SAGA, the leading video game fair in Catalan, is back.

A new edition of SAGA, an event promoted by Plataforma per la Llengua and supported by the Generalitat de Catalunya, has begun. After exceeding 8,000 attendees... last yearThe event returns to La Farga in L'Hospitalet, but expands its reach to occupy the entire 8,000 square meters of the exhibition space, aiming to offer a wider variety of activities and accommodate a larger audience. During the three days of SAGA, there will be nearly seventy exhibitors, including studios, training centers, associations, and clubs. New activities have been added, and some exhibitors have increased their space compared to previous editions. SAGA 2025 returned today, Friday, with tickets sold out. It is geared towards a more professional audience and, above all, students, as the event also expands its educational offerings and features informative talks about video games. Over the weekend, the fair kicks off with official competitions and also opens its doors to a more family-oriented audience, with a diverse program full of recreational and educational activities. In short, the event aims to establish itself "as a benchmark for Catalan-speaking communities connected to video games," according to the organizers.

The venue is making bold new bets, such as the addition of the first official international tournament of Super Smash BrosThe event, which will also be broadcast in Catalan for the first time, boasts over 180 registered participants, including some of the world's best fighting game players. The fair also gives greater visibility to local talent through SAGA TV, a live program focused on showcasing the latest releases from development studios, which can also be followed online. Furthermore, the now-classic SAGA Awards have broken their registration record and, during their ceremony on Saturday afternoon, will recognize the best Catalan-language video games of the past year.

Linguistic Claim

The core objective of SAGA remains the promotion of Catalan in the video game sector. This objective is further strengthened, for example, by the addition of a new interactive experience from the Aina project, an initiative to collect Catalan voices to promote Catalan within the Common Voice. This is a collaborative online project to create a free database of voices in different languages, with the ultimate goal of enabling artificial intelligence to speak and respond to us in our language. Furthermore, it will address an important aspect of the Configura campaign, which advocates for the inclusion of Catalan in digital devices and applications.

SAGA continues to collaborate closely with other organizations such as RetroBarcelona, ​​which is growing significantly in size and offering more gaming options than ever before, and the recently launched BCN Game Fest, which also provides gaming areas featuring award-winning Catalan-language video games from recent years. In the area of ​​tournaments, the most prominent competitions organized by Electronic Gamesports, such as those for the title [title missing], continue. League of LegendsAmong others, all of them broadcast in Catalan. SAGA also features parallel events such as the LAN Party and SAGA Fighting, which have separate entrances and offer unique experiences for the most passionate fans.

Awareness and accessibility

The exhibitors and the fair's organizers will also lead workshops and conferences related to the world of video games, with a special emphasis on this year's theme: accessibility to video games and the issue of gender. Under the slogan "Unlock the Next Level," the event expands and improves its educational offerings, promotes awareness of responsible consumption, and addresses accessibility and gender in many of its talks.

Sunday, the most family-oriented day, will also feature Andorra Telecom's campaign to promote responsible mobile phone use among children. Finally, the Catalan Government and Good Game Generation will present the "Shared Game: Video Games as a Family" event. This event includes participatory spaces for reflection and debate to encourage conscious, healthy, and shared use of video games at home. In fact, the guide will be presented during the event. Shared Gamewith resources and practical guidance for families. Step by step, SAGA is carving out a niche for itself in the local video game sector, always keeping Catalan and the medium in mind.

One of the posters from the fourth edition of SAGA