Andreas Lange, CEO of EFGAMP © Andreas Lange Business Národní Filmový Archiv Joins EFGAMP The EFGAMP (European Federation of Video Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects) has gained a new member: Národní filmový archiv (Czech National Film Archive), which is co-founder of the czech Pixelarchiv project. The national game cataloguing and preservation initiative is founded by Czech Ministry of Culture. The Pixelarchiv.cz By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Franziska Giffey, Berlin's Senator for Economics, meets regularly with representatives of the Berlin games industry at the "Runder Tisch Games" (Round Table Games) © SPD-Fraktion Berlin/Sabrina Wagner Berlin Business Berlin Expands gamescapital.berlin Initiative to Location Marketing Campaign The current 'Runder Tisch Games' in Berlin focused on increasing the visibility of the games location in the capital region as well as the flagship project 'House of Games'. Economics Senator Francesca Giffey also criticised the federal government and called for improvements in funding. In Berlin, By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Fantasy Basel Business Fantasy Basel Presents Itself With Record Attendance A total of 88,000 visitors from Switzerland and neighbouring countries attended Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2024. Content creators and publishers such as Bethesda, Nintendo and Niantic were on hand for gamers. A special highlight of the tenth Fantasy Basel - The Swiss By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© nappy/Pexels Business China, AAA gaming and the success of Manor Lords The GamesMarkt team doesn't just write articles, we also read a lot. Here are some of the things we have been reading over the past few days. Blogs, LinkedIn posts, articles and opinion pieces - not only journalists, but also many industry people write about games online. A lot By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
The board of Bremens eSports (from left): Sascha Müller, Christoph Lüken, Philipp van Gels, Frank Holler, Alessandro Bünnagel and Luca Müller © Bremen eSports Esports Bremen Also Supports Local Esports Club With €20.000 Each Year Like Dortmund, Bremen also supports the local esports club Bremen eSports with 20,000 euros per year. This indirectly increases the pressure on Berlin to support esports not only at the municipal but also at the federal level, as promised. Even though esports was not the focus of the joint By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Jumpgate CEO Harald Riegler © Jumpgare Business Jumpgate AB announces rights issue The Swedish games group Jumpgate wants to raise the equivalent of around 2.5 million euros in fresh capital by issuing new shares with preferential purchase rights for existing shareholders. According to Jumpgate, the response is promising. Jumpgate has announced a further measure to reduce its debt burden in order By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Was announced in April: Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game © Private Division/Weta Workshop Business Embracer Specifies Film Projects but Does not (yet) Announce any new LotR Games Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boynes will indeed produce the two new films from the Lord of the Rings universe, the first of which is due to be released in cinemas as early as 2026. Embracer and its subsidiary Middle-earth Enterprises have not revealed any new games from By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
From left to right: Kelsey Beachum (Game Writer and Narrative Designer), Vladimir Lopatin (Senior Technical Artist at Guerrilla Games), Lucie Prunier (Producer at Don't Nod). © devcom Business First 50 devcom 2024 Speakers Announced The first 50 speakers at the devcom 2024 are revealed. Interest in the conference is also growing, with the organisers receiving 50 per cent more speaker submissions than last year. The topics of the submissions have also changed. Production-focused talks have increased, AI remains at last year's By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Aerosoft @ Games for Families in Mannheim. © Games for Families Business Games for Families Attracts a Large Number of Visitors in Mannheim With a fully booked hall, the roadshow for analogue games, interactive games and toys attracted visitors to the Maimarkt in Mannheim, which recorded an increase in visitor numbers compared to the previous year with 264,000 people over the eleven days of the event. For a total of eleven days, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Jann Baskett, Co-President and Chief Brand Officer © SXSW Business SXSW is coming to London in 2025 The international industry gathering SXSW is planning a London edition for next year. After the cancelled plans for Berlin, the festival is now making its way to Europe after all. SXSW is coming to London in 2025 The international industry gathering SXSW is planning a London edition for next year. By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
Andrew Wilson CEO Electronic Arts © Electronic Arts Business Electronic Arts Spends $64m on Restructuring Although Electronic Arts increased its revenue and net income in the last financial year, the company also undertook a multi-million dollar restructuring programme again. Electronic Arts is not dissatisfied with the past financial year. This is stated in the press release issued by the company on the publication of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Bavarian Digital Minister Fabian Mehring increased the budget for the Games/Bavaria team at Medien.Bayern with Managing Director Lina Timm (2nd from right) at the beginning of the year © Games/Bavaria/Archive picture Business Games/Bavaria Launches its own Accelerator Programme Bavarian game developers have until the end of May to apply for the first round of Games/Bavaria's new Level Up accelerator programme. The programme offers workshops, targeted coaching and free co-working space. The patron of Games/Bavaria's new Level Up accelerator programme is the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
