New MD Walid Nakschbandi has led his first funding round. © Film- und Medienstiftung NRW / Hojabr Riahi Development NRW Funds Seven Games With €1,03m In its first funding round under new MD Walid Nakschbandi, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports seven games with 1,03 million euros total. All four prototypes present have been funded in earlier stages as well. One of the studios is Critical Rabbit, four-time DCP nominee at tomorrow' By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Development Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive Returns With Increased Budget Until 18 June, Canadian and Berlin-Brandenburgian media producers can apply for the Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Canada Media Fund. This year, the budget is 375,000 euros total. Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Canada Media Fund (CMF) are continuing their joint Canada Germany By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
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 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- 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 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, 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 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 Road By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
