(Photo: GamesMarket, Pascal Wagner) gamescom Bavaria Continues Funding for Games/Bavaria Initiatives, Including Gamerei At the Bavaria booth reception during gamescom 2026, Digital Minister Mehring gave away a cheque over 633,100 euros to Games/Bavaria, to secure another 18 months of Gamerei operation in Munich and several other games location initiatives. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
gamescom gamescom dev grows 15% From Last Year's Edition The first gamescom dev under the new name welcomed 15 per cent more visitors than last year. Next up is the leadership summit in Lisbon, from 23-25 March. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Xbox Phases in Digital Entitlements for Physical Discs Xbox users can get digital entitlements for the games they own on disc soon, after an Xbox Insider phase starting 31 August has concluded. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Dr. Étienne Sur, French Consul General in Düsseldorf, visited the French gamescom booth (Business France) gamescom French Consul General Visits Team France Booth at gamescom At the French breakfast reception, Consul General in Düsseldorf Dr. Étienne Sur came to speak with companies on the French-German cooperation an synergies between the countries' industries. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Matteo Riatti and Dorothee Bär giving away the formal cheque to Dare to Dream GmbH (GamesMarket, Pascal Wagner) gamescom Dorothee Bär Welcomes Dare to Dream to Germany With Funding To celebrate their founding in Germany and to provide an example for other companies who want to come to Germany for the games funding, Games Minister Dorothee Bär has awarded €3.2mil to Canadian-German company Dare to Dream at gamescom. By Pascal Wagner •
Knight to remember: Hosts Ann-Kathrin Kuhls and and Maurice Weber welcomed dedicated cosplayers as well. (Webedia) gamescom FYNG gamescom 2026 Reveals Prospera, Rise of the Spellbaker and Many More Seven world premieres, several release titles, more on the official Witcher 3 Remaster reveal and new games by Kalypso, astragon, Toplitz as well as the reanimation of Coins, Crown & Cabal: Webedia's FYNG at gamescom was filled with wow factor reveals. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Mascha Ermakova on stage with her keynote (Isabel Grünberg) Events First Games for Peace Mixer Concludes on Cologne Organised and sponsored by Neoludic Games, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, and Spellgarden Games and with the support of GAME:IN, the Games for Peace Mixer concluded yesterday evening in Cologne with 90 attendants and 10 games. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
E-Paper gamescom daily 2026 #1 The official gamescom daily magazine for 26 August 2026, presented by GamesMarket. Topics include country booth first-timers and highlights, a recap of gamescom dev, C-Level interviews as well as, of course, the ever-important hall plans. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Tiny Bull taking the prize for the best pitch of the year from the organisers.(Walesca Parrella, nectar labs) gamescom Tiny Bull From Italy Wins 7th European Games Night With a pitch for their upcoming game, Tiny Bull Studios from Italy won the 7th European Games Night by SpielFabrique, NRW Global Business and Business France this year held at Bootshaus. The OFAJ young studio prize went to Screen Play Studios for Burning Bridges. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The team of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, State Secretary Michael Biel (center), Jeannine Koch of medianet berlinbrandenburg (second from right) and Helge Jürgens (right) (Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg) Funding Berlin-Brandenburg Ups Games Funding by One Million Euros Announced at the Medienboard Sundowner, Berlin State Secretary Michael Biel has revealed that the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region will have one million euros more for games funding in the coming year. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Products Farming Simulator 25 Has Sold 5 Million Copies Giants Software has announced for the start of gamescom that their Farming Simulator 25 has breached five million sold units. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The W4 founders from left to right: Fabio Alessandrelli, Remi Verschelde, Juan Linietsky, Nicola Farronato (W4) Development W4 Partners With Tencent to Bring Godot to Asia In the current Series B funding round, W4 Games, the enterprising arm of open-source engine Godot, has collected about €15,4mil from OSS Capital, LUX, Naval Ravikant and Tobias Lutke. Together with Tencent, now a main investor, expansion to Asia is planned. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
