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Funding

Second 2026 Gamecity Hamburg Prototype Funding Round Starts Tomorrow

From tomorrow onwards, studios in Hamburg can apply for the second round of prototype funding of Gamecity Hamburg.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Bavaria Continues Funding for Games/Bavaria Initiatives, Including Gamerei

At the Bavaria booth reception during gamescom 2026, Digital Minister Mehring gave away a cheque over 633,100 euros to Games/Bavaria, to secure another 18 months of Gamerei operation in Munich and several other games location initiatives.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Dorothee Bär Welcomes Dare to Dream to Germany With Funding

To celebrate their founding in Germany and to provide an example for other companies who want to come to Germany for the games funding, Games Minister Dorothee Bär has awarded €3.2mil to Canadian-German company Dare to Dream at gamescom.

By Pascal Wagner •

E-Paper

G+ GamesMarkt 475

Topics in this issue include: A Daedalic interview, a big postmortem in Housemarque's Saros, a portrait of King Art Games from Bremen as well as a huge survey among executives in the games industry.

By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read

Business

GDC State of the Industry Survey Moves to November

The GDC State of the Industry Survey by Informa moves from January to November releases, meaning it is open for answers now for the second time in 2026.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Business

Finnish Game Studio MiTale Starts Transmedia Publishing

MiTale from Finland has announced that it will start into publishing. The indie studio from Turku not only covers digital games, but also board games, graphic novels and books. Submissions will start early next year.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Marsupilami 2 – Salsa Palombia

Following the success of Marsupilami: Hoobadventure (2021), Ocellus Studio and Microids are continuing the series with Marsupilami 2: Salsa Palombia. Like its predecessor, this game is set to be fun for all the family.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

People

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Miriam Kaisers

In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations.

By Madeleine Egger • 5 min read

GamesMarket Daily - 4 September 2026: Hardware Theft @ Gamescom, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nintendo, HWG Vienna, Icecrack Games, and more

In response to the hardware theft, the gamescom organisers have released a more comprehensive statement and promised to address the incident. In other news, Microsoft is making changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming, while Nintendo has announced not one, but two presentations for next week.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read