Dr. Andrea Buchholz © MFG Campus The Exceptional Role of Universities At MFG promoting cultural and creative industries goes far beyond funding: Dr. Andrea Buchholz has realised numerous exciting projects with universities as breeding ground for a healthy games-ecosystem. GamesMarkt: The MFG addresses the issue of talent and research promotion, which, as far as I know, does not exist in By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Tom Burck and Laura Körting are representing game BW. © Gameforge / Körting Business game BW Interview: The “Hidden Champion” Among the German States Baden-Württemberg was one of the first states with a regional representation of game. Laura Körting and Tomas Burck explain what has already been achieved and how Baden-Württemberg could become even better as a good games location. GamesMarkt: You recently took over the regional representation of game in Baden- By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
The Gameforge team - one of many successful companies in Baden-Württemberg. © Gameforge Business The BW Business Environment: Old Hands, Young Teams and Two Gaminghubs The games industry in Baden-Württemberg is diverse, with a variety of companies spread across different locations. Despite this, there are still central hubs that stand out in the region. According to Games BW, the games industry in Baden-Württemberg (BW) has 153 companies with almost 1,800 employees. The By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Jiri Kupiainen, Chairman, and Maria Wagner, Managing Director Sustainable Games Alliance (SGA) © SGA Business G+ Sustainable Games Alliance Develops Standard for Games Industry to Comply with Regulations By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
Dr Ellen Koban has been Head of the Cultural and Creative Industries Unit at MFG Baden-Württemberg since October 2022 © MFG Business Using Creative and Cross-Innovative Potential Despite limited financial resources, Baden-Württemberg has managed to create and develop a comprehensive and strategic funding programme for the games industry through creativity and cooperation, as Dr Ellen Koban explains in the interview. GamesMarkt: There is a lot of talk about federal funding at the moment. Why is it By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
© MFG Business MFG Baden-Württemberg: Supervision, Advice and Funding for CCIs With an incredible range of projects, MFG has been supporting the cultural and creatives industries in Baden-Württemberg for almost 30 years. The fruits of this hard work are award-winning studios and a unique pool of creative talents. MFG Baden-Württemberg was founded back in 1995 as an institution By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
© Newzoo Business Newzoo Cuts Games Revenue Forecast for 2024 to $187.7bn As in previous years, Newzoo has released an update to its Global Games Market Report ahead of gamescom. The PC segment surprises with the highest growth, but Newzoo expects console gaming to boom in 2025 thanks to the Switch successor and top releases such as GTA VI. In its first By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Felix Falk and Gerald Böse at the then purely digital gamescom 2020 © archive photo, Koelnmesse/ Oliver Wachenfeld Business Gamescom 2024 With 15% More Exhibitors and Still Growing With one week to go, Koelnmesse and game have given a final update on the preparations for gamescom. The number of exhibitors is already over 1400 and registrations are still coming in. The number of pavilions has increased by almost 50 percent. Even before the opening of this year' By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
David Stelzer, President of Xsolla, about devcom & gamescom © Xsolla Business David Stelzer: Strengthen Existing and Form New Partnerships Xsolla has been a key partner of devcom and gamescom for years. In this interview, David Stelzer, President of Xsolla, reveals why gamescom is so important for Xsolla's European business, what they are showing this year and how Xsolla's European office has developed. Xsolla is a By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Former co-CEOs now contractual partners: Craig Levine co-CEO EFG and former ESL founder Ralf Reichert, now CEO Esports World Cup Federation © Imago Images Esports ESL Faceit Group Signs Multi-Year Partnership with Esports World Cup The ESL Faceit Group has signed a multi-year deal to organise the Esports World Cup. The deal comes as no surprise and supports Saudi Arabia's position in global esports. This is understandable, given the investment, but it also carries the risk of monopolisation. Even as the Esports By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The virtual box office of Fandango in the Roblox world of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice © BusinessWire Business Warner Bros. Pictures and Fandango Test Ticket Sales via Roblox Warner Bros. Pictures is launching its own experience in the online game "Roblox" to coincide with the US release of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" in early September. Thanks to a partnership with the service provider Fandango, cinema tickets will also be sold via Roblox for the first time. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Stephan Reichart at the devcom networking dinner 2023 © eosAndy/devcom Business Stephan Reichart: "More Open, Modern, and Accessible" Stephan Reichart, Managing Director at game events GmbH and for devcom Developer Conference 2024, speaks with GamesMarkt about the development of devcom in 2023, expectations for this year's event and the opportunities created by the move to Koelnmesse's new Confex event location. GamesMarkt: In 2023, devcom By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
