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[โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (15 children)

Why do so many games companies have offices in Poland? Is there some kind of government incentive for gamedev there? No offense to Poland, but for such an economically small country, I feel like I hear a disproportionate amount of games come from there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

CD Project (owners of GOG and creators of The Witcher) are some the most well-known devs from Poland, but this article goes into the main reasons why they are among a dozen or so more game devs where such games as Dying Light and Frostpunk have been made: https://www.n-ix.com/polish-software-developers/

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