DreamHack Valencia brings together more than 65,000 people in its thirteenth edition – Spain’s News

For the tenth consecutive year, Valencia has hosted a new edition of DreamHack, the largest video game and digital entertainment festival in Spain, and one of the most important in Europe, which was held at Feria Valencia between July 7 and 9. The official starting signal was given on Friday by the mayoress of Valencia, María José Catalá, who toured Feria Valencia together with Arturo CastelloCEO of Encom Games, organizer of DreamHack Valencia.

During the four days of the DreamHack Valencia festival, it has been visited by more than 65,000 people, thus meeting the expectations set for this new edition. An important part of the event is the young public, who come every year to enjoy esports competitions or camp in the LAN zone to play their favorite video games without interruption. In fact, 45% of those attending DreamHack Valencia were between the ages of 20 and 25, while in the LAN area the average age this year was 29 years.

However, there is another important part of the public that is fond of video games that decides to enjoy some of the content offered by Dream Hack Valencia. According to initial calculations, the esports competitions that took place at the event were followed by a total of 2 million people thanks to the streaming enabled.

It was on Saturday when the peak was reached during the event with a total of 3,276 devices connected to the network simultaneously and broadcasts in 8 languages. In addition, the peak simultaneous transfer was 14.5Gbps.

The event, which occupied more than 30,000 square meters at Feria Valencia, has attracted nearly 60 exhibitors, who have developed activities so that attendees could spend a weekend full of sensations. DreamHack Valencia has had Intel and monster Energy as main sponsors, in addition to the support of other brands such as Burger King and Valencia City Council.

For Javier Carrion, Director of DreamHack Valencia 2023: “Each edition I enjoy more of everything that we all achieve together. I want to thank Valencia for welcoming us one more year, and all the visitors for continuing to trust in this project., to all the people who have followed us by streaming from their homes and to all the sponsors for their presence and their commitment to digital entertainment. This has been an edition marked by great diversity and I have no doubt that we have once again made history within the world of esports. This does not end here, we are going to continue making an effort to continue being at the forefront”.

This edition, in addition to having some of its classic activities such as the LAN zone or cosplay contests, has incorporated one of the most important competitions in the esports sector in Spain, the League of Legends (LOL) Super League. For this great event, a stage has been prepared to accommodate 2,500 people. Spectators were able to enjoy 10 games in which the 10 best teams in the Spanish league participated, such as KOI, Giants or Los Heretics.

The event, full of professional and amateur competitions, has not only opted for successful and benchmark games, but has also incorporated an Indie zone with more than thirty video games developed by creators from all over Spain, also from cities like Valencia. In this sense, DreamHack once again puts on the table the importance of strengthening the national industry, supporting and making Spanish talent visible.

This first edition of 2023 has had a very varied program, including both esports competitions with video games and Rocket League, Clash Royale, Fortnite or CS:GO 2 and LAN tournaments, such as the concert of the youtuber and pianist eleskya basketball competition thanks to Valencia Basket, a local Pokemon GO event, cosplay contests and even a K-pop dance contest. Throughout the festival, more than 100,000 euros in prizes have been distributed among more than 10 winners.