New Games/Bavaria Team Lead Robin Rottmann © Robin Rottmann Business Robin Rottmann is New Team Lead Games/Bavaria at Medien.Bayern Before the end of the year, Games/Bavaria has a new team lead: Robin Rottmann takes over the lead of the initiative, which is based at Medien.Bayern. The name Robin and Games/Bavaria seem to go well together. Until 2021, Robin Hartmann, now at devcom, was responsible as team By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Archive Business GameStop Confirms Wind Down of Operations in Germany As part of its current quarterly results, GameStop has also confirmed its withdrawal from Germany. This will be completed before the end of the current financial year. GameStop does not want to rule out further, even extensive store closures at this time. After the closure of all German branches of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Fabian Mehring and the team von Games Bavaria/Medien.Bayern © Picture: Pascal Wagner Business Fabian Mehring Announces Funding and Bavaria’s Bid for DCP 2026 At the Games/Bavaria Christmas party held at Munich’s new Gamerei venue, Bavarian Digital Minister Fabian Mehring presented the Games/Bavaria initiative with a funding check for 644,000 Euro and confirmed Bavaria’s bid to host the Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2026 (DCP; German Computer Games Award). For the first By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Odile Limpach and Thierry Baujard © SpielFabrique Development European Video Game Accelerator Returns for Third Round Until mid-January, studios from Europe can apply for this year's European Video Game Accelerator. Selected teams get mentoring, workshops with industry experts and direct access to investors and publishers. SpielFabrique, together with its partners Polo Nacional de Contenidos Digitales de Málaga and Arctic Game, is seeking indie teams By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© EWCF Esports EWCF Starts $20M Global Partner Program 2025 for Esports Clubs In 2025, a total of 40 teams will benefit from next years Partner Program introduced by the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF). However, inclusion in the program does not guarantee a direct entry to the next Esports World Cup; teams will still need to secure their spots through standard qualification By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Epic Games/Lego Publishing Epic Games and Lego Massively Expand the Lego Fortnite Universe Epic Games and Lego have announced transformative changes that will turn Lego Fortnite even more into a digital platform for Lego content. The original game will be rebranded as Lego Fortnite Odyssey, while a new game, Lego Fortnite Brick Life, is set to launch on December 12. These developments come By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The Rocket Beans Founders: Daniel Budiman, Simon Krätschmer and Arno Heinisch (Above, from left to right), Nils Bomhoff and Etienne Gardé (Sitting Left to right). © Marco J. Drews/Rocket Beans Entertainment Business Rocket Beans TV Celebrates 10th Anniversary at Xperion Rocket Beans TV is marking its tenth anniversary this January with a special livestream in front of a live audience. The event, which will also be streamed, will be recorded at the new Xperion location in Hamburg. What began as a project (in German) born out of necessity has become By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Living Room from Thoughfish from Berlin and Tier One: Direct Action from Niorun vom Vienna (right) © Screenshot Publishing UploadVR Showcase Features VR Games from GSA Studios The winter 2024 UploadVR Showcase, hosted by the prominent US magazine specializing in virtual reality, shone a spotlight on two studios from the GSA region: Berlin’s Thoughtfish and Vienna’s Niorun. Visibility is crucial for success in the VR sector, where games often struggle to receive the same attention By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The Evercade VS-R is the latest generation of the stationary retro console © Blaze Entertainment Publishing Blaze Entertainment and SNK Strike NeoGeo License Agreement Blaze Entertainment will release a range of retro gaming products based on the NeoGeo platform over the next two years. The creators of Evercade and HyperMegaTech! have finalised this agreement with former NeoGeo publisher SNK. In the first quarter of 2025, Blaze Entertainment will host a showcase to provide updates By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Lena Laaser (right) informs the Friendly Fire 10 crew about the state of donations and also has the preliminary data from the sale of merch and sponsorship income with them © Screenshot Business Friendly Fire 10 Raises Over €2 Million for Charity The 10th edition of Friendly Fire, widely regarded as Germany's most successful gaming charity stream, has once again surpassed expectations. During the livestream, almost €1.2 million was raised through direct donations. When combined with sponsorship and merchandise revenue, the total amount raised for charity is expected to By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Jonas Hüsges, COO Daedalic Entertainment speaks about the "Four is a Party" Steam event © Daedalic Publishing Daedalic Entertainment: Ambitious Plans for Multiplayer and Cooperative Games At the Steam event "Four is a Party", Daedalic Entertainment is highlighting its ambitions in the multiplayer and cooperative gaming space, as COO Jonas Hüsges confirmed to GamesMarkt. Devolver Digital, Innersloth, Team17, Landfall, and Nacon are also participating in the event. The "Four is a Party - By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Bavarias Digital Minister Fabian Mehring © Robert Fischer/StMD Business Bavaria Provided Over €6 Million in Funding for Games and XR in 2024 Bavaria's Digital Minister is using the Advent season to reflect on his ministry's achievements during the "Year of Games" – an initiative that has proven remarkably impactful. By 2024, Bavaria will have invested over 6 million Euros in the games and XR sectors, with more By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
