© Open Air Kino Köln Business Open Air Gaming Event Opens in the gamescom Evenings Keep the party going - will be the motto of the Open Air Gaming Event by Open Air Kino Köln, Netgear, Nvidia, Systemtreff, Palit and Youcook. Each gamescom consumer day after 18:00, the Rheinauhafen will be transformed into a gaming party with play stations, influencers and a big cinema By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nexus Business Nexus Nerd Rock Festival 2025 Combines Rock Concerts and Gaming Expo for the First Time With a new concept in July 2025, the Nexus Nerd Rock Festival wants to bring rock and metal concerts, gaming and a Medieval market together in Leipzig. The festival emerged from the Nexo - Nerd Expo in 2022, then without the music aspect. Leipzig's gets a new event By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© SIE Business Sony Interactive Entertainment Renews UEFA Champions League Sponsorship The long-standing partnership between UEFA and Sony Interactive Entertainment for the UEFA Champions League has been extended until 2027. UEFA today announced that Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the company behind the PlayStation brand, has renewed its sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League for the 2024-27 commercial cycle. The three-year deal By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© PwC and BIG Esports PwC and BIG Present Booklet "Esports in Germany - in a Global Context" PwC Germany and Berlin International Gaming released a booklet about "Esports in Germany - In a Global Context". Spanning over 100 pages, it provides an in-depth look at the German esports market, with expert opinions, assessments, trends, and future scenarios. The report covers the industry's history, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Bitfall Studios are the winners of the evening. © GDD Business Bitfall Wins Big at German Dev Days Indie Awards 2024 Four prices go to Bitfall Studios and joint-copublishers Instinct3 and Stray Fawn at the German Dev Days. Dieter Schoeller, CEO of HeadUp, gets introduced into the Hall of Fame. More awards go to Munich and Düsseldorf. Yesterday’s ceremony of the German Dev Days Indie Awards at the German Dev By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Tim Endres, Director gamescom at Koelnmesse / Stefan Heikhaus, Director of gamescom & Events at game - The German Games Industry Association © Koelnmesse / Dirk Mathesius/game Business gamescom "Helps to Transport and Experience the Unique Gaming Culture Like No Other Event" The first part of the interview with Tim Endres, Director of gamescom at Koelnmesse, and Stefan Heikhaus, Director of gamescom & Events at game, focuses on the role that gamescom can play in society and the influence of the satellite events in Latin America and Asia. Also on the agenda By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
VfB Stuttgart becomes an ESBD member © ESBD, VfB Stuttgart Business VfB Stuttgart Becomes an ESBD member The German Esports Association (ESBD) welcomes VfB Stuttgart as its newest member. Since entering the world of esports in 2017, VfB Stuttgart has successfully established itself in the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL) and joined the Techniker Prime League in June this year with a League of Legends team. VfB Stuttgart becomes By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Factory-C Business Games Industry Business Lounge 2024 Sold out and New Branding 25 exhibitors will attend the Games Industry Business Lounge 2024, filling a total of 41 rooms and areas. There will also be a welcome reception hosted by G-Star on 21 August and a joint reception hosted by Factory-C, Marchsreiter Communications and Safe In Our World on 22 August. Since 2013, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The Nordmedia booth at gamescom 2023. © Nordmedia Business Nordmedia Brings Seven Studios to gamescom's Business Area At the Lower Saxony booth by Nordmedia, seven studios are showing their games, among them About Cannons and Sparrows, 1000 Orks and Quantumfrog. The booth will officially be opened by Lower Saxony State Secretary Frank Doods and nordmedia MD Thomas Schäffer. As many other funding organisations are, Nordmedia will be By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nathanael Liminski will once more open the political reception at the NRW Gaming Area © Heike Fischer Business NRW Gaming Area Features Six Indie Devs and its own Talk Programme Apart from a political reception by NRW minister Nathanael Liminski, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is presenting six indie devs from the region at gamescom. Furthermore, the booth will feature its own talk and panel schedule including Lena Falkenhagen, creatives from the movie industry and even streamer Jasmin "Gnu& By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The founders of W4 Games. © W4 Games Business Second Dinner Becomes a Strategic Investor in W4 Games W4 Games announced a multi-year strategic partnership agreement with Second Dinner (Marvel Snap). The studio plans to build the largest game in Godot yet. Second Dinner Studio and W4 Games today unveiled a collaboration, which will W4 Games accelerate the adoption of Godot Engine by Second Dinner, who plans to By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Every year, the Debatt(l)e Royale is the political highlight of gamescom congress. Here: The crew of 2023, already featuring two of this years' participants, Franziska Giffey and Nathanael Liminski. © gamescom Campus gamescom congress Present Bigger Politician Debate and Full Programme With the two main topics of 'Games and Artificial Intelligence' and 'Games and Democracy', this year’s gamescom congress is going to be bigger in space and scope. With the programme now online, this year’s political participants are also booked now: Franziska Giffey, Fabian Mehring, By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
