> A surprising amount of stuff, for example, came out of Chicago between the 80's and 90's. The Dallas / Ft Worth area has a similar cluster story around early

> A surprising amount of stuff, for example, came out of Chicago between the 80's and 90's. The Dallas / Ft Worth area has a similar cluster story around early 3D gaming, thanks heavily to 3D Realms and then id Software. Companies like Ritual, Hipnotic, GOD Games, ION Storm, Gearbox. Then you also had Ensemble Studios, Terminal Reality and others in the area. DWANGO down in Houston was heavily built on what id Software did. Dozens of small indie companies spawned in the DFW area thanks to the foundation put down by some of those companies. "Commercial real estate firm JLL found gaming companies are on the rise in North Texas. According to JLL, nine colleges offer gaming degree programs that help build a labor pool in North Texas. The firm counts 87 gaming companies in North Texas. That’s nearly a third of all gaming companies in Texas, which only trails California in the number of design and development studios." "It used to be that Austin was the de facto answer for game development in Texas. But actually, Dallas has a rich history of game development companies going back to id Software," explained Bettner. "That spawned a bunch of studios in the area." https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/tech/Gaming-Gaining-Ground-in-North-Texas-494553621.html https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/tech/Gaming-Gaining-Ground-in-No...