The caggtus LAN saw 2.360 participants this year, a new record. Players could use their own computers or rent some, decorated the whole hall and even slept in dedicated areas. The green tents belong to caggtus ambassador Baso's community (GamesMarkt)

FYNG City was done in cooperation with Samsung Odyssey, the Webedia brands and the Microsoft daughters Activision Blizzard and Bethesda. At the first Blizzard x Bethesda ever, community events for Diablo Immortal were held and Doom: The Dark Ages was playable (GamesMarkt)

Venice After Dark: “Developers Deserve a Partner who Loves Games”
Artex, Sebastian Grünwald and Weltenwandler have shadowdropped their adventure Venice after Dark on Friday at caggtus. We spoke to them about the publishing market for indies, the game’s concepts and the difficult position of adventures today.
GamesMarktPascal Wagner
At the FYNG show, Corsair Cove was announced and Cralon as well as Venice after Dark were shadowdropped. Here, King Arts' Jan Theysen introduces the Adeptus Mechanicus trailer for Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War IV together with moderator Maurice Weber (GamesMarkt)
Pithead Studio: Realising Our First “Indie” Game
Pithead Studio alias Björn and Jennifer Pankratz have released their first new game after Piranha Bytes on Friday, as a shadowdrop on Caggtus’ Webedia FYNG show. We talked to them about being just the two of them again and what they wanted to bring back with Cralon.
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At the Indie Ground by Nerdic / Games Ground, also integrated into the FYNG City, indie games from around Germany were shown. Not only were several accelerator and local programs like Next Level: Saxony and Press Start there with studios such as Level Labs and Whispergrove Interactive, but also ByteRockers' as a big indie publisher (GamesMarkt)

Hooded Horse Signed Limbic Entertainment’s Corsair Cove
Specialist strategy and tactics publisher Hooded Horse has partnered with German studio Limbic Entertainment on their latest project: The game is the pirate-themed city-builder titled Corsair Cove.
GamesMarktMarcel Kleffmann
Other games were playable at hardware booths from Samsung, beyerdynamic and others; such as Pragmata here at the msi booth (GamesMarkt)

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