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Business

Friendly Fire 10 Breaks 2 Million Euro Donations

Together with merchandise sales and community donations, charity event Friendly Fire 10 has now reached a total of two million euros for charity organisations.

14. August 2025 13:22

Business

btf Spins Off Game Publisher Blue Backpack

btf has announced the foundation of its game department as developing and publishing subsidiary Blue Backpack. The new company will be at gamescom with Constance and The Berlin Apartment, organise the Dosenbeatz party with Rocket Beans and ByteRockers' and will also take over the management of Berlin indie coworking space Saftladen. Joint MDs of Blue Backpack will be Florian Köhne and Robert May.

14. August 2025 11:00

Business

Freaks 4U Becomes Global Marketing Partner for gamescom asia

Gaming agency Freaks 4U is the new Global Marketing Partner for the coming merged gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show. They'll be responsible for exhibitor outreach, sales and the recommended booth builder for the floors.

14. August 2025 10:17

Business

Bitkom Study Asks If Bundeswehr Should Use More Gaming

In a recent representative study by digital industry association Bitkom, a significant part of questions revolved around the use of games in war. More than a third of participants believed that the Bundeswehr should use games to recruit, while almost half of Germans stated games can highlight the atrocities of war.

12. August 2025 09:03

Business

Subotron Shows Austrian Student Live Pitch & gamescom Presence

Austrian game industry supporter Subotron is calling for students to submit projects for their Live Pitch until 8 September. The Vienna organisation is also at gamescom and can be found at the Advantage Austria booth, bringing studios like Broken Rules, Clockwork Bird and Terragami with it.

12. August 2025 08:04

GM+

Game Dev Roundtable @ ver.di: A Growing Push for Unionisation

At devcom 2024, the German Game Dev unionisation effort has revealed itself to the world. We talked to German Services Union ver.di Secretary Matthias Grzegorczyk and two unionised devs about the first year, pushback from companies and their own experiences in organising works councils.

11. August 2025 10:07

Business

Hesse Brings Five Games to Indie Arena Booth

German federal state Hesse is showing games off at the Indie Arena Booth for the third time in a row. Meanwhile, the state also has a booth in the business area, presenting three new projects at the political opening by Rolf Krämer of the Economy Ministry, Jan Klose of Artex and Claudia Stricker of playzo.

11. August 2025 09:08

People

Nathalie Galla Is Byterockers' New Community Manager

Streamer and former Godot Foundation Community Manager Nathalie Galla is augmenting Byterockers' Games' communications team: The expert from Munich is the indie publishers new Community Manager.

09. August 2025 10:10

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Business

All You Need to Know About gamescom, from Food to Emergency Contacts

Find all information for a successful and safe trip to Cologne and gamescom in our GamesMarkt survival guide. Whether you are looking for food on site or sightseeing in Cologne, no matter if you need to call an ambulance or are looking for accessibility assistance: We have collected all the contacts you need.

08. August 2025 12:56

Business

State Minister Grant Hendrik Tonne Opens nordmedia gamescom Booth

With a political opening on Wednesday, nordmedia's Lower Saxony stand at gamescom is welcoming the state's Minister for Economic Affairs Grant Hendrik Tonne. Four studios and a museum are exhibiting at the funding agency's business area booth.

08. August 2025 12:13