Markus Zierhofer, Nicolas Heese and Jeremy Froböse - the founders of AudioCreatures © AudioCreatures Business AudioCreatures: The Complete Audio Package for Game Developers By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Felix Falk, Managing director of game at the political opening of gamescom 2024 © Koelnmesse GmbH, Uwe Weiser Business Game Association Fears Worse Conditions for Games Funding At the political opening of gamescom, the German Federal Ministry for the Economy and Climate Protection presented the key points of the new subsidy guidelines, which will apply from the beginning of 2025. The industry association game does not like it at all. It fears setbacks. The big signal the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Hosts Uke Bosse and Katrin Bauernfeind speak on stage during the last DCP (Der Deutsche Computerspielpreis) at Eisbach Studios which took place on April 18, 2024 in Munich, Germany © Photo by Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications Business Hamburg and NRW Did Not Bid for the Deutscher Computerspielpreis It has been clear since the beginning of the week that Berlin has been chosen to host the DCP 2025. It is unclear how many German states had expressed an interest. Certainly not NRW and Hamburg. The process has also been criticised. Since its inception in 2009, the Deutscher Computerspielpreis By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Gerald Böse, President and Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse, Henriette Reker, Mayor of Cologne and Chairwoman of the Koelnmesse Supervisory Board, Robert Habeck, Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Felix Falk, Managing Director of game – The German Games Industry Association, Lars Janssen, Chairman of the Executive Board of game – The German Games Industry Association and Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action during gamescom 2024 at Koelnmesse on August 21, 2024 in Cologne, Germany. © Franziska Krug/game - Verband der deutschen Games-Branche via Getty Images Business German Games Industry's Wait for Tax Credits Continues At the political opening of gamescom, there was much praise for the importance of games as a cultural asset and economic factor. Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck addressed the elephant in the room, hoping that a tax-based funding model could become a reality next year. The guests of honour at the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action © Archive Picture Business What the Federal Government's New Games Funding Looks Like At the opening of gamescom 2024, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck announced the key points of the German government's games funding programme. If all goes to plan, it should be in place by the start of 2025. Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, gave the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© GamesMarkt Business Franziska Giffey Pledges Continued Support At the traditional Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg reception at gamescom, Franziska Giffey, Berlin's Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Affairs, pledged her continued support for the industry, especially for the Gameshouse project, which will not open until early 2026 at the earliest. The past year also shows Berlin's By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Thorsten Wiedemann, Florian Graf and Anna Vielhaber at Pink Breakfast. © GamesMarkt Business A Maze Pink Breakfast Opens Berlin's Political gamescom Programme With Berlin Senate Chancellery Head Florian Graf, A Maze's Thorsten Wiedemann and the Medienboard management, the A Maze Pink Breakfast kicked off Berlin's political engagement at gamescom. Graf ensured that the funding for the House of Games was secured. The participants of the third The Rabbit By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© © Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Business Read GamescomDaily 1 as Epaper You won't miss a thing at gamescom with the gamescom daily. The GamesMarkt editorial team compiles the most important information from the Cologne trade fair every day. The first issue of the magazine can now be read completely free of charge as a practical epaper. Gamescom 2023 opens By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Sebastian Heße (left), representing Critical Rabbit, held the winning pitch. GaHa games took the youth prize. © GamesMarkt Business Critical Rabbit Wins European Game Night 2024 At the traditional European Game Night organised by Spielfabrique, NRW. Global Business, Europe’s Heartbeat Northrhine-Westfalia and Business France on devcom Tuesday, Critical Rabbit won the pitch contest. It is the third year the main award goes to Cologne. The honorary youth award went to GaHa Games, from Germany as By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
R42, a combination games hub and games accelerator, is being created at Ritterstraße 42 in Leipzig. © Gecko 2 Business R42 in Leipzig Receives Accelerator Funding and Further SGB Investment A boost for the games industry in Saxony: R42 receives 900,000 Euros in accelerator funding. In addition, the Sächsische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (SBG) is increasing its existing investment. As one of three newly established start-up accelerators in Saxony, the R42 Games Accelerator is receiving funding as part of the Saxon Accelerator By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
game MD Felix Falk says ver.di demands "fail to recognise how different the realities are for the individual games companies in Germany." © game; GamesMarkt Business ver.di Demands too "Generic", game Association says Yesterday, ver.di and the Game Devs Round Table formulated six demands towards a better games industry for game workers. In a statement to GamesMarkt, the game association has now responded. Managing Director Felix Falk says the demands "fail to recognise how different the realities are for the individual By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Data by Values Value and InGame Job © GamesMarkt Business European Game Workers Want More Equality, Money and Protection In a big survey of 1,832 participants, job agencies InGame Job and Values Value collected anonymous data from game workers over all of Europe. The numbers on salary, satisfaction and discrimination aren’t positive, but they show what needs to improve. This report presents the results of a targeted By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
