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Bavaria's Game Funding Overview 2025: 2.5 Million Euros for Games

At yesterday's FFF Press Lunch, the Bavarian funding agency has revealed its yearly numbers for 2025. 2.5 million euros in games funding, a lot of XR presence on festivals and of course plenty of movie successes have been presented.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

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MFG Baden-Württemberg Advertises Nordic Game and gamescom Opportunities

Opportunities galore for indies at MFG Baden-Württemberg: The state funding agency is organising a booth at Nordic Game and a market exploration trip to Sweden, as well as the usual The Länd gamescom business booth and five spots at Indie Arena Booth. Studios can apply for all of this.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Fantasy Basel Returns 14-16 May 2026

Fantasy Basel returns 14-16 May 2026 to the Swiss border city. Many big gaming names are already announced, like Baldur's Gate III voice actors, Nintendo, Media Markt and World of Games.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Pixel Doors Introduces Its "Ethical Publishing" Model

Pixel Doors, a new independent publishing label founded by Jacek Pudlik and Nic van 't Schip, has announced its official launch. With a model built for studio survival, the new indie label challenges the 'recoup-first' culture.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Take Two Interactive Sweetens Wait for GTA VI With Improving Quarterly Results

Take Two Interactive has presented more than respectable figures for the third quarter of the financial year. Nevertheless, the focus remains on CEO Strauss Zelnick continuing to talk about 19 November 2026 as the release date for GTA VI.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

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The Importance of the Rainbow Six Esports Ecosystem for Ubisoft

The R6 Major took place in Munich at the end of 2025. Now it's time for the Six Invitational in Paris. GamesMarkt spoke to Sébastien Ratto, Ubisoft's Senior Director of Competitive Products, about esports as an entertaining event, the German R6 community, and ways to strengthen esports.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read

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Registration for German Market Reconnaissance Trip to Japan Now Open

SBS Systems is organising a market exploration trip to Japan in 2026 on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, in which up to 15 German developers and publishers can participate. In addition to joint visits to local studios, a visit to the Tokyo Game Show is also planned.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Epic Games Store Tops $1.1 Billion in 2025, Third Party Game Spending Up 57%

In 2025, the Epic Games Store surpassed $1.1 billion in revenue, with growing user numbers and third-party game spending up by 57%. The store is setting new records.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

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Subotron, Games for Change and Belvedere Collaborate on Subotron Game Jams

The first collaboration between the NGO Games for Change, Subotron and the historic Belvedere Museum is taking place in connection with the G4C Student Challenge. The games developed will be playable in November as part of an exhibition.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

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BXDXO Handles PR for Amazon Game Studios PR in GSA

BXDXO is the new PR agency for Amazon Game Studios in German-speaking countries. The Munich-based team will handle Tomb Raider, Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, among others.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Gamescom Camp Opens Booking for Gamescom 2026

There are still a few months to go until gamescom, but places can now be booked with the organisers of gamescom camp. A place in the gaming camp also secures consumers a ticket code that can be redeemed when ticket sales start.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Nintendo Sold 17.37m Switch 2 Units in Seven Months

The Nintendo Switch 2 also sold well over Christmas. A total of 17.37 million units have now been sold in just seven months. The Nintendo Switch has now become the company's most successful console ever.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read