© Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Publishing Read GamescomDaily 2 as Epaper With gamescomDaily you won't miss a thing at gamescom. The GamesMarkt editorial team provides you with the most important information about the trade fair in Cologne every day. You can now read the second issue of the magazine online completely free of charge as a practical ePaper. The By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Gerald Böse, President and Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse, Henriette Reker, Mayor of Cologne and Chairwoman of the Koelnmesse Supervisory Board, Robert Habeck, Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Felix Falk, Managing Director of game – The German Games Industry Association, Lars Janssen, Chairman of the Executive Board of game – The German Games Industry Association and Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action during gamescom 2024 at Koelnmesse on August 21, 2024 in Cologne, Germany. © Franziska Krug/game - Verband der deutschen Games-Branche via Getty Images Business German Games Industry's Wait for Tax Credits Continues At the political opening of gamescom, there was much praise for the importance of games as a cultural asset and economic factor. Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck addressed the elephant in the room, hoping that a tax-based funding model could become a reality next year. The guests of honour at the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action © Archive Picture Business What the Federal Government's New Games Funding Looks Like At the opening of gamescom 2024, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck announced the key points of the German government's games funding programme. If all goes to plan, it should be in place by the start of 2025. Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, gave the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Goon Squad Publishing Headup Spins off Goon Squad as Indie Studio The core development team of Headup is now its own studio: Goon Squad will now exist as a sister company to the publisher, under the same parent company Microcuts Holding. Düren publisher Headup is creating a new studio: Goon Squad, an independent studio emerging from Headup's own in-house By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business Franziska Giffey Pledges Continued Support At the traditional Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg reception at gamescom, Franziska Giffey, Berlin's Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Affairs, pledged her continued support for the industry, especially for the Gameshouse project, which will not open until early 2026 at the earliest. The past year also shows Berlin's By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Thorsten Wiedemann, Florian Graf and Anna Vielhaber at Pink Breakfast. © GamesMarkt Business A Maze Pink Breakfast Opens Berlin's Political gamescom Programme With Berlin Senate Chancellery Head Florian Graf, A Maze's Thorsten Wiedemann and the Medienboard management, the A Maze Pink Breakfast kicked off Berlin's political engagement at gamescom. Graf ensured that the funding for the House of Games was secured. The participants of the third The Rabbit By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Alexander Kehr, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Chimera Entertainment © Chimera, Reuter Publishing Chimera on the Highs and Lows of Launching Songs of Silence in Early Access Songs of Silence has been in Early Access since June. GamesMarkt spoke to Alexander Kehr, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Chimera Entertainment, about the controversial, comparatively high price, user feedback so far, and how they plan to position the game on the Asian market. At the beginning of June, Munich-based By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© © Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Business Read GamescomDaily 1 as Epaper You won't miss a thing at gamescom with the gamescom daily. The GamesMarkt editorial team compiles the most important information from the Cologne trade fair every day. The first issue of the magazine can now be read completely free of charge as a practical epaper. Gamescom 2023 opens By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© Moonlit Monitors Development In Development: Height Mapping in Moonlit Monitor's Seed to Leaf By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
© Panic, Okomotive Development Okomotive Announces Herdling at gamescom ONL Swiss dev Okomotive behind the Far games has revealed their new title at gamescom Opening Night Live: Herdling, a game about shepherding animals, will be published by Untitled Goose Game publisher Panic. It will be playable for the first time at PAX West. Swiss game development company Okomotive behind Far: By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Sebastian Heße (left), representing Critical Rabbit, held the winning pitch. GaHa games took the youth prize. © GamesMarkt Business Critical Rabbit Wins European Game Night 2024 At the traditional European Game Night organised by Spielfabrique, NRW. Global Business, Europe’s Heartbeat Northrhine-Westfalia and Business France on devcom Tuesday, Critical Rabbit won the pitch contest. It is the third year the main award goes to Cologne. The honorary youth award went to GaHa Games, from Germany as By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
R42, a combination games hub and games accelerator, is being created at Ritterstraße 42 in Leipzig. © Gecko 2 Business R42 in Leipzig Receives Accelerator Funding and Further SGB Investment A boost for the games industry in Saxony: R42 receives 900,000 Euros in accelerator funding. In addition, the Sächsische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (SBG) is increasing its existing investment. As one of three newly established start-up accelerators in Saxony, the R42 Games Accelerator is receiving funding as part of the Saxon Accelerator By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
