For the first time ever, gamescom dev receives its own official gamescom daily magazine, presented by GamesMarket. Content includes an overview of the speaker survey results, data on European and US game dev salaries and of course schedule highlights and side events.
Reignite the Spark
I welcome you to our first gamescom dev!
It is your first gamescom dev, as there previously only ever was devcom. It is also, in a sense, my first gamescom dev, as I just started in my new role.
“A magic dwells in each beginning” says one of my favorite German authors. And boy does this seem like a new beginning for so many of us – if we like it or not. Old and proven rules of our industry seem to vanish overnight, technology seems to get ahead of itself, and around us is a geopolitical world that doesn’t differ much from that.
So where’s the new beginning, where is the magic, where is the spark? I believe it can be right here.
It can start with an open conversation about the challenges that you face with the next person you meet. To share what you’ve learned, and to find inspiration in each other. And it can also be a chance to reconnect with something that can easily get lost amid all those difficult decisions we face every day: the spark that will build the future of gaming.
In just a few days gamescom, as one of the biggest shows for games on earth, will put the spotlight on big deals, finished products, and, of course, the players. Here, at gamescom dev, we focus on the people and the indispensable work that they do at the heart of our industry. This is where we exchange our ideas, our methodologies, and our experiences, good and bad, all of them necessary to keep making great games. The thing that brought us into gaming in the first place.
While the name is new, what remains unchanged is our ambition to preserve what makes this event special – serving this industry and its people with the goal to entertain and to delight our fellow humans – so let’s go create some sparks!
Frederik Hammes
Managing Director, game events GmbH
