Leuven is new Flemish games centre

The subsidy will go to the creation of an "incubation centre" called Creative Minds in the former Stella Artois brewery De Hoorn. The centre will provide a base for a number of small, recently established games companies. At the same time, outside of the games centre, the premises will provide space for other creative professionals, artists, exhibition space and restaurants.
The centre will offer new companies opportunities they would be unable to access on their own, the government hopes. One example given is a motion-capture (or mocap) installation, which allows games designers to incorporate realistic movements into their games. One such installation would be prohibitively expensive for a start-up but, if shared by a number of on-site companies, could become more affordable.
The Flemish government put the idea of the creation of an incubation centre out to tender and received interested replies from candidates. Kortrijk, where a new bachelor's programme has been set up in digital arts and entertainment, was first to apply. It was followed by Genk, where a business park for the creative industries is already being set up in former mining areas. But it was Leuven that carried off the prize, as a result of links to the Catholic University of Leuven and the Groep T college. "It would be great for the industry if we could set up an incubator in the three cities," commented Pieter Goiris, director of Boondoggle, which does marketing for the city of Leuven. "Genk, Kortrijk and Leuven would form a perfect triangle."