FFF 30th Anniversary: Over 30 Million Euros for Games

Funding

Spaceflower Successfully Pays Back Bavarian Funding

At the Bavarian Digital Summit, Spaceflower has formally paid back the funding received from FFF Bayern for their successful strategy title Let Them Trade to Digital Minister Fabian Mehring.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Funding

MDM Funding Grants 353,000€ to Six Games

In the current 4,5€ mil funding round of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, 353,000€ goes to six games as well: Ritter und Kinback, Creature Creep Studio and SleepDrift get development funding, while Stekosaurus and Fine Flow Studio get concept funding.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Funding

June 2026: Bavaria Funds 5 XR Experiences with €360,000

Five XR experiences get 360,000 euros from FFF Bayern's current funding round. Two of those projects are in development at Reynard Films, one at Tellux next. Ignota and Jost von Harlessem are funded as well.

By Pascal Wagner •

Campus

TU Bergakademie Freiberg Releases Mining and Technology Minecraft Experience

The Freiberg University of Mining and Technology has released Countdown Freiberg, Minecraft server with full questline and real places to promote science communication and young talent recruitment around ressource extraction, refinement and production.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Blindflug Made Games Suite for NZZ

Like many other newspapers, NZZ from Switzerland has a gaming program now. The developers behind it: Blindflug Studios, the makers of Ground of Aces from Zurich and Poznan.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

gamescom

Austrian Showcase Makes Its Debut at Gamescom Asia

In collaboration with the association Pioneers of Game Development Austria (PGDA), the ‘Spielschön in Austria 2026’ showcase will be making its debut appearance at gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show. Registrations are only open until the end of June.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Campus

Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #25

The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include Ready or Not, ideology in gaming, a magazine issue on Ukrainian Games of War and more.

By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read

Business

G+ Interview: Two Point Studios and Their Cartoon-Style Management Games

This year, the British Two Point Studios are celebrating their 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we spoke to Jo Koehler (COO) and Gary Carr (Studio Director) about their humorous management-genre games, key markets such as Germany, platform distribution and expandability.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read

Konrad Adenauer Foundation And R42 Organise Game Jam in Nairobi

The Leipzig-based Games Hub R42 has carried out an unusual project for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation: an entrepreneurship game jam in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was a resounding success for the organisers and participating organisations.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read