LARA 2009 - Volkswagen fährt beim deutschen Games Award groß auf Frederik Hammes June 19, 2009 – 1 min read Share this post LARA 2009 © None Picture: Leipziger Messe / Niclas Schmidt Events Caggtus Wants to Grow and Is Launching Sales Earlier Leipziger Messe has set a goal of continuing to grow for the upcoming fifth edition of Caggtus. To that end, sales of both exhibition space and LAN spots will begin earlier, in September. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Background: gamescom dev gamescom Update: gamescom Week 2026: All Evening Events Never have a dull evening at gamescom 2026 with our party guide: Every sundown event, from Sunday to Sunday. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read gamescom Aerosoft Confirms gamescom 2026 Presence Sim publisher Aerosoft has confirmed its gamescom 2026 presence. Along with Winter Resort 3 and Professional Ship Simulator, five unannounced sims will be shown for the first time: In the fields of police work, mining, firefighting, crab fishing and roadmaking. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Products Christoph Minnameier Unveils New Project Monster Mash The multi-award-winning German solo developer Christoph Minnameier has unveiled a new project, Monster Mesh. Minnameier, also known as Pig Knight Games, will also be speaking at the Open House at Gamerei on 13 August about puzzle games like his Dungeons of Dreadrock series. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Products NullRef Entertainment Reaches Wishlist Milestone With Chop Chop Inc. NullRef Entertainment’s debut game, Chop Chop Inc., is maintaining its momentum: over the past two months or so, the number of wishlist entries has doubled to over 100,000. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Arknights: Endfield @ gamescom 2026 © Gryphline gamescom Gryphline Confirms Bigger gamescom 2026 Presence Publisher Gryphline has announced that Arknights: Endfield will debut at Anime NYC in New York from 20 to 23 August, before returning to gamescom in Cologne with an expanded booth. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager (left), Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations (right) and one of the community tour stops in 2025 at Hochschule München (center, photo by GamesMarket) Tabletop Interview: Magic: The Gathering University Clubs in Germany The university clubs for Magic: The Gathering have been running since November 2025, introducing the club program. We spoke to Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager and Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations at WotC about this program that is unique to Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read It is likely that Sandbox Interactive's Albion Online will be ported to the PlayStation 5 © Sandbox Interactive Funding Federal Funding Goes to Sandbox Interactive and stillalive studios Two more studios are receiving funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. The beneficiaries are Sandbox Interactive in Berlin and stillalive studios in Munich. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Constance and The Berlin Apartment by Blue Backpack won both the GDD Best Game Award Awards Blue Backpack and Spoonful Games Dominated GDD Awards Almost all the prizes at this year’s GermanDevDays Awards went to Blue Backpack and Spoonful Games. Only Jonas Pfeiffer and Dieter Marchsreiter were also among the winners. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Picture: Leipziger Messe / Niclas Schmidt Events Caggtus Wants to Grow and Is Launching Sales Earlier Leipziger Messe has set a goal of continuing to grow for the upcoming fifth edition of Caggtus. To that end, sales of both exhibition space and LAN spots will begin earlier, in September. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Background: gamescom dev gamescom Update: gamescom Week 2026: All Evening Events Never have a dull evening at gamescom 2026 with our party guide: Every sundown event, from Sunday to Sunday. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
gamescom Aerosoft Confirms gamescom 2026 Presence Sim publisher Aerosoft has confirmed its gamescom 2026 presence. Along with Winter Resort 3 and Professional Ship Simulator, five unannounced sims will be shown for the first time: In the fields of police work, mining, firefighting, crab fishing and roadmaking. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Christoph Minnameier Unveils New Project Monster Mash The multi-award-winning German solo developer Christoph Minnameier has unveiled a new project, Monster Mesh. Minnameier, also known as Pig Knight Games, will also be speaking at the Open House at Gamerei on 13 August about puzzle games like his Dungeons of Dreadrock series. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Products NullRef Entertainment Reaches Wishlist Milestone With Chop Chop Inc. NullRef Entertainment’s debut game, Chop Chop Inc., is maintaining its momentum: over the past two months or so, the number of wishlist entries has doubled to over 100,000. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Arknights: Endfield @ gamescom 2026 © Gryphline gamescom Gryphline Confirms Bigger gamescom 2026 Presence Publisher Gryphline has announced that Arknights: Endfield will debut at Anime NYC in New York from 20 to 23 August, before returning to gamescom in Cologne with an expanded booth. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager (left), Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations (right) and one of the community tour stops in 2025 at Hochschule München (center, photo by GamesMarket) Tabletop Interview: Magic: The Gathering University Clubs in Germany The university clubs for Magic: The Gathering have been running since November 2025, introducing the club program. We spoke to Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager and Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations at WotC about this program that is unique to Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
It is likely that Sandbox Interactive's Albion Online will be ported to the PlayStation 5 © Sandbox Interactive Funding Federal Funding Goes to Sandbox Interactive and stillalive studios Two more studios are receiving funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. The beneficiaries are Sandbox Interactive in Berlin and stillalive studios in Munich. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Constance and The Berlin Apartment by Blue Backpack won both the GDD Best Game Award Awards Blue Backpack and Spoonful Games Dominated GDD Awards Almost all the prizes at this year’s GermanDevDays Awards went to Blue Backpack and Spoonful Games. Only Jonas Pfeiffer and Dieter Marchsreiter were also among the winners. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read