Sabine Deutscher, Member of the Executive Board of AOK Rheinland/Hamburg. © AOK Rheinland/Hamburg Esports AOK Rheinland/Hamburg goes FIBO esports The health insurer AOK Rheinland/Hamburg will be part of health fair FIBO from 11 to 14 April in Cologne with an esports booth. Athletes from Fortuna Düsseldorf Gaming and Borussia Mönchengladbach E-Sports are expected. The health insurance company AOK Rheinland/Hamburg will be present with an esports booth By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The teams from Common Colors, One More Cup Studios and Turtle Knight Games were represented with their games at the joint Hessian stand in 2023. © HessenAgentur Events Hesse Sends Five Indie Devs to Gamescom 2024 With five exhibition booths at Indie Arena Booth, the central German state of Hesse builds on its premiere from last year and sends indie studios from the region to gamescom 2024. Deadline for nominations is 21 April. Economics Minister Kaweh Mansoori emphasises the success of last year's experiment. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Government Commissioner for the Cultural and Creative Industries. © BMWK Esports Esports Industry Dialogue Takes Place Today The Esports Industry Dialogue takes place today at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. There, 50 experts will discuss the current challenges and opportunities for Germany. For the ministry, esports is an important point for Germany as a games location. The Esports Industry Dialogue is taking place By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Leipziger Messe/Niclas Schmidt Business Leipzig Pleased With Second Successful Caggtus With 17,300 visitors, the second Caggtus significantly exceeded last year's success. The reach on Twitch also increased significantly, and a date for 2025 has already been confirmed. Leipzig is and remains a good place for gaming. According to the Leipziger Messe (Leipzig Trade Fair), a total of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Impressions from earlier gamecamps in Munich. © Games/Bavaria / Festeschmiederey Events GameCamp Munich Returns 25 to 27 October 2024 For the seventeenth time, the GameCamp in Munich will return this October. Like last year, organiser team Festeschmiederey has teamed up with SAE Munich's newest campus for the event. Festival and event organiser Die Festeschmiederey has announced the date for the coming GameCamp in Munich. From 25 to By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Stefan Marcinek, founder and CEO of Assemble Entertainment © Assemble Entertainment Events Stefan Marcinek Teases This Years GermanDevDays for August It's not really an announcement yet, but Assemble Entertainment CEO Stefan Marcinek has given a first preview of this year's GermanDevDays on social media. The event will no longer take place in June, but in August. The choice of date is interesting because it is closer By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The Digital Campus Zollverein will focus on "Gaming in Employer Branding" from 8 to 12 April. © Digital Campus Zollverein Esports "Gaming in Employer Branding | 120h" at the Digital Campus Zollverein The role of gaming and gamification in employer branding will be explored from a scientific, business and political perspective on 8 and 9 April at the Digital Campus Zollverein in Essen. The event "Gaming in Employer Branding | Schulterblick" on Monday, 8 April 2024 and Tuesday, 9 April 2024 By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Photo of Media For You 2023. © Start Into Media Events Career Fair Media for You Comes to Nuremberg for the First Time Start Into Media invites pupils and students to visit the career fair Media For You Nuremberg on 26 April 2024, where they will have the opportunity to make contact with over 30 media companies and educational institutions. One of the seven topics will be games. The career fair Media For By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Symbolic image © Luis Quintero/Pexels Esports Two Esports Research Conferences Announced for October October in Europe will be dominated by esports and gaming research: while the Esports Research Network will hold this year's interdisciplinary conference in London at the end of October, researchers will gather in Berlin in mid-October for the second Gaming & Esports Summit, which will focus more By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
"Echoes of the Waves" left and "Lucky Tower Ultimate" represent Switzerland and Germany respectively at the London Games Festival. © Oneira Games / Studio Seufz Events London Games Festival showcases Studio Seufz and Oneira Games Two games from GSA are part of the upcoming London Games Festival showcase on-site and on Steam in April: "Lucky Tower Ultimate" by Studio Seufz from Stuttgart, Germany and "Echo of the Waves" by Oneira Games from Geneva, Switzerland. To the B2B gathering Games Finance By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
"Venbas" devs Visai Games from Canada wins big at IGF and GDC awards. © GDC Business "Venba" Wins Big at IGF Awards 2024, Bonte Avond and thecatamites Bring Gold to Europe Winner of the evening at this year's Independent Games Festival Awards was Visai Games with "Venba", but with Bonte Avond, thecatamites and other innovative and experimental indie game developers, a lot of great titles were lauded at yesterday's ceremony. This year’s Independent Games By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Yoko Shimomura received the award for the musical work of a lifetime. © GDC Business Yoko Shimomura wins Lifetime Achievement, Fawzi Mesmar Ambassador Award at GDC While Larian came on stage for four "Baldur's Gate 3" trophies at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2024, among them Game of the Year, two industry people were awarded prices for their work: Japanese composer Yoko Shimomura won Lifetime Achievement, Fawzi Mesmar of Ubisoft the Ambassador By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
