Paris Games Biz showcased a guarded optimism in the face of turmoil, both locally and in the industry at large | Opinion

The games industry has spent several years persisting in the face of commercial and financial turmoil; to that it has now added civil unrest as a small group of publishers, investors, and developers gathered for the third Paris Game Biz in a city still undergoing widespread public protests . The short walk from hotel to the venue in the 2nd Arondissement was studded with shattered shop windows, soot patches and the melted remains of waste bins and shared bicycles; the official party took place with dozens of police vans parked outside, packed with officers there to enforce a curfew that…