Walid Nakschbandi © Film- und Medienstiftung NRW / Hojabr Riahi Development Networking and a Fresh Breeze for Funding Since the beginning of the year, Walid Nakschbandi has headed Film- und Medienstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, one of the most important regional funding organisations for film and games in Germany. One topic on his agenda is networking, both between the various media sectors and with international players. At the beginning of the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
370,000 euros go to Veil of Ashes by Greifenmaer. © Greifenmaer Development MFG Baden-Württemberg Funds Six Games With 750,000 Euros With 750,000 euros in total, MFG Baden-Württemberg is funding six games in the current round. 20,000 euros go to EarReality and Reija each, while the biggest batch goes to Greifenmaer for Veil of Ashes. The next round closes on 31 July. In its current funding round, south-western state By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© DevGamm Events DevGamm Vilnius 2024 Opens Game Submission DevGamm Vilnius in June is now looking for game submissions. Devs can submit for the showfloor, award show and public pitch. The deadline is 15 May. For the upcoming summer edition of DevGamm in Vilnius, developers can now submit their games for various categories. Namely, the DevGamm Awards Competition, the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
InnoGames Headquarters in Hamburg. © Thies Raetzke Development InnoGames Reopens its own Office Space for Subtenants InnoGames is once again taking up the InnoHub concept and offering interested start-ups and young companies office space at its own headquarters in Hamburg. InnoGames, which claims to be Hamburg's largest games developer, is once again renting out office space in its own headquarters in the Hammerbrook district. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Deutschland in Europa, Black Ocean, Dark Rooms (WT). © MBB Development MBB New Media Funding Awards Almost 750,000 Euros to Five Games In its second funding round of the year, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg's new media funding programme is supporting five games and six XR projects. Almost half of the total 1.5 million Euros in funding will go to the games sector. In its second funding round of the year, Medienboard By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The teams from Common Colors, One More Cup Studios and Turtle Knight Games were represented with their games at the joint Hessian stand in 2023. © HessenAgentur Events Hesse Sends Five Indie Devs to Gamescom 2024 With five exhibition booths at Indie Arena Booth, the central German state of Hesse builds on its premiere from last year and sends indie studios from the region to gamescom 2024. Deadline for nominations is 21 April. Economics Minister Kaweh Mansoori emphasises the success of last year's experiment. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Indie Outpost Development Indie Outpost Nuremberg with CipSoft and Sluggerfly in May The Indie Outpost returns to Nuremberg on 6 May with talks by publisher and developer CipSoft and platformer dev Sluggerfly. The indie networking and learning event Indie Outpost in Nuremberg, Franconia, returns on 6 May 2024 on 18:00 o’clock at the Künstlerhaus, KunstKulturQuartier. This time, two corportains will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© btf Games Development btf Launches Dino Dino Today btf Games, developers of Trüberbrook and Constance, are launching their kid-friendly learning game Dino Dino: Playful Paleontology later today on PC and mobile. Cologne and Berlin based btf Games, German Computer Game Award winners für Trüberbrook, have announced the launch for their new game Dino Dino: Playful Paleontology later today By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Impressions from earlier gamecamps in Munich. © Games/Bavaria / Festeschmiederey Events GameCamp Munich Returns 25 to 27 October 2024 For the seventeenth time, the GameCamp in Munich will return this October. Like last year, organiser team Festeschmiederey has teamed up with SAE Munich's newest campus for the event. Festival and event organiser Die Festeschmiederey has announced the date for the coming GameCamp in Munich. From 25 to By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Ostia-Spiele, Playing History Development Update: Playing History Crowdfunds "Friedrich Ebert" Successfully Together with Ostia-Spiele, twice DCP nominated Impact Game studio Playing History crowdfunded an analogue adaption of "Friedrich Ebert - The Road to Democracy" in under 24 hours. Additional stretch goals are still available. Update from April 5 2024: Within less than 2024 hours, "Friedrich Ebert - The By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Girls'Day Development German Game Studios Open Doors for Girls' Day 2024 German game studios Deck13, Kalypso, Well Done Games & Pixel Maniacs and Gameforge are inviting teens in for Girls' Day 2024 on April 25. Several universities with gaming relations are also participating in showing girls the games industry and its learning processes. For this year’s Girls’ Day on By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Giovanni (l.) and Davide Cocchiara at the notary, having founded their studio. © Benjamin Lochmann Development Italian Game Studio Abduct Media Founded in Nuremberg Today Davide Maria Emanuel Cocchiara and Giovanni Cocchiara have founded their indie studio Abduct Media in Nuremberg today. The brothers moved to Bavaria for funding opportunities, and indeed are funded with €20,000 by the FFF Bayern. The studio is moving into the Nuremberg co-working space of Benjamin Lochmann's By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
