Hesse Awards €300.00 in Funding to 7 Games

Funding

Federal Funding Goes to Alchemical Works

Mainz-based Alchemical Works has received funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme for a project titled "Lavender Fields". This is the company's fourth and highest grant to date.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Funding

Games & Gamification in Healthcare Funding Initiative Goes gamescom

The seed funding initiative GiG by MFG and BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg is coming to the "The Länd" booth at gamescom. Applications for the games x healthcare initiative can be submitted until 31 January 2027.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Funding

Nordmedia is Funding Florian Herrmann and Weird Chicken Games

In the second funding round of 2026, nordmedia is only funding two games: Khaos: Harvest Protocol by Florian Herrmann and Tower Alchemist: Defend Khaldoria by Weird Chicken Games.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily - 11 August 2026: MTG Renaming, gamescom dev survey, Olivier Derivière, Nacon Safeguard Proceedings & more

GamesMarket's daily editorial editorial comment and an overview of all news of the day, not just to your inbox, but freely available online as well. The topics of the day: the safeguard proceedings regarding Nacon's insolvency, Stop Killing Games suing PlayStation, MTG renaming its gaming division.

By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read

Products

Crystals of Irm Releases Sometime After gamescom

Deck 13 Spotlight and developer David Schütze have said retro RPG Crystals of Irm will release in "***ber 2026" - so September at the earliest.

By Pascal Wagner •

Products

Big Walk Reaches a Million Sales in One Week

Panic has shared that House House's game Big Walk has reached one million sales in one week. Combined with the PlayStation Plus redeems, the player numbers seems to be even higher.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Aerosoft and Z-Software Announced Autobahn Police Simulator 4

The German Autobahn is calling: One of the most successful franchises from Aerosoft and Z-Software is the Autobahn Police Simulator series, which began with the release of the first instalment in 2015. Now, Autobahn Police Simulator 4 has been announced for PC and consoles.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

gamescom

gamescom dev Speaker Survey 2026: Economic Challenges Dominate Opinions

The results of the gamescom dev 2026 speaker survey, held with 100 speakers, shows that economic uncertainty, a destroyed junior-to-senior pipeline due to AI and bad discoverability are on the industry's mind.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read

Business

Safeguard Proceedings Initiated: How Nacon's Future Will Be Secured

Bigben Interactive, Nacon's parent company, announced an agreement in principle with the main financial creditors, as well as the filing of a petition for the commencement of accelerated safeguard proceedings. This is what it means for Nacon.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read