Nvidia GeForce Now © Nvidia Business Nvidia GeForce Now: RTX 5080-Class GPUs and 5G+ Partnership With Deutsche Telekom Nvidia has announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom for GeForce Now, focusing on 5G+ gaming in Germany, and revealed that RTX 5080-class GPUs will soon be available on the cloud gaming service. Deutsche Telekom has unveiled plans for a new 5G+ gaming offering in collaboration with Nvidia's GeForce By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister at the crowning ceremony of the Esports World Cup 2025 with (from right to left) Ralf Reichert, CEO of the Esports World Cup Foundation; HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal, Minister of Sport; Musaad Al Dossary, Co-Founder and Chairman at Team Falcons; Muhammed Almatairi, General Director at Team Falcons; Nikola Kovač, Counter-Strike 2 player at Team Falcons. © Esports World Cup 2025 Esports Esports World Cup 2025 Set New Viewership Records in Its Second Year The Esports World Cup 2025 came to a close on Sunday. After seven weeks of competition, Team Falcons were crowned club champions of the tournament. The EWC attracted a total of 750 million viewers, 350 million hours of online streaming, and 3 million visitors on site in Riyadh. The Esports By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Deutsche Bahn / esports player foundation Esports Deutsche Bahn Focuses on Gaming and Esports to Find Young Talent In its search for young professionals, Deutsche Bahn (DB) is turning to gaming and esports to attract young talent. The company aims to recruit around 20,000 new employees in operational roles this year, including over 5,000 young professionals. The DB Esports Scholarship is the centrepiece of the company& By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The cinema at the Filmforum NRW was the location of Indie Reveal. © Indie Hub Business Indie Reveal Connects NRW and Quebec During gamescom In an initial cooperation, Quebec and NRW met up at the first Indie Reveal during gamescom to show indie games in a cinema before publishers. The event was co-organised by NRW and Quebec funding organisations as well as Indie Hub and Indie Asylum. On the occasion of gamescom in Cologne, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
From left: Benjamin Hillmann (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur), Nandita Wegehaupt (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur), Elisabeth Secker (USK), Melanie Endler (USK) © Luna Grüsgen for Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur Campus USK and Game Culture Foundation Release Updated Parents' Guide to Games Right in time for gamescom, the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (USK) and the Digital Game Culture Foundation (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur) have released their updated Parents' Guide to Games. The German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (USK) and the Digital Game Culture Foundation (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur) have published their new By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Esports Decade Awards © Esports Awards Esports Esports Decade Awards Presented in Riyadh The Esports Awards held a one-off Decade Awards ceremony alongside the Esports World Cup. These celebrated a decade of excellence in esports and gaming. The Decade Awards ceremony, held alongside the Esports World Cup, saw 9.8 million votes cast by fans in celebration of esports, its players, teams and By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
1SP Co-founder and Co-CEO Torsten Oppermann © 1SP Business 1SP: Where Client Goals Meet Global Expertise Founded in April 2023, 1SP Agency turned two this year and expanded again in August 2025 with the acquisition of FIJAK. We sat down with Co-Founder and Co-CEO Torsten Oppermann to talk about the journey so far and plans for the future. GamesMarkt: Let‘s start by taking a look By Stephan Steininger • 8 min read
gamescom 2025 © Koelnmesse GmbH, Thomas Klerx Business gamescom 2025 Closes With 357,000 Visitors and a New Trade Visitor Record With more than 357,000 visitors, gamescom 2025 saw an increase of over 22,000 visitors compared to last year. gamescom is therefore maintaining its momentum and setting new records, especially regarding internationality, trade visitors, and the number of exhibitors. Gamescom 2025 set numerous new records, particularly in terms of By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
The booth of the ARD at gamecom 2025 © SWR/Tim Bachmann/ARD Presse Business ARD Launched ARD Games Network at Gamescom The ARD booth at gamescom was the first cross-broadcaster project from the new ARD Games Network to be presented at gamescom. In four clusters, it aims to support upcoming projects, facilitate exchange, and thus strengthen the impact of the gaming initiatives of the ARD broadcasters. Many of the various ARD By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© EWCF Esports EWCF Unveils New Esports Competitions for National Teams The Esports Nations Cup of the Esports World Cup Foundation will kick off in November 2026 in Riyadh and will then take place every two years at different locations. Confirmed partners include Electronic Arts, Krafton, Tencent, and Ubisoft. The announcement was made during the New Global Sport Conference in Riyadh: By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Excerpt from the study: 'Sexism, anti-feminism and queerphobia'. © Bertelsmann Stiftung Campus Bertelsmann Stiftung Study Explores the Democratic Potential of Gaming Communities "Gaming communities are anything but apolitical" is one of the findings of the Bertelsmann Stiftung's study, "Spielräume für Demokratie - Potenziale und Spannungsfelder im Gaming" (Room for Democracy: Potential and Areas of Tension in Gaming). In Germany, gaming is generally regarded as either an By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Sung Feng Wu, CEO of AGI and Christopher Flato, President of the ESBD © Alina Ehmann Business AGI Introduces Gaming Insurance and Becomes ESBD's Newest Partner Avata Gaming Insurance becomes an ESBD partner and announces the global launch of its gaming insurance at gamescom 2025. Avata Gaming Insurance (AGI) has announced the launch of what it claims is the world's first comprehensive gaming insurance policy. During gamescom, the policy was launched at the E-Sport-Bund By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
