Northrine-Westfalian Minister for Federal and European Affairs, International Affairs and Media and Head of the State Chancellery Nathanael Liminski. © Staatskanzlei NRW Business NRW Games Minister Liminski: "Frustrating" to See Gouvernment Block Funding Progress NRW's Media Minister Nathanael Liminski swings against the Economy and Finance Ministries of the Federal Gouvernment: No tax credits, no planning security, no sound plans for a funding overhaul and the ongoing application stop are threating the industry, Liminski says. No planning security for big companies coming to By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
(f.l.t.r.) Benedikt Grindel, Managing Director Ubisoft Blue Byte; Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs of the State of NRW; Karsten Lehmann, Public Affairs Director Ubisoft Blue Byte © Ubisoft Business NRW's Vice MP Mona Neubaur Visits Ubisoft Düsseldorf Yesterday, NRW's Deputy Minister President Mona Neubaur visited Ubisoft's Düsseldorf studio to shine a spotlight on the Northrine-Westfalian games industry. Today’s German Computer Game Awards (DCP) might put the games industry’s spotlight on Munich, but gamescom host state Northrine-Westfalia is intend on getting some By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
UK Minister of Culture Lucy Frazer currently heads the UK Games Fund. © Lucy Frazer Development UK Games Fund has Put £3m Into Emerging Studios Within the initiative to further fund the creative industries until 2030, the UK Department of Culture under MP Lucy Frazer has funded 22 games start-ups with 3 million Pounds overall. A further two million Pounds are still available for emerging devs in the structure of the UK Games Fund. With By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring © Andreas-Gebert Business Mehring Wants to Fight Like a Lion for the Bavarian Games Industry In his speech at the FFF Bayern's DCP warm-up, Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring only expressly praised some of the key points for future federal funding presented by the federal government, but announced resolute resistance in the upcoming negotiations on other points, such as cumulation. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring spoke at the DCP warm-up hosted by FFF Bayern. The 15th anniversary of Bavarian games funding was also celebrated. © GamesMarkt Business FFF Bayern Supported 329 Games With 21,720,997 Euros During the warm-up for tomorrow's German Computer Game Award, FFF Bayern also celebrated the 15th anniversary of games funding in the state of Bavaria. In addition to astonishing figures from Managing Director Dorothee Erpenstein, there were also congratulations from the Bavarian Digital Minister, who was in attendance. On By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Felix Falk, Managing Director, game - Association of the German Games Industry © game Business Revised Games Funding Still Lacks Comparability and Reliability, says game game - The German Games Industry Association has commented on today's proposed changes to improve German games funding. Despite good starting points, the association does not believe that the proposed changes will achieve the overall goal of nationwide games funding. At today's #gamechanger talk, Michael Kellner, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Spellgarden Founder Kathrin Radtke and Assemble dropped Sticky Business on Switch today. © Spellgarden Games Publishing Spellgarden and Assemble Shadowdrop Sticky Business + DLC on Switch Directly after today's Nintendo Indie Showcase, Sticky Business by Spellgarden Games and Assemble became available on Switch, plus DLC. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes by Simogo and Annapurna also got a release date. Today's Nintendo Indie Direct not only saw the release date announcements of several By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Last year's Gamestate took place in Stuttgart. © MFG / game BW / K3 Business Gamestate Festival BW returns 2024 After 2023's event in Stuttgart, the Gamestate Festival BW comes to Karlsruhe on July 12 2024. Gamestate is organized by MFG, game Baden-Württemberg and the Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsbüro Karlsruhe. Registrations are open now, the schedule will be announced at a later date. With a recurring gathering in Karlsruhe By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Strauss Zelnick - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Take-Two Interactive © Take-Two Business Take-Two Interactive to Make Nearly 600 Employees Redundant As part of a cost-cutting programme, Take-Two Interactive will lay off five per cent of its workforce. This equates to around 580 employees. Some projects will also be cancelled. Take-Two Interactive has announced a cost reduction program. The plan is expected to be largely completed by the end of this By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
New MD Walid Nakschbandi has led his first funding round. © Film- und Medienstiftung NRW / Hojabr Riahi Development NRW Funds Seven Games With €1,03m In its first funding round under new MD Walid Nakschbandi, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports seven games with 1,03 million euros total. All four prototypes present have been funded in earlier stages as well. One of the studios is Critical Rabbit, four-time DCP nominee at tomorrow's By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
