Reichstagsgebäude in Berlin © Deutscher Bundestag / Felix Zahn / photothek Business Federal Games Funding to Remain at €50m in 2025, Criticism Grows The German government's draft budget for 2025 still allocates around 50 million Euros in funding for games. Other measures to strengthen the industry are missing. The game association criticises the draft budget and calls for tax breaks. The draft budget of the Federal Government, which was approved by By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Indie Arena Booth Line-up for gamescom 2024. © IAB, Super Crowd Entertainment Business Indie Arena Booth Line-up for gamescom 2024 More than 160 games from 37 countries have been selected for the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2024. The line-up includes games from Pixel Maniacs, Bippinbits, Backwoods Entertainment, Lululu Entertainment, Gentle Troll Entertainment, Paintbucket Games and many more. Over 160 titles from 37 countries have made it into the curated By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
One of the Games/Bavaria projects is the GG Bavaria event © Picture: Games/Bavaria Business Medien.Bayern Expands Capacities and Seeks New Team Lead for Games/Bayern Medien.Bayern is expanding its capacities in the field of games for its major project Gamerei. The search for a new team lead for Games/Bavaria has begun. Further changes are planned for Games/Bavaria in the coming weeks. Medien.Bayern is launching a search for a new team leader By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
lvlup!HR Managing Director Frank Simoneit. © lvlup!HR Business lvlup!HR Supports Schleswig-Holstein in Its Search for Skilled Workers The start-up company lvlup!HR supports the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in its search for new employees. Esports is one of the building blocks in the "Moin Fachkräfte" project, which is part of a campaign to attract skilled workers to the Kiel region. Esports will be a key By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© PwC Business PwC Sees Further Decline in Share of Traditional Gaming By 2028, traditional gaming will only account for a good fifth of the global gaming market. Nevertheless, the segment is growing in absolute terms, says PricewaterhouseCoopers in its latest "Global Entertainment & Media Outlook". The entertainment and media industry (E&M) is facing years of strong growth. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
ERA CEO Kim Bayley © ERA Business Video Game Sales in UK Down Nearly 30% in First Half of 2024 In the first half of 2024, video game sales in the UK fell sharply, by almost 30 per cent. Sales of physical games were particularly hard hit, falling by 40 per cent. The reason for this is a weak "new release schedule". The UK's digital entertainment By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Felix Falk and Tim Endres © game/Koelnmesse Business Gamescom is the Place to Meet for 'The Biggest Community in the World' At a press conference, game and Koelnmesse presented this year's main theme of gamescom and two industry trends. The organisation focuses on the gaming community and emphasises the social significance of games as a medium. It has become something of a tradition for game - Verband der Deutschen By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Alexander Schweitzer, Hendrik Wüst, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Franziska Giffey, Fabian Mehring and Nathanael Liminski (from left to right) © Pictures: Land NRW / Ralf Sondermann, Staatskanzlei RLP / Kay, SPD Berlin, Andreas Gebert, Staatskanzlei NRW Business More Top Politicians Confirmed for gamescom In addition to Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, other high-ranking political guests have been confirmed for gamescom 2024. State premiers, other federal and state ministers and an international delegation are among the expected to attend. As well as being a must-attend event for the industry and gamers, gamescom 2024 will also By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Opening of gamescom 2023. © Koelnmesse GmbH, Thomas Klerx Business Returning Companies, More Exhibitors, Greater Internationality and Additional Areas at gamescom 2024 Interest in gamescom 2024 is high, with organisers reporting ten per cent more exhibitors than at the same point in 2023. 2K Games, Blizzard and EA will return, while The Pokemon Company will make its gamescom debut. This year also sees the introduction of the cards & boards area with By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Jennifer and Björn Pankratz. © Pithead Studio TV Business Björn and Jennifer Pankratz on Their End at Piranha Bytes and Future Plans Further insights: Björn and Jennifer Pankratz have spoken publicly about their end at Piranha Bytes, the silence that followed, why they are continuing alone with their Pithead Studio and what the future holds for the well-known brands. Björn Pankratz: "We didn't go voluntarily, did we?" Björn By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Nandita Wegehaupt © Die Hoffotografen Business Nandita Wegehaupt Appointed New Managing Director of Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur Nandita Wegehaupt will be the new managing director of the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur (Digital Games Culture Foundation). Previously, she worked for the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (German Business Foundation). She succeeds Çiğdem Uzunoğlu. Nandita Wegehaupt will become the new managing director of the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur (Digital Gaming Culture Foundation) By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck at gamescom 2023 © Koelnmesse GmbH, Uwe Weiser Business Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck to Open Gamescom Again Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck will open this year's gamescom, as he did last year. This has been announced by the organisers of gamescom and Koelnmesse. Once again this year, a high-ranking visitor from Berlin is travelling to the opening of gamescom. As the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
