of the three main centers of mobile video game talent in Europe. The Chinese company has reached 500 million players during 2024 in one of its products, more than 1.000 million downloads, and has been recognized, for the second consecutive year (2024 and also 2025) as one of the 100 most influential companies worldwide in the digital landscape (TIME100 Most Influential Companies).
The deputy mayor responsible for the area of Economic Promotion and Employment of the Barcelona City Council, Raquel Gil, wanted to emphasize during the presentation the bet that this company, a leader in the field of video games outside of China, is making for the Catalan capital. Gil has pointed out that “the growth of the technological and creative industry is a strategic bet for Barcelona in a key sector, which generates talent but also quality employment and transversality towards the world of culture and creative industries“.
Pole of technological attraction
With this facility, Barcelona now hosts 160 technology hubs, with an economic impact of 2.8 billion euros, generating 34.800 jobs. The 22@, as a paradigm of a pioneering project of urban, economic and social transformation, also has other reference centers such as the XRLAB dedicated to the audiovisual industry, the Urban Tech focused on urban innovation, or the Food Lab that will promote novelties in gastronomy.
The video game sector, in particular, brings together more than 200 studios in the city alone and employs 4.600 people.