Franziska Giffey, Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises in Berlin. © SPD Berlin Business Berlin Senator Giffey: "Important that Federal and State Funding are not Mutually Exclusive" The senate administration of Franziska Giffey, Economics Senator of Berlin, gives a pointed, critical statements towards the Federal Gouvernment's game funding plans. The expectations towards the federal states and the money currently sitting unused at the Commissioner of Culture and Media are main points. The department of Franziska By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© gamescom / game, KoelnMesse Business gamescom Accreditation for Press and Creators Now Open Since today, press and content creators can use accreditation forms for gamescom and devcom tickets. This year, press and creators have separate guidelines and forms to apply for. Accreditation for press and creators for gamescom 2024 is now open. Interested parties can register via online accreditation at gamescom.global. Press By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Northrine-Westfalian Minister for Federal and European Affairs, International Affairs and Media and Head of the State Chancellery Nathanael Liminski. © Staatskanzlei NRW Business NRW Games Minister Liminski: "Frustrating" to See Gouvernment Block Funding Progress NRW's Media Minister Nathanael Liminski swings against the Economy and Finance Ministries of the Federal Gouvernment: No tax credits, no planning security, no sound plans for a funding overhaul and the ongoing application stop are threating the industry, Liminski says. No planning security for big companies coming to By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
(f.l.t.r.) Benedikt Grindel, Managing Director Ubisoft Blue Byte; Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs of the State of NRW; Karsten Lehmann, Public Affairs Director Ubisoft Blue Byte © Ubisoft Business NRW's Vice MP Mona Neubaur Visits Ubisoft Düsseldorf Yesterday, NRW's Deputy Minister President Mona Neubaur visited Ubisoft's Düsseldorf studio to shine a spotlight on the Northrine-Westfalian games industry. Today’s German Computer Game Awards (DCP) might put the games industry’s spotlight on Munich, but gamescom host state Northrine-Westfalia is intend on getting some By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring © Andreas-Gebert Business Mehring Wants to Fight Like a Lion for the Bavarian Games Industry In his speech at the FFF Bayern's DCP warm-up, Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring only expressly praised some of the key points for future federal funding presented by the federal government, but announced resolute resistance in the upcoming negotiations on other points, such as cumulation. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring spoke at the DCP warm-up hosted by FFF Bayern. The 15th anniversary of Bavarian games funding was also celebrated. © GamesMarkt Business FFF Bayern Supported 329 Games With 21,720,997 Euros During the warm-up for tomorrow's German Computer Game Award, FFF Bayern also celebrated the 15th anniversary of games funding in the state of Bavaria. In addition to astonishing figures from Managing Director Dorothee Erpenstein, there were also congratulations from the Bavarian Digital Minister, who was in attendance. On By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Felix Falk, Managing Director, game - Association of the German Games Industry © game Business Revised Games Funding Still Lacks Comparability and Reliability, says game game - The German Games Industry Association has commented on today's proposed changes to improve German games funding. Despite good starting points, the association does not believe that the proposed changes will achieve the overall goal of nationwide games funding. At today's #gamechanger talk, Michael Kellner, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Last year's Gamestate took place in Stuttgart. © MFG / game BW / K3 Business Gamestate Festival BW returns 2024 After 2023's event in Stuttgart, the Gamestate Festival BW comes to Karlsruhe on July 12 2024. Gamestate is organized by MFG, game Baden-Württemberg and the Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsbüro Karlsruhe. Registrations are open now, the schedule will be announced at a later date. With a recurring gathering in Karlsruhe By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Strauss Zelnick - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Take-Two Interactive © Take-Two Business Take-Two Interactive to Make Nearly 600 Employees Redundant As part of a cost-cutting programme, Take-Two Interactive will lay off five per cent of its workforce. This equates to around 580 employees. Some projects will also be cancelled. Take-Two Interactive has announced a cost reduction program. The plan is expected to be largely completed by the end of this By Marcel Kleffmann • 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
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 By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 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 in Munich By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
