The notary, Watcharid Nithisatienchai, Sumunthana Punthuchat and Benjamin Lochmann at the studio founding in Nuremberg on 24 April 2024. © Lochmann Development Nithisatienchai and Punthuchat Found Mimu in Nuremberg The inofficial indie capital of Franconia is growing: Thai couple Nithisatienchai and Punthuchat have founded their indie studio Mimu UG just now in Nuremberg with the administrational support of Pixel Maniacs founder Benjamin Lochmann. The 2D and animation support studio is on the lookout for investment offers. Centered around Pixel By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Dachverband Tanz Development Kreativ-Transfer Opens 2024 Call The Kreativ-Transfer organised by Dachverband Tanz has opened its applications for 2024. German indie studios can apply for the project to get funding for international networking travels and event visits. The current call for funding through the Kreativ-Tranfer programme organised by Dachverband Tanz and supported by the Federal By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The on-site coproduction training of 2023 with Project Manager Olympe Challot (bottom right). © SpielFabrique Development SpielFabrique's European Coproduction Takes Applicants Until 2 June The current edition of SpielFabrique's Match, formerly European Co-Production Market, is now taking applications. Developers can match up with studios from other countries to develop together, exchange expertise and profit from more than one country's funding infrastructure. The 2024 edition of SpielFabrique’s coproduction market By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Paintbucket Development The Darkes Files Kickstarter Breaches Fivefold Asking Price Berlin studio Paintbucket Games reached 50,001 euros in Kickstarter money for "The Darkest Files", making it a quintuple success. The additional money will go to handheld ports and new side missions. After 30 days of crowdfunding, the Kickstarter campaign for historical Noir thriller The Darkest Files has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
UK Minister of Culture Lucy Frazer currently heads the UK Games Fund. © Lucy Frazer Development UK Games Fund has Put £3m Into Emerging Studios Within the initiative to further fund the creative industries until 2030, the UK Department of Culture under MP Lucy Frazer has funded 22 games start-ups with 3 million Pounds overall. A further two million Pounds are still available for emerging devs in the structure of the UK Games Fund. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
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
