Picture: Game Events Business Devcom's Rebranding in Gamescom Dev is Officially Completed In August, the organizers announced that the developer conference devcom would be renamed gamescom dev. Now the transformation is complete. The first event under the new name, the gamescom dev leadership summit, will take place in February. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Dutch Game Association Sokpop's Grunn is Dutch Game of the Year 2025 The only double winner of the evening, Sokpop Collective took home the Dutch Game Award 2025 for Best Game and Best Game Design from the Dutch Games Association. The award also honoured attorney René Otto and Engine Software's Ivo Wubbels, among others. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
All DEP winners of 2025 (GamesMarkt) People DEP: Tiny Bookshop is the German Game of the Year 2025 The German Developer Award night belongs to Neoludic Games from Cologne and their Tiny Bookshop, which takes home a hat-trick including the Best German Game award. Stray Fawn from Zurich and Paintbucket from Berlin get two awards, and the FemDevsMeetup receives special honours. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
The crew of 2024's Friendly Fire X at R42 (eosAndy) Events Friendly Fire XI Returns to Leipzig Like last year, the Friendly Fire charity stream will be hosted at the R42 Gaming Hub in Leipzig. The event will take place on 6 December 2025. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Freyja Melhorn, Project Lead of the Gaming Zone at CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart. Events How BXDXO is Bringing a Gaming Zone to CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart Gaming agency BXDXO is bringing a Gaming Zone to CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart for the third year in a row. We spoke to Project Lead Freyja Melhorn about the event's drive for gaming, the way to bring a gaming area to a comic convention and more. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Business Bisalina Speedruns Raises €16k, Breaking Annual Record More than 16,000 euros for Amnesty International in one evening: The Bisalina Speedruns event on 22 November has raised more than the full event series collected over the course of 2024. Now organiser Lucina Hum is poised for the future. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Caggtus 2025 (Leipziger Messe | Niclas Schmidt) Business Caggtus Increases Number of LAN Seats and Expands Massively in Terms of Space Six months before the event, the organizers of Caggtus report initial, very positive results. The 2,360 available seats at the LAN are almost sold out, and the exhibition space is growing by almost a quarter. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
GodotFest 2025 took place in Smartvillage Bogenhausen in Munich (GodotFest) Events GodotFest Munich Returns November 2026 The next GodotFest in Munich will come: It is planned for November 2026, the organisers of GameDev Events Munich have revealed to GamesMarkt. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The winners of the GamesPreis 2025 at GamesFestival (CSA) Products GamesPreis 2026 Opens Submissions The GamesPreis by ComputerSpielAkademie is looking for submissions from January onward. Youth under 18 years and young gamers from 19-26 years will be able to submit their projects for cash prizes until mid-February. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
From left to right: Kerryn Frean (Fireshine Games), Tomoe Haga (Shochiku Games), Mia Schulz (4bpm), Jan Halwe (ByteRockers), Matthias Riemensperger (4bpm), Felina Westrich (4bpm), Jörn Friedrichs (Rhenus Vina Musica), Raphael Sindermann (LEVEL BLUE), Zemre Aslan Tüver (Dobiq Games), Bjørn Zenker (CHILIPIXEL), Nandita Wegehaupt (Stiftung Digitale Spiele Kultur), Thomas Heidtmann (Stiftung Digitale Spiele Kultur) after the Pitch Competition (Tobias Lindner for Press Start) 4bpm Wins Press Start Pitch Competition at Games Ground Hesse indie studio 4bpm has won the Press Start pitch competition at Games Ground Berlin 2025. The team had also been featured at the Hesse political reception on this year's gamescom. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
HoYoFair Fan Concerts; © HoYoFair Events Three HoYoFair Fan Concerts in Europe in 2026 Three HoYoFair Fan Concerts will take place in Europe in 2026. These events will deliver an audiovisual experience spanning multiple titles, including Honkai: Star Rail and Genshin Impact. HoYoFair showcases a collection of fan works inspired by HoYoverse IPs. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
From left: Organiser Wolfgang Obermeier, the four finalists with winner Guilherme Guedes holding the glass award, and head judge Michael Schöttke after the event (cEDH European Championship) People Guilherme Guedes Wins cEDH European Championship in Munich Portuguese Guilherme Guedes is European Champion in the Magic: The Gathering cEDH sub-format of Commander. The tournament, conceived by volunteers from all over the continent and this year held in Munich, took place this weekend. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
