© Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur Campus GamesTalents Launches Application Phase With New Website School students between the ages of 13 and 16 from all types of schools can apply for the nationwide GamesTalente competition organised by Bildung & Begabung and the Stiftunhg Digitale Spielekultur until the beginning of April. The competition is supported by the Mercedes Benz Fonds. To mark the start of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dr Andreas Bareiß and Arne Braun, State Secretary for the Arts in Baden-Württemberg © MWK Baden-Württemberg Campus Dr Andreas Bareiß to Succeed Prof. Thomas Schadt in May The renowned Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg is on the verge of a generational change: Dr Andreas Bareiß will take over as director of the film academy, which also offers game design courses, on 1 May. Bareiß will succeed Prof. Thomas Schadt, who has headed the Filmakademie since 2005. The supervisory board of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Lukas Middlemann was appointed the newly created position of Alumni Operations Manager © SAE Institute Campus Lukas Middlemann to Expand Services for SAE Institute Alumni Lukas Middlemann has been appointed to the newly created position of Alumni Operations Manager at SAE Institute, where he will expand the services available to graduates. SAE Institute provides training for careers in media and the creative industries at over 50 locations worldwide, including ten sites in Germany, Austria, and By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Josh Sawyer's keynote on the post- and post-post-apocalypse in games enlightened game scholars and developers alike / One of the playable and discussed board games at FROG 2024, WorldContol by Ivo Antunic. © GamesMarkt Campus FROG 2024 Shows How Game Studies Must Cooperate With Game Development By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
The site of Future and Reality of Gaming just before the start on Friday. © Rudolf Inderst Campus Impressions from Future and Reality of Gaming 2024 By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Subotron Campus Subotron Live Pitch Competition 2024 Nominates Five Student Team Finalists Five student teams have been selected to compete in the Subotron Live Pitch Competition 2024. They will now receive a mentoring by Rami Ismail, before they pitch their games in front of a live international jury on 22 November. The finalists of the Subotron Live Pitch Competition 2024 have been By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nina Kiel joins TH Cologne as Research Assistant. Their expertise in inclusion fits exceptionally well. © Nina Kiel / TH Cologne. Campus Nina Kiel Joins TH Cologne's Inclusive Gaming Project as Research Assistant They have been an advocate for inclusive gaming for years, a Head of Diversity & Inclusion in the industry and a renowned games journalist and researcher. Now, Nina Kiel has started as Research Assistant for a project on inclusion in gaming at TH Cologne. They have been Head of Diversity By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Jens Junge and Timo Schöber cooperate in more than the academic endeveaour. © Justus Junge, Timo Schöber Campus ThinkGameful! and Institute for Ludology Cooperate for Research Projects Esports experts Timo Schöber and Jens Junge are no strangers to cooperation – now their academic institutions are coming together as well. Schöber's thinktank ThinkGameful! and the Institute for Ludology at the SRH Hochschule Berlin headed by Junge are announcing their cooperation to tackle bigger research projects in gaming By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Tobias Kopka is CEO & Interaction Designer at Curatomic and Program Director of the games congress. © Alessandro de Matteis Campus Tobias Kopka: "Ideas and Action Flow Swiftly" gamescom congress 2024 has been the biggest so far – not least because of the new location at the Confex and a bigger cast of speakers. We talked to program manager Tobias Kopka about this year's challenges and successes, as well as the direction change in the big political By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Dr. Andrea Buchholz © MFG Campus The Exceptional Role of Universities At MFG promoting cultural and creative industries goes far beyond funding: Dr. Andrea Buchholz has realised numerous exciting projects with universities as breeding ground for a healthy games-ecosystem. GamesMarkt: The MFG addresses the issue of talent and research promotion, which, as far as I know, does not exist in this By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
© MFG Campus Universities and Their Gaming Endeavours in BW Baden-Württemberg has one of the most involved university landscapes when it comes to games and Extended Reality in Germany. From futuristic XR booths to special programmes, here are some of the strongest examples. At gamescom, the academic side of gaming has been presented by MFG at their booth in the By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Alexander Freund is the new head of the Bochum Campus. © SAE Institute Campus Alexander Freund Becomes New Head of School at SAE Campus Bochum The former SAE Institute student and lecturer Alexander Freund is the new Campus Manager at his Alma Mater in Bochum. He follows on Christopher Seydholdt, who moves to the SAE Institute Germany central team as a Business Analyst. Alexander Freund is the new Campus Manager at the SAE Institute in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read