© Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Development Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive Returns With Increased Budget Until 18 June, Canadian and Berlin-Brandenburgian media producers can apply for the Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Canada Media Fund. This year, the budget is 375,000 euros total. Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Canada Media Fund (CMF) are continuing their joint Canada Germany By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Esports World Cup to Offer More Than $60M Prize Pool. © Esports World Cup Foundation Esports Esports World Cup to Offer More Than $60M Prize Pool The largest prize pool in esports history sets the stage for this summer's Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The total prize pool of more than 60 million dollars beats the previous record of 45 million dollars set by Gamers8: The Land of Heroes in 2023. The By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Nintendo Publishing Nintendo Indie World Showcase on 17 April With a 20 minute long Indie World Showcase, Nintendo is going to present indie games on Switch tomorrow at 16:00 o'clock. On Wednesday, 17 April at 16:00, a new Indie World presentation will be broadcast, as Nintendo announced just now. In the approximately 20-minute long By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Boris Burangulov, Executive Producer War Robots and Elena Grigorian, CEO My.Games. © My.Games Publishing The Success of War Robots in Germany and My.Games' Road to China My.Games celebrates the tenth anniversary of War Robots. To date, the mobile shooter has generated revenues of more than 900 million US dollars. Germany is one of the top 5 markets for the game. With the release in China, the billion dollar mark is likely to be reached. Executive By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Stefan Marcinek, CEO of Assemble and organiser of GermanDevDays © Assemble Business GermanDevDays: Exact Dates and Call for Papers After the first teaser, it is now confirmed when and where the GermanDevDays will take place in August. The call for papers is now open. The sixth GDD - GermanDevDays conference will take place on the 7 and 8 of August, once again at the Saalbau Gallus in Frankfurt am Main. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Inter IKEA Systems B.V. 2023 Publishing Ikea Introduces Brännboll Gaming Collection Inspired by the needs of gamers and those who live with them, Ikea is launching the Brännboll collection this year. The collection includes 20 items that help gamers create a comfortable setup during and after gaming. Building on Ikea's first gaming series "Republic of Gamers" in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
This year's youth jury, including last year's leader Alex Chumak (rear center) and organiser Ulrich Tausend (second from right). © GamesFestival Business GamesFestival24 Reveals Full Schedule At this year's GamesFestival in Munich, Julius Girbig from CDPR will show his way to success, Active Fungus brings historical gaming to the audience and the Amadeu-Antonio-Stiftung talk about hatespeech in games. This and much more is part of the full programme reveal. The fourth GamesFestival By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Wins Double Platinum game Sales Award. © game, EA Publishing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Wins Double Platinum Award The game - Association of the German Games Industry presented three game Sales Awards in March. Double Platinum went to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor by Electronic Arts. Two Gold Awards were also given. In March 2024, the game - Association of the German Games Industry honoured three titles with game Sales Awards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Nintendo's stages on gamescom are generally a sight to behold. Here: The 2018 "Battle Stage". © Nintendo Business Nintendo Skips gamescom 2024 Nintendo will not be part of gamescom 2024, the company told press outlets in a statement. Four months before the fair, this marks the first confirmed non-attendance on the otherwise 'record-booked' fair, as organisers claimed during the early booking phase. After attending last year's By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© None Business Çiğdem Uzunoğlu Leaves Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur After six years as Managing Director, Çiğdem Uzunoğlu leaves the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur. In her time, she had quadrupled the foundation's budget and team size. Her farewell will be held in Berlin in May. After more than six years at the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur, Managing Director Çiğdem Uzunoğlu By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Key Points for Federal Games Funding to Be Presented at Next #gamechanger Talk. © game Business Key Points for Federal Games Funding to be Presented at Next #gamechanger Talk The key points for the funding of games by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection will be presented at the next #gamechanger talk. Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary for Games, will provide an overview of the proposals for the key points of the new funding guidelines. While By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© @noone Business Game Industry Conference: 10% Off for GamesMarkt Readers Until 18 April, Poland's biggest B2B meetup Game Industry Conference in Poznan offers Early Bird tickets for reduced prices. GamesMarkt readers can get an additional discount with a special promo code. For three more days, the Game Industry Conference (GIC) 2024 in Poznan offers Early Bird discounts for By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
