Hosts Uke Bosse and Katrin Bauernfeind speak on stage during the last DCP (Der Deutsche Computerspielpreis) at Eisbach Studios which took place on April 18, 2024 in Munich, Germany © Photo by Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications Business Hamburg and NRW Did Not Bid for the Deutscher Computerspielpreis It has been clear since the beginning of the week that Berlin has been chosen to host the DCP 2025. It is unclear how many German states had expressed an interest. Certainly not NRW and Hamburg. The process has also been criticised. Since its inception in 2009, the Deutscher Computerspielpreis By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
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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
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© Moonlit Monitors Development Under the Hood: Height Mapping in Moonlit Monitor's Seed to Leaf In our new regular GamesMarkt series In Development, game studios present pictures of what's going on under the hood in their game making process. This time, Moonlit Monitors explains their process of integrating 2D tile sets into 3D environment. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
E-Paper gamescomDaily 2024 #1 Topics in this issue include: World class: Meet Studios From Around the World, Partner region: The great Nordic show in Cologne and Business Area: Floor Plans and Exhibitor Directory. By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
