Kosche (right) is the new CEO of PietSmiet. © PietSmiet, Kosche Business EA's Former Europe Commercial Director Is PietSmiet's New CEO Jens Kosche, former Senior Director Commercial Europe at Electronic Arts, is the new CEO of German streaming and media company PietSmiet. Jens Kosche, Director Commercial Europe for Electronic Arts until Mai 2025, has started as CEO for German media company and streaming empire PietSmiet. “Content creation is such a vibrant By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Fabian Döhla and Carolin Wendt opening the concert. © GamesMarkt Business Witcher Concert Tour Debuts at gamescom With the first stop of their Ten Years of The Witcher 3 Concert Tour, CD Projekt Red have closed the first day of gamescom. With the first stop of their Ten Years of The Witcher 3 Concert Tour, CD Projekt Red have rocked the Event Area in Hall 1. More By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Game Workers take ever longer to find a new job after layoffs. © GamesMarkt, data provided by Values Value and InGame Job. Business EU Game Workers Struggle Hard – But Emerging European Countries Catch Up By Pascal Wagner • 8 min read
The winners of Blue Ramen accepting their award. © GamesMarkt Business Two French Studios Win Sixth European Game Night At devcom's European Game Night hosted by SpielFabrique, Business France and NRW.Global Business, where games from all over Europe were pitched to a jury and publishers, two French studios won big. The pitch contest went to Blue Ramen, while the youth award went to Shotgun King studio By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© eGames Lab Business Sunny Portugal Presence at gamescom The Portuguese Pavilion in cooperation with eGames Lab serve pastel de nata, games science and a growing industry location in Hall 2.1, Booth C028-D027. Portugal‘s burgeoning games and tech industry is on display at in the business area, with Portuguese national cluster eGames Lab from Madeira, Azores, Lisbon, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© ICEX Business Spanish Double Presence at gamescom 2025 With a split appearance in both business and consumer areas at gamescom, Spain is showing its strong games business in Hall 4.1, Booth B041–C050 and Hall 10.2, Booth F040–E057. The ICEX (Invest in Spain) initiative Games From Spain is spanning both the public and business area By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Creative Europe Business Creative Europe Presents Games & Funding at gamescom The funding umbrella of the European Union, Creative Europe Media, is exhibiting at gamescom. The booth in hall 3.2 includes award-winning game studios, funding experts, civil society organisations and many more. The EU presents itself at gamescom: At the Creative Europe Media umbrella stand in Hall 03.2 - By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Game:in co-founder Lena Laaser at the reception. © GamesMarkt Business Game:in gamescom Reception Looks Back on Successful Year The German association against sexism in the games industry, game:in, has held their yearly gamescom reception and reminisced on their registration, a cooperation with Saxonian event caggtus and more. German organisation against sexism in the games industry Game:in has held their yearly gamescom week gathering on yesterday’s By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Friendly Fire 10 has breached two million euros of donations. © Friendly Fire 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. The estimate had always reached this milestone, but now it's official: Friendly Fire 10, the charity live stream from December 2024, has now reached By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Managing Directors Robert May, Florian Köhne as well as Matthias Murmann from btf at the founding ceremony. © Blue Backpack 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 By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Michael Haenisch, CEO of Freaks 4U Gaming, is elated about the cooperation. © Freaks 4U 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. Freaks 4U Gaming has been officially appointed as global marketing agency for gamescom By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
One of the survey's graphics regarding the use of gaming in war. © Bitkom 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 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
