The city of Cologne at night. © Pixabay, Pexels Business How to Find Your Way around gamescom and Cologne Getting around gamescom can be hard if you've never been before. We collected all info on accessibility, food and help on-site as well as useful tricks for getting around Cologne and finding the places you want to be at in the city. Finding Your Way Through gamescom You By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
© GIC Business Game Industry Conference 2025 Announces Speaker Lineup With experts from bippinbits to Wargaming, this year’s Game Industry Conference in Poland has announced it's current speaker lineup. The Legal and Mobile Summits are also set to return, offering important side events for the games industry. Game Industry Conference (GIC), happening from 23 to 26 October By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© DevGamm Business DevGamm Lisbon 2025 Announces Peter Molyneux as Keynote Speaker After last year's keynote by John Romero, DevGamm Lisbon is this year bringing Peter Molyneux to the B2B stage. The first batch of speakers has also been announced, among them Maria Borys of Flying Wild Hog, Abby LeMaster of Riot Games and Adam Boyes of Vivrato. For developers, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Kaweh Mansoori, Hesse Economy Minister, is patron of the funding programme. © Paul Schneider / Hessische Staatskanzlei Business Hessen Serious Game Funds 7 Titles with 300,000 Euros Seven titles, among them five serious games, receive funding from Germany's federal state Hesse. Partly decided by Jan Klose of Artex and Franziska Lehnert of ZeniMax, the lucky winners are Pixelsplit, CosaLux, Omeelia, Eduard Dobermann, Buntspecht & Rabe, Sphery Exerworld and Raumkapsel Schmidt. Hesse is funding seven games By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© IGDA Business IGDA "Strongly Alarmed by Censorship" of Adult Games The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has not only issued an extensive statement about adult game delistings, but also gathered resources like alternative payment processors and avenues of protest for developers to use. International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has issued a statement on the delistings of adult games on Steam By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Felix Falk, MD of game association. © game Business game MD Felix Falk: "Expression and Diversity Must not be Targeted" In a statement to GamesMarkt, the German game association has issued a statement on the recent adult game delistings. MD Felix Falk insists that games "must not be targeted by individual interests or campaigns from particularly vocal groups". On the case of the recent adult game delistings on By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© DEP Business German Developer Award 2025: Submissions are Open The submission phase for the German Developer Award 2025 has begun. Until 1 September, studios can submit their game to one of the most important German industry awards. The submission phase for the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (German Developer Award) 2025 has officially begun. From now on, studios can submit their games By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Koelnmesse Campus Immersion, Responsibility and Well-Being Shape gamescom congress 2025 gamescom congress reveals its big three focus tracks with the reveal of the first speakers. Industry experts such as Jukka Laakso, Johanna Pirker, Eric Vezzoli and Celia Hodent will present their thoughts and methods on Immersion, Responsibility and Well-Being in and around games. On Thursday, 21 August, the gamescom congress By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Just this May, Ukie CEO Nick Poole urged the British gouvernment to invest in the games industry with the Press Start on Growth campaign. © UKIE Business Ukie: "Payment Providers Should Trust in Age Rating Systems" In a statement to GamesMarkt in response to recent adult game delistings, UK industry association Ukie urges payment processors and store platforms to trust in existing age rating systems. The UK games industry association Ukie has issued a statement to GamesMarkt about the recent adult game delistings on Steam and By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Marek Brunner, Chief of Testing at USK, gives tipps and information for exhibitors not yet familiar with German Minor Protection requirements. © USK, Marek Brunner Business How to Avoid Trouble with Germany's Minor Protection as a Games Exhibitor By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Petition "Save games from censorship" comes out of Germany. © Save games from censorship Business German-Spearheaded Petition Joins Critique of Adult Game Delistings A new petition spearheaded by prominent German journalists, game developers and DEI advocates has gathered over a thousand signatures in the first day. Like other emerging protests, it aims at payment processors to take the pressure from store fronts selling adult games. After the recent delistings of adult games on By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
From left to right: Prof. Dr. Sebastian von Mammen, Chair of Games Engineering at the University of Würzburg; Prof. Dr. Anja Schlömerkemper, Vice President of the University of Würzburg; Prof. Dr. Marc Erich Latoschik, Head of the Chair of Human-Computer Interaction; Dr. Fabian Mehring, Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs; Felix Freiherr von Zobel, Member of the Freie Wähler; Prof. Dr. Jörn Hurtienne, Head of the Chair of Psychological Ergonomics © XR Hub Bavaria Campus Additional Funds: XR Hub Würzburg's Funding Breaches 2.5 Million Euros With an additional funding of 760,000 euros, the Bavarian Digital Ministry under Fabian Mehring has pushed the public budget for XR Hub Würzburg to 2.5 million euros until 2026. The newest cheque was presented at University of Würzburg's Summer Expo. At yesterday’s Summer Expo at By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
