Head of Department Stephanie Kleist (SAE Institute Nuremberg) and scholarship holder Isabella Janzen © SAE Institute Campus SAE Awards 'Heart of Art' Scholarships to Three Aspiring Game Artists To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its gaming education programme, the SAE Institute has awarded three scholarships to emerging game artists. Following a competitive application process, Melanie Amon-Schwarz, Elias Beisel, and Isabella Janzen have been named as this year’s scholarship recipients. Since 2004, the SAE Institute has been training By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Prof Dr Dr Rudolf Thomas Inderst took a new role as Professor of Game Design and Game Studies at HNU © Rudolf Thomas Inderst/HNU Campus HNU Welcomes Rudolf Inderst as Professor for Game Design/Game Studies Prof Dr Dr Rudolf Thomas Inderst brings extensive experience in both the games industry and academic teaching to his new role as Professor of Game Design and Game Studies at HNU. Rudolf's career has taken him through various stations, including the publisher Plaion, where he was responsible for By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Cologne Games Lab Campus Cologne Game Lab Announces the Next Young Academics Workshop The next Young Academics Workshop (YAW) and Game Jam hosted by the Cologne Game Lab will take place on March 18 and 19. This time, the focus will be on Games, Politics & Psychology: Community Building in Games & Virtual Worlds. The Young Academics Workshop (YAW) was first organised in By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© 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 G+ 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 G+ 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
