Kalypso Media Unveils Its gamescom 2025 Line-Up © Kalypso Media Business Kalypso Media Unveils Its gamescom 2025 Line-Up Recently announced and soon to be presented at gamescom 2025: Kalypso Media will be showcasing Sudden Strike 5 (Kite Games) as well as Disciples: Domination (Artefacts Studio), and will reveal another title in Cologne. Kalypso Media has announced its line-up for this year's gamescom. In the entertainment area By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Jasmin Oestreicher, CEO Instinct3 & Co-CEO and Co-Founder Sidekick Publishing / Melvin Frank, Co-CEO & Co-Founder Sidekick Publishing © SAVO Media - Photography & Filming Business Instinct3 Launches Full-Service Game Publisher Sidekick Berlin-based creative agency Instinct3 has announced the launch of Sidekick Publishing, a new full-service publisher for indie and A to AA studios. The first title to be published under the Sidekick banner is Deadly Days: Roadtrip, developed by Pixelsplit and set to be showcased at gamescom. Instinct3 has already been By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Torsten Oppermann (1SP) and Angelos Senis (Fijak; from left) © 1SP Business 1SP Agency Continues to Grow and Acquires Fijak 1SP Agency is expanding: The agency group has acquired Fijak, a full-service agency specialising in design, production, logistics and retail activation. The acquisition primarily strengthens 1SP's sales promotion and retail marketing. This is already the second acquisition this year to strengthen the Retail Marketing division: the Hamburg-based agency By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Xsolla Business Xsolla Expands Platform Support for Cross-Platform Direct-to-Consumer Commerce Xsolla is expanding the capabilities of its platform support with the latest SDKs for the Windows Store and the Epic Games Store, a new strategic partnership with Pley and the launch of the Xsolla Discord Bot. Xsolla has announced an expansion of its platform support capabilities. Thanks to the latest By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Pexels/Johannes Plenio/Christian Richert/Hert Niks Business German Cities Miss Out on the Top 10 European Gaming Hubs For the first time, Europe's gaming umbrella organisations have published a list of the top 20 game development locations in their report. While the UK has five cities in the top 10, German cities only appear from eleventh place onwards. Munich is not in the top 20, nor By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Hester Woodliffe, representative of WB Games and Chairwoman of VGE, and Hendrik Lesser, rcp and President of EGDF © EGDF/VGE Business Europe's Games Industry 2023: More Studios, More Employees, Less Revenue The two European gaming umbrella organisations, Video Games Europe (VGE) and the European Games Developer Federation (EGDF), have published their new report shortly before gamescom. It includes data from 22 European countries for the year 2023, with some surprising results. The fact that the report only presents figures from 2023 By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
German games market in the first half of 2025 © game - The German Games Industry Association Business German Games Market Back on Track for Growth During the gamescom pre-show press conference, the game association also released initial data on the development of the German games market in the first half of 2025. With an increase of 4 percent, the market continued to grow. The German games market is back on track for growth. This is By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Koelnmesse GmbH/Marvin Ruppert Business Gamescom 2025 Breaks First Records Even Before Opening One week before Opening Night Live, Koelnmesse and game provided an update on the figures and programme for gamescom at the traditional pre-show press conference. Initial records were announced for the number of country pavilions and the exhibition space. One week before the start of the show, gamescom is well By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
One of the survey's graphics regarding the use of gaming in war. © Bitkom Business Bitkom Study Asks If Bundeswehr Should Use More Gaming In a recent representative study by digital industry association Bitkom, a significant part of questions revolved around the use of games in war. More than a third of participants believed that the Bundeswehr should use games to recruit, while almost half of Germans stated games can highlight the atrocities of By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Sandra Winterberg, Managing Director Internationale Computerspielesammlung © J.Herrmann Business Internationale Computerspielesammlung at gamescom The preservation of digital games is also the focus of this year's Internationale Computerspielesammlung (ICS) presence at gamescom, also in the context of the EU petition 'Stop Destroying Videogames'. The focus of this year's Internationale Computerspielesammlung (ICS; International Computer Games Collection) presence at gamescom By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Subotron Business Subotron Shows Austrian Student Live Pitch & gamescom Presence Austrian game industry supporter Subotron is calling for students to submit projects for their Live Pitch until 8 September. The Vienna organisation is also at gamescom and can be found at the Advantage Austria booth, bringing studios like Broken Rules, Clockwork Bird and Terragami with it. Until 8 September 2025, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
gamescom latam-CEO Gustavo Steinberg: "Year after year, gamescom latam BIG Festival has established itself as an important space not only for showcasing incredible games from around the world, but also for connecting with the audience." © gamescom latam Business Submissions for BIG Festival Awards Are Now Open Although gamescom in Cologne and gamescom asia in Bangkok are still coming up this year, it is already time to start planning for gamescom latam 2026: The BIG Festival, which is part of the event, has opened the submission phase for its awards. This year, studios from the GSA region By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
