Polaris Convention 2023 © Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH / Rolf Otzipka Business Capcom, Nintendo and Bandai Namco to Exhibit at Polaris Convention Polaris, Germany's second-largest gaming convention, has announced its line-up of gaming exhibitors. The list includes Capcom with Monster Hunter Wilds and Nintendo, while Bandai Namco Entertainment will be making its debut at the Hamburg event. There will also be an indie games section and a retro games exhibition. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
700 visitors attended the first iteration of NerdiCon. © Nerdic GmbH Business First NerdiCon Defies Schedule Chaos with Solid Visitor Numbers The first NerdiCon in Leipzig had its share of challenges before it began, with a sudden venue change and a very spontaneous schedule announcement. Nevertheless, over 700 people attended the first event, with 160 showing up to the adjunct conference format at the MacroMedia. The NerdiCon event took place in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Paladin Charity Events Paladin Charity Team Starts Off With New Donation Stream for Deepwave The new German charity network Paladin Charity by Manasoup, organised with partners from Gamesground, Games Academy and several gamedev studios, starts of with a charity stream for maritime conservation group Deepwave on 5 October. The indie gamedev network Manasoup Network from Germany has presented a new charity programme together with By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Kind of Art Business Kind of Art Copenhagen Connects Animation, Game Art & VFX From 25-26 October at the Palads Theater in Copenhagen, the second edition of Kind of Art brings experts from Animation, Game Art and VFX together. The event consists of talks and panels, demonstrations of new technology, networking, portfolio reviews and more. The games industry is especially strongly represented in the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Square Enix Business Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour Fills Olympiahalle Munich The official Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour by Square Enix had one stop in Germany, at Olympiahalle in Munich on 14 September. Over 4,000 people attended the concert. The only German stop of the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour has taken place on 14 September By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© DevGamm Business First Big Batch of DevGamm Lisbon Speakers Revealed After the reveal of John Romero as headliner of DevGamm Lisbon 2025, more speakers have been set. Among them are Guido Schmidt, Director of Design Rovio, Lorna Power, Head of Community Massive Monster, Arno Schmitz, Technical Art Director Guerrilla and more. DevGamm Lisbon has announced a batch of new speakers, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Twitch Business Twitch Drops Dates for TwitchCons 2025 in Europe and North America Then in its tenth year, the TwitchCon will take place from 31 May to 1 June in Rotterdam and from 17 to 19 October in San Diego. At today's opening keynote of TwitchCon NA 2024, CEO Dan Clancy shared details about the coming updates to several systems. At By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Gamevasion powered by DreamHack to debut in Hannover in December 2024. © Freaks 4U Gaming Business Update: Gamevasion Starts Ticket Sales From 5 to 8 December 2024, Gamevasion powered by DreamHack will make its debut in Hannover (Germany). This new gaming festival, organised by Freaks 4U Gaming, will replace the previous DreamHack event. It includes a BYOC LAN event and an Expo. Ticket sales have now started. The new festival Gamevasion By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© DevGamm Business DevGamm Lisbon Award Registrations Looking for Games The DevGamm Awards are open for game registrations until 30 September. Teams under 50 people are eligible to be nominated for cash prizes of 100,000 dollars in total. The ceremony will be held on 15 November in Cascais, near Lisbon in Portugal. Up until 30 September, developers can still By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The caggtus 2024. © niclass.de Business caggtus 2025: Exhibitor Registration Begins in October, Product Sales at Booths Now Possible The exhibitor registration for caggtus 2025 in Leipzig begins mid-October. For the first time, regular exhibitors are also allowed to sell their own products directly at the booths. From 11 to 13 April 2025, the third iteration of caggtus Leipzig comes back. Now, the date for the coming exhibitor registration By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nintendo is no stranger to the Zurich Pop Con - as seen here in 2021. © Zurich Pop Con / Nintendo Business Nintendo Opens Pop-Up Store at Zurich Pop Con & Game Show 2024 Only the second official Nintendo event pop-up store in Europe: The Zurich Pop Con & Game Show has hooked a big one. The Nintendo presence will bring otherwise Japan-exclusive merchandise to the Swiss game festival on 5 and 6 October. The organisers of the Zurich Pop Con & Game Show By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nerdic Business Organisers Finalise NERDICon LE Programme Business talks for trade visitors, tournaments and quiz shows for consumers - the programme for the first NERDICon in Leipzig is being finalised. One of the highlights will be the 'FuckUp Night', where industry professionals will talk about their personal failures and lessons learned. From 19 to 21 By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
