Gamecity Hamburg showcases eight indie games from Hamburg at Polaris 2025 © Gamecity Hamburg Events Gamecity Hamburg Showcases Eight Indie Games From Hamburg at Polaris 2025 Gamecity Hamburg will present eight indie games at the joint Gamecity Hamburg stand at the Polaris Convention, giving the studios the opportunity to showcase their projects free of charge through the 'Road to Polaris' programme. The next Polaris Convention will take place in Hamburg from 10 to 12 By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© ExP Campus ExP Returns with HFF München Expert Talks and Pretzels returns in a new venue, with the CreatiF Center of HFF München. On 8 October Musfira Naqvi of Siemens and Marcel-André Casasola-Greiner of Jumpy Bit will speak in front of and using the big cinema screen. Expert Talks and Pretzels (ExP), the Munich talk format organised By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© PlayBern Business PlayBern Festival 2025 Brings Game Music Into the Spotlight The 7. PlayBern Festival from 31 October to 2 November features game music as a spotlight topic. Apart from game concerts and composers on stage, accessibility in music takes center stage. Research collective CH Ludens will also be part of the program. From 31 October to 2 November, the PlayBern By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© DevGamm Business DevGamm Lisbon’s Full Speaker Lineup Now Online DevGamm Lisbon 2025 has revealed their full speaker lineup and programme. Apart from 50 speakers on the stage and 80 games on the showcase floor, a Steam event, Public Pitch and Award show will be held. The full lineup for DevGamm Lisbon 2025 is now online. The conference had already By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Gamecity Hamburg Business Gamecity Hamburg Celebrates FLINTA* Games Meetup Mentoring Dinner On 23 September, Gamecity Hamburg marked the two-year anniversary of their FLINTA* meetup with a mentoring dinner. Experts from throughout the industry were matched with mentees in a relaxed setting. On September 23, 2025, Gamecity Hamburg celebrated two years of the FLINTA* Games Meetup with its first-ever FLINTA Games Mentoring By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Polaris Convention 2024 © Hamburg Messe und Congress/Rolf Otzipka Business Polaris Convention 2025 Features Around 30 Games and Charles Cecil Around 30 games will be available to play at the fourth Polaris Convention in Hamburg. Bandai Namco and Envision Entertainment have confirmed their participation, as has Charles Cecil. The Polaris Convention is being held for the fourth time, from 10 to 12 October, at the Hamburg Messe. According to the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© DevGamm Events DevGamm Lisbon 2025 Reveals Speaker Lineup From Sandfall to Ubisoft, from Sony to 11 bit studios: DevGamm Lisbon 2025 has revealed their speaker lineup with prolific industry experts such as Paola Velasquez, Raphaël Joffres, Gabriela Siemienkowicz and Nikola Stoyanov. The Portugal event will take place from 6-7 November. The speaker lineup for DevGamm Lisbon, taking place By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Gamecity Hamburg/Nerdic; Wikimedia/Bullenwächter Business Nerdic and Gamecity Hamburg Start Pixels & Popcorn Nerdic and Gamecity Hamburg cooperate on Pixels & Popcorn, bringing three Hamburg games into a cinema. The event will take place on 20 October and be moderated by Dom Schott. KinoGames, the cinema & gaming series of Nerdic, has gotten a new child: With Pixels & Popcorn, Nerdic and Gamecity By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
London Games Festival 2026 © Games London Business Dates Set for Expanded London Games Festival in 2026 The London Games Festival 2026 will be returning from 13 to 19 April 2026, and it's set to be the biggest edition yet. The Games Finance Market expands with new strands, while New Game Plus levels up with a move to a larger venue. London Games Festival will By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Falko Löffler, one of the speakers at InErGa 2025 © Maria Manneck (Adventure-Treff), Narranauten Business New Leipzig Event InErGa Connects Narrative Experts Last weekend's first InErGa in Leipzig marked the emergence of a new conference for narration experts in games. The event by Narranauten at MacroMedia gathered game writers and narrative designers for a day of talks, workshops and networking. With the debut of the new narrative design conference InErGa By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
DreamHack Birmingham © ESL Faceit Group Esports DreamHack Birmingham Debuts, ESL One Birmingham Returns DreamHack and ESL One are coming to Birmingham, UK, in March 2026. DreamHack Birmingham will be the first ever festival held on UK soil in its 20+ year history. Meanwhile, ESL One returns to the UK for its fourth event, offering a prize pool of $1M. Two gaming and esports By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Gaming Area @ MAG-C © James Jeremy Beckers Business Yu-Gi-Oh!, Anime Rave and more at MAG-C 2026 From 31 January to 1 February, MAG-C will take place at the exhibition grounds in Erfurt. The event will focus on anime, manga, cosplay and gaming. Konami will be attending for the first time with the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. Konami will be participating in MAG-C for the first time By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
