The winners and presenters of the Gaming ohne Grenzen Award 2025 (from left to right): Niklas Luginsland (content creator), Saskia Moes (Gaming ohne Grenzen), Dennis Winkens (Gaming ohne Grenzen), Stefan Wilhelm (Inclusive Gaming), Hanna Scheck (Paintbucket Games), Cenk Melzer (Paintbucket Games), Melanie Eilert (Gaming ohne Grenzen), Lilischote (streamer), Molly Moore (Rebellion), Michael Gurt (JFF – Institute for Media Education), Hollie Jones (Senior Community Manager, Atomfall), Lauren Radford (Nothing Without Us), John Tyrrell (Devolver Digital), Anni Pekie (jury member), Casey Kreer (jury member), Brandon Blacoe (ByoWave) © Martin Scherag Fotografie / congstar Business Winners of the "Gaming ohne Grenzen" Awards For the third time, the Gaming ohne Grenzen initiative and the mobile service provider congstar have honoured projects, personalities, and technologies that promote accessibility and inclusivity in gaming. The winners were announced at gamescom. The third Gaming ohne Grenzen (Gaming Without Borders) awards were presented at gamescom 2025. Stefanie Langer By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Ubisoft impressed the jury with its booth concept in both the business area and the entertainment area (picture) © Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Products Capcom, Ubisoft, and The Pokémon Company Celebrate Big in Cologne The winners of the gamescom awards have been announced. Capcom won several awards for Resident Evil Requiem. Ubisoft impressed the jury with its booth designs in the business and entertainment area, while The Pokémon Company won the consumr voting for the Best Booth category. There is little doubt that Resident By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© KoelnMesse/zweilux Business Both devcom and gamescom congress 2025 Break Their Record Attendance Both important side events of gamescom, the devcom on Monday and Tuesday and the congress on Thursday, have broken their attendance record. This year’s gamescom has already broken some record before it started, and side events are no exception. Both the former devcom, now gamescom dev, and the gamescom By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Kosche (right) is the new CEO of PietSmiet. © PietSmiet, Kosche Business EA's Former Europe Commercial Director Is PietSmiet's New CEO Jens Kosche, former Senior Director Commercial Europe at Electronic Arts, is the new CEO of German streaming and media company PietSmiet. Jens Kosche, Director Commercial Europe for Electronic Arts until Mai 2025, has started as CEO for German media company and streaming empire PietSmiet. “Content creation is such a vibrant By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© XSOLLA Business Power to the Players (and Publishers): How Web Shops Are Rewriting the Rules of Game As part of gamescomDaily, top managers from Xsolla analyzed the market in a series of advertorial articles. gamescomDaily2 focused on web shops. In a digital economy dominated by closed ecosystems and platform gatekeepers, the gaming industry has reached a pivotal moment where developers and publishers are increasingly rethinking how they By Xsolla • 2 min read
© © Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Business Read GamescomDaily 3/2025 as Epaper With gamescomDaily you won't miss a thing at gamescom. The GamesMarkt editorial team provides you with the most important information about the trade fair in Cologne every day. You can also read the third issue of the magazine free of charge online here. From now on, you can By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© Xsolla Business 2025: A Turning Point for Mobile Gaming As part of gamescomDaily, top managers from Xsolla analyzed the market in a series of advertorial articles. gamescomDaily2 focused on the mobile gaming market in general. If you‘ve ever found yourself surprised by how much you spent in a mobile game, you‘re not alone. Mobile gaming has long By Promotion • 3 min read
© Christoph Söldner Business Branding for House of Games Berlin Unveiled At the first House of Games Berlin Reception at gamescom, the partners behind the project unveiled the logo and branding for the new games property in the capital, which is set to open in 2026. In addition to the House of Games Berlin logo, the slogan was also unveiled, which By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Fabian Döhla and Carolin Wendt opening the concert. © GamesMarkt Business Witcher Concert Tour Debuts at gamescom With the first stop of their Ten Years of The Witcher 3 Concert Tour, CD Projekt Red have closed the first day of gamescom. With the first stop of their Ten Years of The Witcher 3 Concert Tour, CD Projekt Red have rocked the Event Area in Hall 1. More By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Business Read GamescomDaily 2/2025 as Epaper You won't miss a thing at gamescom with the gamescomDaily. The GamesMarkt editorial team compiles the most important information from the Cologne trade fair every day. The first issue of the magazine can now be read completely free of charge as a practical epaper. Gamescom 2025 opens its By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© Xsolla Business Europe’s Mobile Gaming Boom: The Heart of a Global Digital Revolution As part of gamescomDaily, top managers from Xsolla analyzed the market in a series of advertorial articles. gamescomDaily1 focused on the mobile gaming market in Europe. The numbers are in, and they‘re big. According to the recently published Q2 2025 Edition of "The Xsolla Report: The State of By Promotion • 3 min read
Pink Breakfast at gamescom 2025 © Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Business The Rabbit 2025 With Teams From Germany, US, Spain and Ukraine The 15 participants in this year's edition of The Rabbit Indie Games Residency were announced today at the Pink Breakfast event during gamescom, organised by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and A MAZE. The one-month residency for independent video game developers will take place from 02 to 29 November 2025 at By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
