© 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
Bisalina Speedruns 2024 © Bisalina Business Bisalina Speedruns 2025 Will Be Bigger in Every Respect The charity event "Bisalina Speedruns" is taking place on 22 November 2025 at SK Gaming in Cologne. Creators from across Germany will collect donations for Amnesty International. For the first time, the event will be broadcast on German pay TV via eSportsONE, as well as on over 30 By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 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
Games Ground Berlin 2025 © Games Ground Business Games Ground Berlin 2025 Expects Significantly More Guests, Exhibition Nearly Sold Out Games Ground Berlin is back for its third edition, and it's set to be the biggest one yet. More than 8,000 guests are expected, and the exhibition is almost sold out. From 13 to 16 November 2025, Games Ground Berlin will take place at the Alte Münze. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2025 Business Tickets for German Developer Award 2025 Now Available The ticketshop for the 2025 German Developer Award is now open. The show takes place on 2 December at Gürzenich in Cologne. On 2 December 2025, this year’s Deutscher Computerspielpreis (German Developer Award, DEP) will once again take place at the Gürzenich in Cologne. Tickets for the events can By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© VIECC events Indie Game Submissions for Vienna Comic Con Open Until 20 October The indie area at Vienna Comic Con, organised by Hamburg company Super Crowd, is accepting submissions until 20 October 2025. Games can also be submitted if the studio is not on-site at the conference. Vienna Comic Con will take place 22 and 23 November 2025 at Messe Wien expo center. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
