Pictures by Chris Dreyer (Left), Fabian Arens (both in the Middle), Laura Scholzen (Right) Business Play! Con Confirms 5th Edition in November 2026 Next year, Play! Con 2026 will take place on November 7 and 8 at Messepark Trier. The organizer is planning further growth for the fifth edition. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business Nordic Games Conference Confirms First Speakers for 2026 Nordic Game has revealed the first details about its 2026 conference. It will take place from May 26 to 29 at Slagthuset in Malmö. Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, Eugene Evans, Christian Fonnesbech, and many more have already been confirmed as speakers. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Third-party event "4 is a Party" on Steam © Daedalic Entertainment Products Daedalic Entertainment Brings Back "4 is a Party" on Steam For the second time, publisher Daedalic Entertainment is organising the third-party Steam event “4 is a Party”, which focuses on cooperative games. Other major publishers participating include Devolver, Team17, Nacon, Nuggets, rokaplay and Assemble. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
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
