© Student Games Festival Campus First Student Games Festival Comes to Warsaw On 18 October, the first Student Games Festival will be organised in Warsaw. Submissions for the game awards run until 31 August. The event is hosted by Polish cultural and educational organisations in cooperation with Warsaw, the Cultural Ministry and 11 bit studios. The first international student game festival is By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The cinema at the Filmforum NRW was the location of Indie Reveal. © Indie Hub Business Indie Reveal Connects NRW and Quebec During gamescom In an initial cooperation, Quebec and NRW met up at the first Indie Reveal during gamescom to show indie games in a cinema before publishers. The event was co-organised by NRW and Quebec funding organisations as well as Indie Hub and Indie Asylum. On the occasion of gamescom in Cologne, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
From left: Benjamin Hillmann (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur), Nandita Wegehaupt (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur), Elisabeth Secker (USK), Melanie Endler (USK) © Luna Grüsgen for Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur Campus USK and Game Culture Foundation Release Updated Parents' Guide to Games Right in time for gamescom, the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (USK) and the Digital Game Culture Foundation (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur) have released their updated Parents' Guide to Games. The German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (USK) and the Digital Game Culture Foundation (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur) have published their new By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Panic Products Okomotive and Panic Release Herdling Herdling, the newest title of Swiss game Studio Okomotive behind the Far series, has released Herdling. Publisher is avantgarde indie house Panic. The newest game of Zurich dev studio Okomotive has released on 21 August on all platforms. Publisher is Panic, the avantgarde publisher behind Firewatch. Okomotive has made atmospheric By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© KoelnMesse/zweilux Business Both devcom and gamescom congress 2025 Break Their Record Attendance Both important side events of gamescom, the devcom on Monday and Tuesday and the congress on Thursday, have broken their attendance record. This year’s gamescom has already broken some record before it started, and side events are no exception. Both the former devcom, now gamescom dev, and the gamescom By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
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
