Alundra creator Yasuhiro Ohori joins BCN Game Fest as the October event announces more special guests and publishers
Yasuhiro Ohori, the director of Matrix Software’s beloved action-RPG Alundra, will be one of the main stars attending the BCN Game Fest on October 10-12, in Barcelona. The legendary Japanese creator, who directed Alundra and its sequel after working on 16-bit classics such as Landstalker and Dragon Quest V, will have a panel that retro and PSX JRPG fans won’t want to miss, Gamereactor can now confirm.
Ohori-san joins previously-confirmed speakers and guests such as Marijam Didžgalvytė, Zoe Nguyen Thanh, Sithe Ncube, and Bowen Shi (follow the link above for more details).
BCN Game Fest: Confirmed Publishers
The event has also updated the list of publishers that will attend the festival to either take a look at the pitches from European indie and AA teams, or to showcase their newly-published titles (or both). The list now includes, but is not limited to, the following companies:
- PQube
- Kowloon/Kepler
- Yogscast
- Bright Gambit
- Super Rare Games
- Devolver Digital
- Entalto
- ByteRockers
- Firesquid/Lightbulb Crew
- Microids
- Marvelous
- Focus
- Jandusoft
- Secret Mode
- Erebor Capital
- Kando Factory
- Team17
- Hidden Trap
- 101XP
- Flynn’s Arcade
BCN Game Fest: Some brand-new games that will be exclusively showcased in playable form
- Duskfade by Weird Beluga
- Denshattack! by Undercoders
- Painter Boss Paradise by The Behemoth
- Starfinder: Afterlife by Epictellers
- Gnaughty Gnomes, by Sand Castles Studio
As part of the additional gaming-related activities, BCN Game Fest also announces the first-ever stop by the My Famicase Exhibition in Europe, celebrating 20 years of activity with a selection of 250 retro-filled cartridges, making Barcelona its third stop of the 2025 edition after Tokyo and Los Angeles. Additionally, the new Open Screen and Glitch Collection will give devs a new opportunity to show their craft, and to unveil non-traditional, experimental interactive projects, respectively.
BCN Game Fest returns with a strong line-up of industry figures, major publishers, and unique experiences, once again positioning Barcelona as a key meeting point for gaming professionals and enthusiasts. Gamereactor will cover the three-day event as official media partner, bringing you exclusive insight from the hundreds of developers gathered.