The Xperion in Hamburg is one of three dedicated gaming event and sales areas from MediaMarktSaturn to date © MediaMarktSaturn Business TakeTV, MediaMarktSaturn and Beans Organise Games Side Event at OMR On the day before the start of the OMR Festival in Hamburg, Level Up! will take place at Xperion as an official side event. It is organised by MediaMarktSaturn, TakeTV, and Beans Entertainment. The OMR Festival – OMR stands for Online Marketing Rockstars – is one of the must-attend events for the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© TIGS Business Tokyo Indie Games Summit Doubles Attendance to Over 23,000 With the Tokyo Indie Games Summit, another standout business event is emerging in Japan, where over 200 curated indie games were exhibited. An award was also presented for the first time. A few weeks after the third Tokyo Indie Games Summit (TIGS), organizer Phoenixx has now released the official figures By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Games London Business London Ranked Among Top 3 Global Games Hubs At the start of the London Games Festival, the organizers presented a new study conducted by Unscrambled and BOP on behalf of Games London. The study confirms that both the city and the festival have developed extremely well. However, the study's methodology raises some questions, as parts of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Polaris Convention 2024 © Hamburg Messe und Congress / Rolf Otzipka Business Polaris 2025 Continues to Grow and Expects 50,000 Visitors From 10 to 12 October, this year's Polaris will take place for the third time in Hamburg. The community convention is expanding into an additional hall at the Hamburg Messehallen and expects to significantly exceed last year's attendance of 40,000. The Polaris Community Convention in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
GDC will return to San Francisco from 9 to 13 March 2026 © GDC / Katelyn Tucker Photography Business GDC 2025 Wraps up With Nearly 30,000 Attendees Attendance at this year's GDC was about the same as last year. Organizers are pleased with the overall success of the event and the popularity of new additions such as the GDC Nights. The Game Developers Conference 2025 has come to a close after hosting nearly 30,000 By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The 2024 Nordic Game Awards winners © Nordic Game Business Nordic Game 2025 Spring With Greater German Presence In just under two months, Nordic Game 2025 Spring will take place in Malmö and the programme is taking shape. There will be a trio of Indiana Jones talks, Blizzard's Hazzikostas will be on stage, and the nominees for the NG Awards have been announced. The German presence By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Helge Jürgens (Managing Director Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg), Fernanda G. Pagani (CEO & Head of B2B Games Ground), Gianni Sommer (Gianni Sommer, Managing Director Nerdic and Co-Founder & CFO of Games Ground), Felix Falk (Managing Director of game - the German Games Industry Association) © Games Ground GmbH Business Games Ground 2025 Expands to Four Days Games Ground will return for its third edition in 2025. Following a successful event in 2024 with 4,500 attendees, the festival will expand to four days of gaming, networking and industry insights, taking place from 13 to 16 November 2025 at the Alte Münze in Berlin. Games Ground 2025 By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Team photo of the Gaming Zone organisers at CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart 2024 © BXDXO Business Gaming Zone at CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart 2025 Continues to Grow On 29 and 30 November 2025, CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart will open its doors for the ninth time. After the Gaming Zone was voted the most popular area in last year's visitor survey, the largest Gaming Zone of the pop culture convention is planned for 2025. For the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Photo of the GG Bavaria 2024, which took place at the smaller venue (Motorworld Munich) © Medien.Bayern GmbH // GG Bavaria | Anca Popovici Business "Gaming Gaudi" in Munich: The Programme of the GG Bavaria 2025 GG Bavaria 2025, which takes place on 29 and 30 March in Munich's Kleine Olympiahalle, celebrates digital gaming culture, indie games from over 30 studios, cosplay and nerd culture. The event also aims to raise awareness of career opportunities in the games industry. GG Bavaria sees itself as By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Games/Bavaria Business Robin Rottmann: GG Bavaria is Taking the Next Step The third GG Bavaria will take place in an even larger location and will offer a business day for the first time. In the interview, Robin Rottmann explains how and why the concept has been further developed and invites everyone to participate in the future development with ideas and feedback. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Stephan Reichart at the devcom Leadership Summit 2025 © game events Events devcom Leadership Summit: Prioritizing Quality Over Quantity Before heading to GDC, GamesMarkt spoke with Stephan Reichart, Managing Director of game events and organiser of devcom. The discussion covered the premiere of the devcom Leadership Summit, the unique insights and networking opportunities it provided, areas for improvement in 2026, and how the devcom Leadership Dinners are extending the By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© Ubisoft Events Assassin's Creed Shadows Launch Event at Xperion Hamburg Ubisoft and Xperion Hamburg are hosting a launch event to celebrate the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows on 20 March. In addition to the opportunity to play the game, there will be a varied supporting programme. Ubisoft and Xperion invite gaming enthusiasts and Assassin's Creed fans By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
