© neoludic Games Business Neoludic’s Tiny Bookshop Shadowdrops During Nintendo Indie Showcase In todays Indie World Showcase by Nintendo, neoludic's Tiny Bookshop has been featured with an immediate release on Steam and Switch. The game from Cologne had been funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. During today’s Indie World Showcase by Nintendo, Tiny Bookshop by Cologne indie studio neoludic By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Home of Indies is an indie game stable at gamescom. © Factory-C Business Home of Indies Features Event Stage, German Publishers and International Studios With an event stage and a streaming booth, Home of Indies is upping its game in the highly-contested attention economy of gamescom's Indie Area. Apart from international indie studios, German publishers Assemble Entertainment and Daedalic have made it their consumer area home. Home of Indies by Factory-C, one By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Highly-anticipated Pathologic 3 will be playable at gamescom. © Ice Pick Lodge Business Galaktus Indie Booth Features Pathologic 3, Bohemia Interactive With close to 50 indies and mid-size studios, the Galaktus Indie Booth in Hall 10.2 brings some heavy hitters to gamescom. Among them is the catalogue of Bohemia Interactive as well as Pathologic 3 by Ice Pick Lodge. Polish gaming PR agency Galaktus has announced the lineup of its By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Mikhail Nilov, Pexels Business gamescom 2025: Emergency Contacts & Medical Help Find all emergency contacts on and around gamescom here: From paramedics to pharmacies, security to police or the mental health crisis line, we gathered all information you need for a safe gamescom trip. Emergency Contacts On Site There are paramedics stationed in Halls 7 (coming in from the boulevard, turn By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Koelnmesse Campus gamescom congress 2025 Shows High-Profile Speakers as Program Drops With the release of its full program, the gamescom congress on 21 August has revealed a high-profile speaker lineup from politicians to game devs and researchers. The three focus topics “The Next Level of Immersion”, “Gaming and Responsibility” and “Gaming and Well-Being” are packed with talks. On August 21, the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
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
