Lorenzo von Petersdorff from the USK and media educator Melanie Endler from FragFINN will be in the talk format #gamechanger with game association MD Felix Falk. © game Business Next #gamechanger Talk Format Discusses Loot Boxes Together with Lorenzo von Petersdorff from the USK and media educator Melanie Endler from FragFINN, game association MD Felix Falk will discuss the topic of loot boxes in this Thursday's talk format #gamechanger. In its recurring talk format #gamechanger, the German games industry association game discusses relevant topics By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
"Millennia" is 4X strategy game from Paradox Interactive and C Prompt Games. © Paradox Interactive Products Millennia By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Michael Kellner during the German Computer Game Award 2023 at Spindler & Klatt on May 11, 2023 in Berlin, Germany.Kellner is Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection. He is also the Federal Government Commissioner for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the official contact person for the cultural and creative industries. © Franziska Krug/Getty Images for Quinke Networks Business All nominees for the German Computer Game Awards 2024 The German Computer Game Award 2024 nominees are announced. Nominated in the category "Best German Game" are "Atlas Fallen", "Everspace 2" and "Fall of Porcupine". The award ceremony will take place on April 18 in Munich. Prize money totaling 800,000 euros. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© LuYang, Foto: Rob Battersby Business Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen starts German Gaming Exhibition "Choose your Player" The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, gamelab.berlin of the Humboldt University and RPG channel Orkenspalter TV are curating a big gaming exhibition in southern Germany. "Choose your Player" features RPG elements for visitors and a lot of Zeppelin games. The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen in the southwestern German state of By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Games from GOG are coming to Amazon Luna. © Amazon Publishing Games from GOG are coming to Amazon Luna Amazon is expanding the games available on Luna. Thanks to a partnership with GOG.com, selected games from the digital store will be available on Amazon's streaming service. Amazon Luna is teaming up with GOG.com, part of CD Projekt and formerly Good Old Games, and game developers By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
DevGamm's CEO Maria Chyrvona in the interview with GamesMarkt editor Pascal Wagner. © DevGamm Business Maria Chyrvona: Connecting Markets and Tapping into Communities with DevGamm The first DevGamm after a change of leadership in the team brought the Eastern European developer community together in solidarity. We spoke to the new CEO Maria Chyrvona on site in Gdansk about the DevGamm brand, Ukraine and what makes each event special. Enjoy this interview? GamesMarkt is available entirely By Pascal Wagner • 12 min read
The photo shows the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2023. © Indie Arena Booth, Supercrowd Business Indie Arena Booth launches application process for gamescom 2024 Starting today, indie developers can submit their games for a place in the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2024. The deadline is 21 April. The Indie Arena Booth, the world's largest shared exhibition stand for indie developers, will be back at gamescom from 21 to 25 August 2024. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Start of the application for the Steam Sale "Made in Germany" in 2024. © Games Germany - Regional Funds and Networks Publishing Start of the application for the Steam Sale "Made in Germany" in 2024 As in previous years, a special sale of games from Germany will take place on Steam this year. German developers, studios and publishers can apply to Games Germany - Regional Funds and Networks to take part in the event. Following the success of the "Made in Germany" Steam By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© HTC VR-XR-MR HTC increases Viveport revenue share to attract developers HTC has announced a permanent increase in revenue share for developers marketing their applications through the Viveport store. More money for developer studios - this is the promise HTC is making at the start of the GGC in San Francisco to promote apps for its XR digital store, Viveport. Specifically, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The German Federal Agency for Civic Education, the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) is a federal agency dedicated to democratic education. © Imago / Schöning Campus Federal Agency for Civic Education holds Masterclass on Right-Wing Extremism in Games The German Federal Agency for Civic Education bpb will hold a masterclass teaching 20 chosen game devs about preventing right-wing extremism and misanthropy in gaming. Workshops will be held at five event on-site in Germany. The German Federal Agency for Civic Education, the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), will hold By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Chimera sets Kickstarter and Early Access release dates for "Songs of Silence". © Chimera Entertainment Publishing Chimera sets Kickstarter and Early Access dates for "Songs of Silence" Munich-based Chimera Entertainment has announced the launch dates for the Kickstarter campaign and Steam Early Access for their 4X strategy game "Songs of Silence". Both will be in place in just two months' time. Chimera Entertainment, the Munich-based game development studio, will launch its Kickstarter campaign for By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
One of the games: "Sibel's Journey". © Food for Thought Campus Food for Though joins Erasmus+ Small Scale Partnership in Youth Food for Thoughts, developers of educational games "Sibel's Journey" and "Leila's Play", are entering the EU programme Erasmus+ Small Scale Partnership in Youth together with Learning Designs from Istanbul. Their games will be used in transnational education. Food for Thought, the creators By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
