© nordmedia Development nordmedia Funds Three Games With 234,630 Euros Digital Cauldron from Marklohe, Magni Games from Braunschweig and 1000 Orks from Osnabrück profit from the current funding round at nordmedia. From the 4,7 million euros given, only about 235,000 euros go to these three game studios however. The Lower Saxony funding agency nordmedia has announced the next By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Melanie Endler is the first Media Education and Cooperations Officer at USK. © Endler, USK Business USK Promotes Melanie Endler to New Position of Media Education and Cooperations Officer Through the new position of Media Education and Cooperations Officer, the USK wants to strenghten its media competency projects like the parents' guide. Melanie Endler, youth protection expert, will be the first to hold the new position. The German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body USK is creating a new By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Last Whale Singer - Interactive Storybook © Telescope Game Studios / Tobo Business Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive Funds Two Interactive Projects Together, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Canada Media Fund (CMF) are funding three titles in the current round with about 350,00 euros. Two of those titles are interactive media: A horror Mixed Reality platform and an interactive storybook for children about maritime environments. The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Instinct3, Ravenage Games Publishing Instinct3 Publishes Megaloot in Cooperation With Ravenage Games After TerraScape with Stray Fawn, Instinct3 is again co-publishing its second game title - together with Ravenage Games. Megaloot, developed by solo dev axilirate, is a strategic inventory management game. After their first publishing foray TerraScape, Instinct3 has announced their second published project at gamescom. While TerraScape was published in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Matteo Riatti, Head of Computer Games/Creative Industries Department at DLR-PT. © DLR-PT Business DLR-PT Stays Responsible of Federal Games Funding The DLR Projektträger will remain the organisation partner for the German Federal games funding in the next few years. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action has extended the cooperation. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is once more extending its cooperation with the DLR By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Felix Rick joins Webedia. © Webedia Business Webedia Recruits Felix Rick as Creative Lead Shows & Formats Gameswelt veteran Felix Rick is changing ships: After 15 years at Web Media, he joins competitor Webedia as Creative Lead Shows & Formats to develop new livestream shows and formats. The company behind several magazines and formats like GameStar, GamePro and the recent FYNG Show at gamescom has recruited a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Geneviève Rolland (left), the team of 01Studio and economic attache Katharina Benz (second from right). © GamesMarkt Publishing Gameforge Secures Publishing Deal for Cubio from 01Studio At gamescom, Quebec General Delegate Geneviève Rolland announced the realisation of a Quebeco-German publishing deal. Karlsruhe company Gameforge will publish Cubio, the next game of Quebec developing team 01Studio. At the Quebec Happy Hour reception of the Canadian state, General Delegate Geneviève Rolland of the Gouvernment of Quebec honoured By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Franziska Giffey, Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises and Mayor of Berlin, at gamescom congress 2024. © GamesMarkt Business Franziska Giffey: "The Federal States are Very Much in Agreement" When asked about the Federal states' harmonious stance on the Federal governments new funding guidelines at gamescom congress, Berlin representative Franziska Giffey explained to GamesMarkt how she sees the relation of the states as competitiors and cooperators and the way to a greater good for the German games industry. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The panelists: Frauke Holzmeier, Franziska Giffey, Michael Kellner, Fabian Mehring and Natanael Liminski. © GamesMarkt Business State Representatives Ally to Keep Co-Fundability with Federal Fund Alive At the political main panel of gamescom congress, the three state representatives of NRW, Berlin and Bavaria and the Federal representative hit cooperative tones. Critic from the states toward the Federation came regarding cumulation of funds in the new guidelines and the integration of the states in the decision-making By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
© Goon Squad Publishing Headup Spins off Goon Squad as Indie Studio The core development team of Headup is now its own studio: Goon Squad will now exist as a sister company to the publisher, under the same parent company Microcuts Holding. Düren publisher Headup is creating a new studio: Goon Squad, an independent studio emerging from Headup's own in- By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Thorsten Wiedemann, Florian Graf and Anna Vielhaber at Pink Breakfast. © GamesMarkt Business A Maze Pink Breakfast Opens Berlin's Political gamescom Programme With Berlin Senate Chancellery Head Florian Graf, A Maze's Thorsten Wiedemann and the Medienboard management, the A Maze Pink Breakfast kicked off Berlin's political engagement at gamescom. Graf ensured that the funding for the House of Games was secured. The participants of the third The Rabbit By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Moonlit Monitors Development G+ Under the Hood: Height Mapping in Moonlit Monitor's Seed to Leaf In our new regular GamesMarkt series In Development, game studios present pictures of what's going on under the hood in their game making process. This time, Moonlit Monitors explains their process of integrating 2D tile sets into 3D environment. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
