33% of EU Funded Games Reach Commercial Release The 2021-2027 mid-term report of Creative Europe Media shows that a third of EU-funded games reach a form of commercial release. The EU Commission also notes that games funding demand "largely exceeds current budget envelopes". By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Project Pinecone © Quality Time Studio Funding Nordmedia Is Providing Almost €150,000 of Funding for Four Games The nordmedia Award Committee approved around €4.2 million in funding for 2025 in the third funding round. A total of 52 projects received financial support, the majority of which went to film and TV productions. Almost €150,000 in funding has been allocated to four games projects. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Heike Raab and Verena Schmidt (from Left) | Picture by Staatskanzlei RLP/ Unger, Medienförderung RLP Business Rhineland-Palatinate Supports Six Game Projects With Almost €200,000 In its ninth funding period, Medienförderung RLP selected 30 projects for support, including six games. For the first time, these were reviewed and evaluated by its own jury. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Screenshot taken from the first DLC Commandos: Origins - Shadows over Crete © Kalypso Media Funding Claymore Game Studios and Playa Games Receive Federal Funding Two more German studios benefit from federal funding. Claymore Game Studios has received just over €360,000, while Playa Games got around €210,000. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
El Presidente (Tropico franchise) receives funding from the German government © Kalypso Media Business Gaming Minds, gameXcite, Paintbucket, and Ubisoft Receive Federal Funding Federal funding for games: Gaming Minds Studios in Gütersloh has received an impressive €1.26 million for the Tropico 7 Season Pass. Meanwhile, Paintbucket in Berlin is getting just over €250,000. Funding is also being provided for games projects from Ubisoft and gameXcite. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Picture: Melker Dahlstrand/Swedish Parliament Business Sweden: Cross-Party Working Group Presents Knowledge Report on Games A working group of the Swedish Parliament's Culture Committee has now presented a nearly 200-page knowledge report on games and board games. Among other things, the authors call for games to be recognized as a cultural sector and for a national strategy for the games industry to be developed. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Business FFF Bayern Funds Six XR Projects With a Total of €300,000 FFF Bayern's extended reality (XR) funding committee met yesterday and recommended six projects for funding totalling €300,000: four productions and two developments. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Boris Zander, founder and CEO of Seal.Games ©Seal Media Products Seal.Games Broadens Its Reach With Its First Steam Release Seal.Games, based in Kiel, has announced Ponchorado for Android, iOS and Steam. This is the company's first game to be released on Steam after 20 years of focusing on browser and mobile games. The game is also intended to mark a creative new direction for the company. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Walid Nakschbandi, Managing Director of zhe Film- and Medienstiftung NRW (Picture by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW) Products NRW Provides €1.67 Million in Funding for 25 Gaming Projects In the first funding decision meeting after the new funding guidelines came into effect, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW approved a total of 25 projects, including three for serious games and gamification projects. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Collage of games by Unikat Media © Unikat Media Business Unikat Media Receive Federal Funding With almost €150,000, Unikat Media has received funding from the German Federal Government's Games Funding Programme. This is the second grant that the Schwerin studio has received. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Bavaria's Minister for Digital Affairs, Dr Fabian Mehring © Andreas Gebert Business FFF Bavaria Funds Eight Game Projects With a Total of €240,000 The FFF Games Funding Committee met for the third time this year yesterday and decided to recommend eight projects for funding, totalling €240,000. Funding will be provided for one production, two prototype developments and five concept developments. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
shapez 2 © tobspr Games Funding LAB132 and tobspr Games Receive Federal Funding Two more German game studios are receiving federal funding. tobspr Games in Munich has been awarded €320,441 for shapez 2 - Puzzle DLC. LAB132, based in Heidelberg, has been awarded €273,090 for Bor. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
