© A Maze. Business A Maze. Fest Expands to Sheffield, UK From Berlin to Sheffield: With a new UK event, the A Maze. Festival expands its avantgarde, artistic gaming sphere in Europe. The "slice of Berlin media and club culture" will be held on 2 August and produced in collaboration with a range of UK collectives and companies, among By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Fantasy Basel Business Fantasy Basel Presents Itself With Record Attendance A total of 88,000 visitors from Switzerland and neighbouring countries attended Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2024. Content creators and publishers such as Bethesda, Nintendo and Niantic were on hand for gamers. A special highlight of the tenth Fantasy Basel - The Swiss By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Jann Baskett, Co-President and Chief Brand Officer © SXSW Business SXSW is coming to London in 2025 The international industry gathering SXSW is planning a London edition for next year. After the cancelled plans for Berlin, the festival is now making its way to Europe after all. SXSW is coming to London in 2025 The international industry gathering SXSW is planning a London edition for next year. By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
Hideo Kojima onstage at Nordic Game 2016, giving a first look at Death Stranding. © Nordic Game Business More Than 150 Speakers Confirmed at NG24 Spring In two weeks, NG24 Spring will take place in Malmö. The conference programme is starting to fill up, with more than 150 speakers already confirmed. They will be discussing specific topics in two-person conversations, and speaking on panels about current gaming issues such as venture funding or growing consumer By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Wurden beide mehrfach nominiert: Harold Halibut von Slow Bros. (l.) und Sibel's Journey von Food for Thought Media © Slow Bros. / Food For Thought Media Business German devs make it onto the BIG Festival shortlist several times With Harold Halibut and Sibel's Journey, two German productions have made it onto the shortlist of the BIG Festival at gamescom latam several times. But in addition to Slow Bros. and Food for Thought Media, Daedalic, Risa Interactive, Crumbling Games, Turtle Knight Games/Cobratekku Games and skaule games By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© SoundTrack_Cologne Events SoundTrack_Cologne Welcomes Grammy Winners in the Games Section One single day track will once again be dedicated to games at the 21st edition of SoundTrack_Cologne. Even if gaming is only a marginal topic, the line-up is all the better. Alongside Tom Salta and Petri Alanko, Helge Borgarts was able to inspire Grammy winners Stephen Barton and By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Games Ground Business Games Ground Berlin Shares First Look at Programme and Tickets Games Ground Berlin has revealed its schedule structure as well as the two ticket categories that will be sold from 1 May onward. On 1 May, the ticket sales period for Games Ground Berlin this November will commence. The starting period will consist of a limited stock sale that includes By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Assemble / Marcinek Business GermanDevDays Open Registration, Looking for Speakers The GermanDevDays 2024 on 7 and 8 August are now open for ticket buyers, learners and teaching staff, the latter two being eligible for free tickets. The conference is also looking for speakers until 20 May. Registrations for this year’s GermanDevDays (GDD) from 7 to 8 August in Frankfurt By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nordish Gaming Convention at Husum fair. © Messe Husum & Congress Esports Husum Fair Joins Esports Association Schleswig-Holstein in Time for Nordish Gaming Convention A month before the Nordish Gaming Convention starts there, Messe Husum & Congress joins the E-Sport-Verband Schleswig-Holstein. Both are reinforcing the esports structure of the German North this way - not entirely without thinking about the problems in Federal level politics. In advance of the Nordish Gaming Convention By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
"Be A Hero" Gaming Zone returns 2024. © BXDXO Business CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart 2024 Returns With "Be A Hero" Gaming Zone On 30 November and 1 December, CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart will once again open its doors to fans of modern pop culture. After its successful launch last year, the Gaming Zone will once again be part of the core programme in 2024. After its premiere, the Gaming Zone returns to By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
All Winners of the German Computer Game Awards 2024. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business DCP: All Winners of the German Computer Game Awards 2024 Everspace 2 is the winner of the grand prize at the German Computer Game Awards, also known as Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP). Pixel Maniacs from Nuremberg named Best Studio. The most prizes were awarded to Ad Infinitum by Hekate. The German Computer Game Awards (DCP) 2024 were presented on 18 April By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring spoke at the DCP warm-up hosted by FFF Bayern. The 15th anniversary of Bavarian games funding was also celebrated. © GamesMarkt Business FFF Bayern Supported 329 Games With 21,720,997 Euros During the warm-up for tomorrow's German Computer Game Award, FFF Bayern also celebrated the 15th anniversary of games funding in the state of Bavaria. In addition to astonishing figures from Managing Director Dorothee Erpenstein, there were also congratulations from the Bavarian Digital Minister, who was in attendance. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
