Nearly 100 Applications Submitted so Far for New Digital Culture Grant of Zurcher Filmstiftung

People

Medienförderung RLP Appoints Anika Thun to Its Board and Funds Five Games with €200k

With the appointment of Dr Anika Thun from Kalypso Media, the board of the Medienförderung RLP has also gained an experienced games manager, who will now help shape the strategic development of the media funding programme. Meanwhile, the results of the 10th funding round have been announced.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Funding

BzKJ Funding: Record Number of Applications, No Games Among Funded Projects

In the third round of funding from the BzKJ, the organisation received a record number of applications. The five digital projects selected for funding, which will receive a total of €240,000, have now been announced. However, there is no connection to games this time.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Games Hike 2026 Sees 60 Entrepeneurs At Lake Starnberg

The traditional Games Hike of FFF Bayern this year wasn't stopped by rain: 60 people from all ranges of the Bavarian games industry hiked to Ilkahöhe at Lake Starnberg.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

gamescom

gamescom Is Committed to Accessibility, Resource Conservation and Democracy

This year, gamescom is expanding its accessibility guidelines and self-commitment for exhibitors. The awareness initiatives and safer space offerings are also being scaled up. Additionally, this will be the first time that the organisers are collaborating with Kölner Tafel.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Business

The Record-Breaking Edition of First Playable 2026 Confirms the Event's Central Role in the Italian Video Game Industry

Advertorial | The eighth edition of IIDEA's First Playable broke records, with over 700 industry professionals attending the event, including 55 international publishers, investors and agencies from 13 countries. Over 150 Italian dev teams and more than 120 freelancers held over 1,250 meetings.

By IIDEA • 6 min read

Products

Valve Announces Steam Machine Prices and Begins Sales

With the price of the 512 GB version of the Steam Machine exceeding €1,000, Valve Software has launched sales of the mini-PC. The price is much higher than originally planned due to the current hardware market and the sharp rise in prices for RAM and storage components.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

gamescom

Krafton to Showcase Five Games at gamescom 2026

Krafton is bringing five titles to Cologne for gamescom 2026, including a new game from PUBG Studios and several second-party publishing projects. These include an early glimpse of Age Twisters and the premiere of Tarae: The Unbound.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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"Our Mission Is to Carry Forward the Long-Standing Tradition of German Management Classics"

With We Are Football 2027, Cologne-based Winning Streak Games hopes to continue the tradition of popular German football management games. We spoke to Gerald Köhler about the genre, how the team has been scaled down since WAF 2024, and the dedicated community that the game has attracted.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read

Awards

GamesPreis26 Honours Sagewing Studios, Slothmotion and Vivid Arise

400 people visited the GamesFestival26 this Saturday in Munich, playing real life Mario Kart and countless indie games. The annual GamesPreis was awarded as well, to students as well as young studios such as Sagewing and Slothmotion.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read