Games Funding Increase: What We Know so Far
A 33,3 million euros increase in federal games funding will not come from the Ministry of Economic Affairs but from the Commissioner for Culture and Media, Claudia Roth. This raises questions about the future of the funding. The application process for studios is also unclear. We summarised the current state of knowledge.
Since applications for games funding from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) in Germany were halted at the beginning of the year, the current concept of federal funding has been criticised by both the industry and the political opposition. Now something has been done in the review committee for the 2024 federal budget, which took place on 16 November 2023: 33,3 million euros more funding is to be provided in each of the next three years.