© Xbox Business Xbox Partners with IGN for Indie Showcase On April 29, IGN and Xbox partner again for this year's ID@Xbox Indie Showcase. One of the spotlight games is Dungeons of Hinterberg by Austrian developer Microbird and Curve Digital. With the next ID@Xbox Showcase on April 29, IGN will be the broadcasting partner for Xbox’ By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Paintbucket Development The Darkes Files Kickstarter Breaches Fivefold Asking Price Berlin studio Paintbucket Games reached 50,001 euros in Kickstarter money for "The Darkest Files", making it a quintuple success. The additional money will go to handheld ports and new side missions. After 30 days of crowdfunding, the Kickstarter campaign for historical Noir thriller The Darkest Files has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Senator Brosda sees debatable problems in the Federal Gouvernments funding change plans. © Marcelo Hernandez Business Hamburg Senator Brosda: "Problematic for Start-ups and Independent Studios" Culture and Media Senator Carsten Brosda from Hamburg is concerned about the impact the federal games funding changes could have on smaller studios. He looks critically upon the minimum funding amount of 400,000 euros. Dr Carsten Brosda, Senator for Culture and Media in the city state of Hamburg, has By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Fabian Mehring sees the striking of cumulation as a step backwards. © Games/Bavaria Business Bavarian Digital Minister Mehring: "Goal Must be to Restore Competitiveness" Bavaria's Digital Minister Mehring sees the proposed cancellation of cumulation of state and federal funding as a big step back in the new games plans of the BMWK. He urges the Federal Gouvernment to see the break in competitiveness the current situation brings for the industry. Bavaria’s By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Franziska Giffey, Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises in Berlin. © SPD Berlin Business Berlin Senator Giffey: "Important that Federal and State Funding are not Mutually Exclusive" The senate administration of Franziska Giffey, Economics Senator of Berlin, gives a pointed, critical statements towards the Federal Gouvernment's game funding plans. The expectations towards the federal states and the money currently sitting unused at the Commissioner of Culture and Media are main points. The department of Franziska By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© gamescom / game, KoelnMesse Business gamescom Accreditation for Press and Creators Now Open Since today, press and content creators can use accreditation forms for gamescom and devcom tickets. This year, press and creators have separate guidelines and forms to apply for. Accreditation for press and creators for gamescom 2024 is now open. Interested parties can register via online accreditation at gamescom.global. Press By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Northrine-Westfalian Minister for Federal and European Affairs, International Affairs and Media and Head of the State Chancellery Nathanael Liminski. © Staatskanzlei NRW Business NRW Games Minister Liminski: "Frustrating" to See Gouvernment Block Funding Progress NRW's Media Minister Nathanael Liminski swings against the Economy and Finance Ministries of the Federal Gouvernment: No tax credits, no planning security, no sound plans for a funding overhaul and the ongoing application stop are threating the industry, Liminski says. No planning security for big companies coming to By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
(f.l.t.r.) Benedikt Grindel, Managing Director Ubisoft Blue Byte; Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs of the State of NRW; Karsten Lehmann, Public Affairs Director Ubisoft Blue Byte © Ubisoft Business NRW's Vice MP Mona Neubaur Visits Ubisoft Düsseldorf Yesterday, NRW's Deputy Minister President Mona Neubaur visited Ubisoft's Düsseldorf studio to shine a spotlight on the Northrine-Westfalian games industry. Today’s German Computer Game Awards (DCP) might put the games industry’s spotlight on Munich, but gamescom host state Northrine-Westfalia is intend on getting some By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
UK Minister of Culture Lucy Frazer currently heads the UK Games Fund. © Lucy Frazer Development UK Games Fund has Put £3m Into Emerging Studios Within the initiative to further fund the creative industries until 2030, the UK Department of Culture under MP Lucy Frazer has funded 22 games start-ups with 3 million Pounds overall. A further two million Pounds are still available for emerging devs in the structure of the UK Games Fund. With By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Spellgarden Founder Kathrin Radtke and Assemble dropped Sticky Business on Switch today. © Spellgarden Games Publishing Spellgarden and Assemble Shadowdrop Sticky Business + DLC on Switch Directly after today's Nintendo Indie Showcase, Sticky Business by Spellgarden Games and Assemble became available on Switch, plus DLC. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes by Simogo and Annapurna also got a release date. Today's Nintendo Indie Direct not only saw the release date announcements of several By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
