© Esports Awards Esports Esports Awards and Esports World Cup Foundation Announce Partnership The Esports Awards and the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) have entered a three-year partnership, bringing the esports awards ceremony to Riyadh during the Esports World Cup. The 2024 Esports Awards will be hosted on August 24 in Riyadh, featuring a gala that honors the best in esports worldwide. The By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The 2024 course of participants. © Women Making Games / French Embassy Business Women Making Games Introduced 2024 Course in Berlin During Womenize!, Women Making Games started their 2024 course of participants out at the French Embassy in Berlin. Young female CEOs and Founders from the industry do receive coaching and workshops through the programme. The first speaker was Ata Sergey Nowak of Torpor Games. During this year’s return of By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Opening of Womenize! 2024 © Susanne Müller Business Womenize! to return after successful comeback After a five-year break, Womenize! celebrated a successful comeback as a face-to-face event. 150 attendees came to Berlin, 1500 watched the stream on Twitch. Even if Womenize! has not yet reached its pre-pandemic size, the fact that 150 people showed up at the Institut Français in Berlin in such a By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is coming to Cologne with CEO Walid Nakschbandi. © NRW /HOJABR RIAHI Business The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is moving to Cologne After initial unconfirmed media reports, it is now certain: The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is to move from Düsseldorf's Medienhafen to Cologne's Deichmannhaus. This was announced at a press conference today. An Update. The relocation of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW at the beginning of 2025 By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy spoke with DJ Jazzy Jeff about the background of the programme © Screenshot Business Twitch Announces DJ Programme Streaming service Twitch will launch its new programme for DJs streaming on the platform in July or August. The programme has been in the works for several years, with hundreds of deals signed with all the majors and many indie labels. The significance of this move for Twitch and the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© devcom/eosAndy Development Devcom Launches new Scholarship Programme devcom has announced the launch of its new scholarship programme aimed at increasing inclusivity and diversity in the video game industry. The initiative aims to support underrepresented and undervalued game developers by working with international organisations. Devcom's new scholarship programmes are designed to increase inclusivity and diversity in By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Elisabeth Secker, Managing Director of the USK © www.HelenNicolai-BusinessPortraits.de Business USK Advisory Board Resolves Further Development of Classification Criteria The Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) will continue to develop the guiding criteria for the legal protection of minors in the area of risks associated with the use of digital games. This was decided by the Advisory Board. The games industry is known for its rapid development. Accordingly, the protection of minors By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Rocket Beans/KiKA Business Rocket Beans to Produce Second Season of Ansage! Ansage!, a tv and video format about games aimed at a young audience, is getting a second season. Rocket Beans Entertainment is once again producing the series for KiKA. It is a success for the Hamburg-based production company Rocket Beans Entertainment. The game format Ansage!, produced on behalf of KiKA, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Managing Director Felix Falk (left) and Chairman of the Board Lars Janssen (right) with Michael Kellner © Franziska Krug for game Business Much Support From Politicians, But No Breakthrough in Funding Around 500 guests, including numerous representatives from the world of politics, attended yesterday's summer party of the game industry association at the Zollpackhof in Berlin, with a direct view of the Chancellery. Despite the positive response, the industry is still waiting for a breakthrough in the future of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Als Gott Schlief was one of the exhibition pieces last year. This year, a documentary featuring "Dota 2" is in focus. © Yaar Harrell, Sebastian Rhotert Business DokFest in Stuttgart Presents Documentary Games On 20 and 21 June, the Haus des Dokumentarfilms invites to the renowned industry get-together ‘Dokville’ to reflect on the topic of WAR AND DES:INFORMATION in panels on documentary long-form formats, docu-series and games interfaces. This year the AngeDokt special will talk about the documentary "Spiel um Millionen& By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business Womenize! Returns With Passion With the first face-to-face event since the beginning of the pandemic, Womenize! is back as an important and inspiring event for women in the games industry. Right from the welcome, a very important aspect becomes clear: passion. Passion is a very personal thing. This quickly becomes apparent at Womenize! 2024, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
game board of directors (from left to right): Clemens Mayer-Wegelin, Johanna Janiszewski, Lars Janssen, Julia Pfiffer and Ralf Wirsing © C:Franziska Krug for game Business game Board Election: Janssen Remains Chairman, Pfiffer Deputy Chairwomen The General Assembly of the german games industry association game also elected the game's Board of Directors. The Board remains unchanged, with one exception. Continuity is important for the work of the association. It is therefore a positive signal that the member companies of Game - The German By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
