Felix Falk, Managing Director of game, has issued demands. © game Business game Association Issues Political Demands Along Annual Report Along its annual games industry report, published today, the game association also issued ten demands to politicians. They include the need for stronger funding, location marketing, cybersecurity and more. game - The German Games Industry Association today presented ten demands to politicians for strengthening Germany as a games location. The demands By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Maschinen-Mensch Development Maschinen-Mensch Announces new Game Mother Machine Maschinen-Mensch from Berlin have revealed their new project: The disturbing alien cave exploration RPG Mother Machine for one to four players. It is supposed to release in 2025. Berlin development studio Maschinen-Mensch, the recently grown indie darling behind The Curious Expedition and The Curious Expedition 2, has announced By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Jiri Kupiainen, Chairman, and Maria Wagner, Managing Director Sustainable Games Alliance (SGA) © SGA Business G+ Sustainable Games Alliance Develops Standard for Games Industry to Comply with Regulations By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
The chicken-legged cottage companion. © Emberstorm and Fireshine Games Publishing Reka From Emberstorm and Fireshine Games Launches in September Berlin-based Emberstorm Entertainment and publisher Fireshine Games will launch the witchcraft adventure game Reka in Early Access on 12 September. Rhianna Pratchett has been announced as Lead Writer. On 12 September, the witchcraft adventure Reka will go into Early Access. It is the debut title of Berlin-based indie By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Andrey Tsvetkov, Head of Publishing at Owlcat Games © Owlcat Games Publishing Owlcat Games Moves Into Publishing and Gains Control of Meta Publishing Label RPG developer Owlcat Games, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and Pathfinder, has announced plans to become a publisher of indie games. Two RPGs have been signed. Owlcat has also taken full control of the Meta Publishing label. In addition to its own development efforts, Owlcat will also By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Dr Ellen Koban has been Head of the Cultural and Creative Industries Unit at MFG Baden-Württemberg since October 2022 © MFG Business Using Creative and Cross-Innovative Potential Despite limited financial resources, Baden-Württemberg has managed to create and develop a comprehensive and strategic funding programme for the games industry through creativity and cooperation, as Dr Ellen Koban explains in the interview. GamesMarkt: There is a lot of talk about federal funding at the moment. Why is it By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
© MFG Business MFG Baden-Württemberg: Supervision, Advice and Funding for CCIs With an incredible range of projects, MFG has been supporting the cultural and creatives industries in Baden-Württemberg for almost 30 years. The fruits of this hard work are award-winning studios and a unique pool of creative talents. MFG Baden-Württemberg was founded back in 1995 as an institution By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
© Newzoo Business Newzoo Cuts Games Revenue Forecast for 2024 to $187.7bn As in previous years, Newzoo has released an update to its Global Games Market Report ahead of gamescom. The PC segment surprises with the highest growth, but Newzoo expects console gaming to boom in 2025 thanks to the Switch successor and top releases such as GTA VI. In its first By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Walid Nakschbandi, Managing Director of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW © Hojabr Riahi Business Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Funds Nine Games With Almost 600,000 Euros At its second meeting of the year, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (Film and Media Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia) granted funding of 589,000 Euros to nine games. Two projects in production, five prototypes and two concepts were funded. Nine games are being funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© game Business German Games Market Falls by 6% in the First Half of 2024 In the first half of the year, sales of games, game hardware and online gaming services in Germany fell by six per cent to 4.3 billion Euros. The games hardware sector even suffered a double-digit decline. However, the outlook is positive. After strong growth in recent years, the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Six new members at Tiny Roar © Tiny Roar Business Six New Members at Tiny Roar Tiny Roar has expanded its team with six new employees, including some from Threaks. The new hires have a very technical focus and expertise in code, VFX, tech art and prototyping. Back in April, the Hamburg studio had already expanded its team. The Hamburg studio is getting bigger and bigger. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Felix Falk and Gerald Böse at the then purely digital gamescom 2020 © archive photo, Koelnmesse/ Oliver Wachenfeld Business Gamescom 2024 With 15% More Exhibitors and Still Growing With one week to go, Koelnmesse and game have given a final update on the preparations for gamescom. The number of exhibitors is already over 1400 and registrations are still coming in. The number of pavilions has increased by almost 50 percent. Even before the opening of this year' By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
