Mick Prinz is Project Lead of Good Gaming Support at the Amadeu Antonio Foundation (AAS) People Good Gaming Support: Mick Prinz on Bleak Funding Situation "The outlook for funding civil society projects is currently just as bleak as it is in the gaming industry"; Mick Prinz of Good Gaming Support talks us through the imminent closure of the project after Demokratie Leben! announced to cut its funding. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Natalie Denk was the head of the centre. Now she is chairwoman of the association (Denk) Campus Association for Applied Game Studies Constituted The former members of the closed Centre for Applied Game Studies from Krems have reconstituted themselves into the Association for Applied Game Studies under chairwoman Natalie Denk. It's the third dedicated game studies association in GSA. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
gamescom Road to gamescom – Everything You Need For a Successful Business Week in Cologne Whether it’s your first time at the trade fair or you’re a gamescom veteran – Road to gamescom gives you everything you need to know about gamescom 2026. Facts and overviews, interviews and tips on what’s on at and around gamescom, and which numbers you should have saved on your mobile. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Background: Rheinauhafen in Cologne (KoelnMesse) gamescom Cologne Nights: What to Do after gamescom Closes When gamescom closes down for the day, your Cologne visit doesn't have to stop being great. Find restaurants and bars, event tips and sightseeing ideas in our Cologne guide. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
GamesMarket Plus G+ Game Music Makers: Chris Kohler He made the soundtracks for DEP winner Mindlock - The Apartment and the upcoming Atomic Age: We interviewed German composer Chris Kohler about making game music, his audio pipeline when making games, the best game soundtracks and his favourite ways to work. By Pascal Wagner • 9 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily 1 July 2026 - Sony Discontinues Discs, GamesMarket Anniversary, Bavarian Funding Reform, Gamescom Exhibitor News & More Sony is discontinuing both the PS3 and PS Vita stores as well as physical disc production come 2028. The secondary market will be impacted. Our GamesMarket Daily from 01 July 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Wiebke Wiesner and State Secretary for the Arts Arne Braun (MFG). People Wiebke Wiesner Becomes New MD of MFG Baden-Württemberg Wiebke Wiesner has become the new managing director of Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG). She succeeded Carl Bergengruen on July 1, 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Ben Hunter, Senior Development Director for Core Technology at Fenris Creations, is announcing the open-sourcing of the Carbon engine (Fenris Creations) Products Fenris Creations Announces Open-Sourcing of EVE Online Engine Carbon Effective right now, EVE Online and EVE Frontier maker Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, has released their Carbon engine into open source. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Digital will soon have no alternative (SIE) Products PlayStation Will Stop Disc Production in January 2028 From January 2028 onward, no more physical PlayStation games will be produced, the console maker just announced. Games will then only be sold digitally in the PSN and through digital retailers, effectively eradicating the second-hand market. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Super Crowd) Events Creative Europe Media: 17 Free Slots at Polaris 2026 17 studios from EU countries can showcase their game for free at Indie Arena Booth on Polaris 2026, thanks to Creative Europe Media. Additionally, 10 studios from low audiovisual capacity countries can get travel grants as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Development Godot to Implement Significant AI Ban Godot is "adding barriers to low-effort slop": To protect the code and stop demoralising reviewers, the engine is banning vibe coding, autonomous AI agents and AI chats. New contributors will be restricted more, while at the same time taught better. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Bavarian Digital Minister Mehring (center front) is the patron of the games funding in the state (GamesMarket) Funding Bavaria Reforms Games Funding: More Money, Better Professionalisation Concepts up to 40,000€, prototypes up to 350,000€, lesser equity share, and immediate follow-up funding for projects that are so successful they can pay back their grant: Bavaria's new funding guidelines are a net positive for the games industry. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
