Games Ground Berlin 2023 © Games Ground Berlin Business The Key Points of Games Ground Berlin 2024 From 14 to 16 November 2024, Berlin's Alte Münze will be transformed into a games hub, bringing together industry experts, developers and gaming fans. The key points of the Games Ground Berlin 2024 programme have been set. This year's Games Ground will bring together industry experts, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Spiel Essen 2024 Business Spiel Essen has Sold Out for the First Time in 2024 This year's board game fair Spiel Essen has broken a double record: it was the largest Spiel ever in terms of square meters, and it also sold out all tickets for the first time in the fair's history, bringing in 204,000 people on four days. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Zurich Pop COn Business Zurich Pop Con & Game Show Reaches Visitor Record With 43,500 visitors, the Zurich Pop Con & Game Show has peaked over its predecessor year. Important stations were Nintendo's exclusive gaming booth and star appearances, such as those connected to Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine 2. Seven halls full of 450 exhibitors brought a record of By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Impressions from Play 2023. © Bente Stachowske Business Play Festival Looking for Speakers, Award Nominees Now Online Until 13 October, the Play - Creative Gaming Festival in Hamburg is looking for speakers on the Topic "You got the Power". The award nominees for the festival from 11 to 16 November are also online now: Oddada by Sven Ahlgrimm & Mathilde Hoffmann from Germany and A Webbing By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
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 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 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
