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
© Subotron Business Subotron Shows Austrian Student Live Pitch & gamescom Presence Austrian game industry supporter Subotron is calling for students to submit projects for their Live Pitch until 8 September. The Vienna organisation is also at gamescom and can be found at the Advantage Austria booth, bringing studios like Broken Rules, Clockwork Bird and Terragami with it. Until 8 September 2025, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Game devs are increasingly looking to organise and unionise. We talked to Service Union ver.di IT Secretary Matthias Grzegorczyk and two game devs about German unionisation efforts. © ver.di; Matthias Grzegorczyk Business Game Dev Roundtable @ ver.di: A Growing Push for Unionisation By Pascal Wagner • 13 min read
© Hessen Agentur Business Hesse Brings Five Games to Indie Arena Booth German federal state Hesse is showing games off at the Indie Arena Booth for the third time in a row. Meanwhile, the state also has a booth in the business area, presenting three new projects at the political opening by Rolf Krämer of the Economy Ministry, Jan Klose of Artex By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nathalie Galla is ByteRockers' Games' new Community Manager. © Galla, ByteRockers' People Nathalie Galla Is Byterockers' New Community Manager Streamer and former Godot Foundation Community Manager Nathalie Galla is augmenting Byterockers' Games' communications team: The expert from Munich is the indie publishers new Community Manager. It's announcement season for the Berlin indie studio turned publisher ByteRockers' Games: Hot on the heels of their so-far By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© © 2024 Koelnmesse GmbH/Marvin Ruppert Business All You Need to Know About gamescom, from Food to Emergency Contacts Find all information for a successful and safe trip to Cologne and gamescom in our GamesMarkt survival guide. Whether you are looking for food on site or sightseeing in Cologne, no matter if you need to call an ambulance or are looking for accessibility assistance: We have collected all the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© nordmedia Business State Minister Grant Hendrik Tonne Opens nordmedia gamescom Booth With a political opening on Wednesday, nordmedia's Lower Saxony stand at gamescom is welcoming the state's Minister for Economic Affairs Grant Hendrik Tonne. Four studios and a museum are exhibiting at the funding agency's business area booth. Nordmedia is part of gamescom, with a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Spellgarden Games, Team17 Digital Business Spellgarden Games and Team17 Release Ritual of Raven Competing for attention against the spontaneously called Nintendo Indie World Showcase and its shadow drops, Ritual of Raven by Spellgarden Games and Team17 has released yesterday. It’s not easy competing against Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase and its surprise releases when your game drops on the same day. Yesterday By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
