Gerhold: Building an Alternative to Established Labels Stephan Steininger May 24, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Mario Gerhold © Gerhold People EGDF Elects New Board and Sets Agenda For Next 2 Years At the traditional general assembly held during gamescom, members of the European Games Developer Federation e.f. (EGDF) elected a new board and set the agenda for the next two years. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Michael Kretschmer, the Minister-President of Saxony (c) Gecko One GmbH Politics Michael Kretschmer Takes on the Role of Patron for Saxony's Games Industry Michael Kretschmer, the Minister-President of Saxony, has become the patron of the state's games industry. This acknowledges the sector's growth and will help to further develop Saxony as a games hub. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Markus Wilding, Frederik Hammes, Lars Janssen, Stephan Reichart (c) Pascal Wagner People Special Tribute to Stephan Reichart at gamescom dev 2026 The gamescom dev awards ceremony concluded with a personal moment as Stephan Reichart, the founder of the event and former Managing Director of game events, was invited on stage and honored for his outstanding contributions. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Products Xbox Phases in Digital Entitlements for Physical Discs Xbox users can get digital entitlements for the games they own on disc soon, after an Xbox Insider phase starting 31 August has concluded. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Business G+ State of D2C Game Monetization Survey The latest study by FastSpring and Omdia is devoted entirely to the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) strategy. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Dr. Étienne Sur, French Consul General in Düsseldorf, visited the French gamescom booth (Business France) gamescom French Consul General Visits Team France Booth at gamescom At the French breakfast reception, Consul General in Düsseldorf Dr. Étienne Sur came to speak with companies on the French-German cooperation an synergies between the countries' industries. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Matteo Riatti and Dorothee Bär giving away the formal cheque to Dare to Dream GmbH (GamesMarket, Pascal Wagner) gamescom Dorothee Bär Welcomes Dare to Dream to Germany With Funding To celebrate their founding in Germany and to provide an example for other companies who want to come to Germany for the games funding, Games Minister Dorothee Bär has awarded €3.2mil to Canadian-German company Dare to Dream at gamescom. By Pascal Wagner • Gerald Böse, Hendrik Wüst, Henna Virkkunen, Lars Klingbeil, Dorothee Bär, Felix Falk and Lars Janssen (from Left to Right) gamescom Political Guests of Honour Officially Open Gamescom 2026 Even though the first day of the trade show is almost over, for the gamescom organizers, the so-called “political opening” is the highlight of the first day. And this year, the guest list was particularly impressive. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Knight to remember: Hosts Ann-Kathrin Kuhls and and Maurice Weber welcomed dedicated cosplayers as well. (Webedia) gamescom FYNG gamescom 2026 Reveals Prospera, Rise of the Spellbaker and Many More Seven world premieres, several release titles, more on the official Witcher 3 Remaster reveal and new games by Kalypso, astragon, Toplitz as well as the reanimation of Coins, Crown & Cabal: Webedia's FYNG at gamescom was filled with wow factor reveals. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
People EGDF Elects New Board and Sets Agenda For Next 2 Years At the traditional general assembly held during gamescom, members of the European Games Developer Federation e.f. (EGDF) elected a new board and set the agenda for the next two years. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Michael Kretschmer, the Minister-President of Saxony (c) Gecko One GmbH Politics Michael Kretschmer Takes on the Role of Patron for Saxony's Games Industry Michael Kretschmer, the Minister-President of Saxony, has become the patron of the state's games industry. This acknowledges the sector's growth and will help to further develop Saxony as a games hub. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Markus Wilding, Frederik Hammes, Lars Janssen, Stephan Reichart (c) Pascal Wagner People Special Tribute to Stephan Reichart at gamescom dev 2026 The gamescom dev awards ceremony concluded with a personal moment as Stephan Reichart, the founder of the event and former Managing Director of game events, was invited on stage and honored for his outstanding contributions. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Products Xbox Phases in Digital Entitlements for Physical Discs Xbox users can get digital entitlements for the games they own on disc soon, after an Xbox Insider phase starting 31 August has concluded. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business G+ State of D2C Game Monetization Survey The latest study by FastSpring and Omdia is devoted entirely to the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) strategy. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Dr. Étienne Sur, French Consul General in Düsseldorf, visited the French gamescom booth (Business France) gamescom French Consul General Visits Team France Booth at gamescom At the French breakfast reception, Consul General in Düsseldorf Dr. Étienne Sur came to speak with companies on the French-German cooperation an synergies between the countries' industries. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Matteo Riatti and Dorothee Bär giving away the formal cheque to Dare to Dream GmbH (GamesMarket, Pascal Wagner) gamescom Dorothee Bär Welcomes Dare to Dream to Germany With Funding To celebrate their founding in Germany and to provide an example for other companies who want to come to Germany for the games funding, Games Minister Dorothee Bär has awarded €3.2mil to Canadian-German company Dare to Dream at gamescom. By Pascal Wagner •
Gerald Böse, Hendrik Wüst, Henna Virkkunen, Lars Klingbeil, Dorothee Bär, Felix Falk and Lars Janssen (from Left to Right) gamescom Political Guests of Honour Officially Open Gamescom 2026 Even though the first day of the trade show is almost over, for the gamescom organizers, the so-called “political opening” is the highlight of the first day. And this year, the guest list was particularly impressive. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Knight to remember: Hosts Ann-Kathrin Kuhls and and Maurice Weber welcomed dedicated cosplayers as well. (Webedia) gamescom FYNG gamescom 2026 Reveals Prospera, Rise of the Spellbaker and Many More Seven world premieres, several release titles, more on the official Witcher 3 Remaster reveal and new games by Kalypso, astragon, Toplitz as well as the reanimation of Coins, Crown & Cabal: Webedia's FYNG at gamescom was filled with wow factor reveals. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
