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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.

Marcel Kleffmann
Marcel Kleffmann
June 23, 2026 – 6 min read

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