Helge Jürgens (Managing Director Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg), Fernanda G. Pagani (CEO & Head of B2B Games Ground), Gianni Sommer (Gianni Sommer, Managing Director Nerdic and Co-Founder & CFO of Games Ground), Felix Falk (Managing Director of game - the German Games Industry Association) © Games Ground GmbH Business Games Ground Berlin 2024 Attracted 1,500 Professionals The second Games Ground Berlin attracted around 4,500 people. The Business Ground drew over 1,500 industry professionals this year. The Play Ground was completely sold out with around 3,000 visitors. The organisers are very pleased with the growth of the event. The second Games Ground Berlin was By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Thomas Kœgler, CEO of Asmodee / Lars Wingefors, Chair of the Board of Asmodee Group © Embracer Group Business Asmodee's Business Targets and Embracer Group Intends to Contribute €400 Million The Embracer Group intends to contribute €400 million to Asmodee, based on the sale of Easybrain to the Swiss company Miniclip. In addition, the company provides an outlook on Asmodee's business targets. As part of Embracer Group's previously announced divestment of Easybrain (read more on GamesMarkt) By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The nominees for the "Game of the Year 2024" category. © The Game Awards 2024 Business The Game Awards 2024: All the Nominees The nominees for this year's The Game Awards have been announced. Games from Sony Interactive Entertainment are nominated for the most awards, followed by Square Enix, Xbox and Sega. There are only two GSA-related nominations. Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
Steam's own rating system is not part of IARC, but it uses the same age rating steps than all the others in Germany. © Valve Business Steam‘s Long Way to German Youth Protection Compliance From 15 November 2024 onwards, games without age rating will no longer be available to German customers on Steam. The road up to this point has been long, and Valve as well as agencies have fought for solutions, including potentially better ones for consumers. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
© Play24 Business 9000 Visitors at Play24 in Hamburg; Oddada Wins "Most Creative Game Award" After six days of workshops, exhibitions, stage shows and awards, Play24 - Creative Gaming Festival in Hamburg came to an end on Saturday. Around 9,000 visitors attended the event at Jupiter / Mönckebergstraße and over 750,000 people watched the five-day festival on Twitch. Oddada (Sven Ahlgrimm) wins "Most By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Participants of the 4th Games Summit in North Rhine-Westphalia © Land NRW / Robin Teller Business NRW Increases Games Funding Budget for 2025 to Over 6m Euros At the fourth games summit in North Rhine-Westphalia, Media Minister Nathanael Liminski did not hold back with his criticism of games policy in Berlin. At the same time, he made it clear that NRW is not only maintaining its games funding of over 5 million euros, but that it By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Grimoire Groves © Stardust Publishing Grimoire Groves to Be Released by Stardust in March 2025 In March 2025, Grimoire Groves will be released by Swiss studio Stardust. The game is a cozy rogue-lite dungeon crawler with magic and plant creatures that populate the forest. Grimoire Groves has a release date. It will launch on 6 March on PC via Steam, with a Nintendo Switch By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© gamigo Publishing gamigo Brings Fate Remaster to Consoles Hamburg-based publisher gamigo is teaming up with Jumpgate's game studio Tableflip Entertainment to remaster the ARPG Fate for Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo consoles as well as PC. The Fate series is entering new territory as publisher gamigo and developer Tableflip have announced that Fate: Reawakened, a remaster By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© 11 bit Publishing New Charity DLC for This War of Mine To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of the anti-war game This War of Mine, 11 bit studios has announced another DLC, with all proceeds going to charity partners. 11 bit studios have announced their upcoming charity DLC for This War of Mine - Forget Celebrations to mark the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Game Labs at Universities © Game Labs at Universities Business "Game Labs at Universities" Calls for Better Games Research and Interdisciplinarity The "Game Labs at Universities" network has responded to a position paper from the game association, which sets out proposals to make Germany "the best games location" for science, research and teaching. The members of the network are concerned that games should receive more attention in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Nandita Wegehaupt, Felix Falk and Linda Kruse (from left to right) © GMCol Business Rush for Start-up Grants Takes Game and Foundation by Surprise The Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur received over 1,000 applications for the “Press Start: Games Foundation Scholarship.” Under the direction of Linda Kruse, the multi-stage selection process has begun and is expected to provide clarity for all applicants by Christmas. Interested parties had until November 17 to apply for the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© InnoGames Development InnoGames Welcomes 130 Participants to IGJAM One of the most established game jams in Germany, the 15th InnoGames Game Jam (IGJAM), took place on the second weekend of November. InnoGames welcomed 130 developers to its in-house event venue, where 24 games were created in just 48 hours. The theme of this year’s IGJAM was By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
