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Uzbekistan Launches First Games Funding

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Uzbekistan Launches First Games Funding

The Uzbekistan Creative Association has launched the first games funding program of the country. It can provide capital in five stages, depending on proven game success, or assist with marketing and publishing.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Medienboard Gives €1,244mil to Games and XR Projects — Fuhon by Twinleaf Studios gets the biggest funding amount this round (Twinleaf)

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Medienboard Gives €1,244mil to Games and XR Projects

In the third funding round 2026, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg funds 11 games and 5 XR projects with 1,244 million euros.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Supercell Launches Developer Grants Programme For African Studios

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Supercell Launches Developer Grants Programme For African Studios

Following in Google’s footsteps, Supercell has now also announced a programme to support studios in Africa. In its first cohort, Supercell plans to provide grants of between 20,000 and 200,000 dollars to companies.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Google Launches Games Fund for African Indie Studios

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Google Launches Games Fund for African Indie Studios

For the first time, Google is launching the Google Play Indie Games Fund in Africa, a support programme for indie studios from Africa. In total, Google plans to invest $1 million in ten studios.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Good Gaming Support: Mick Prinz on Bleak Funding Situation — Mick Prinz is Project Lead of Good Gaming Support at the Amadeu Antonio Foundation (AAS)

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Good Gaming Support: Mick Prinz on Bleak Funding Situation

"The outlook for funding civil society projects is currently just as bleak as it is in the gaming industry"; Mick Prinz of Good Gaming Support talks us through the imminent closure of the project after Demokratie Leben! announced to cut its funding.

By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read

Creative Europe Media: Over 70% of Funded German Projects in Production or Completed — European Union, 2016, licensed under CC BY 4.0

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Creative Europe Media: Over 70% of Funded German Projects in Production or Completed

The Creative Europe Media Desk Germany has given a positive assessment of EU funding to date: most of the projects supported from Germany have already been completed or are currently being implemented. However, games account for less than 10 per cent of the projects.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Wiebke Wiesner Becomes New MD of MFG Baden-Württemberg — Wiebke Wiesner and State Secretary for the Arts Arne Braun (MFG).

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Wiebke Wiesner Becomes New MD of MFG Baden-Württemberg

Wiebke Wiesner has become the new managing director of Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG). She succeeded Carl Bergengruen on July 1, 2026.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Pro Helvetia Launches Next Funding Round for Swiss Game Developers — As well as the high-profile gamescom, Pro Helvetia supports the industry through various funding programmes, which are currently entering a new round (Picture: Pro Helvetia)

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Pro Helvetia Launches Next Funding Round for Swiss Game Developers

A new funding round for the Swiss Work Grants for game developers begins on 1 July. The She Got Game programme will also enter a new round from September.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Bavaria Reforms Games Funding: More Money, Better Professionalisation — Bavarian Digital Minister Mehring (center front) is the patron of the games funding in the state (GamesMarket)

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Bavaria Reforms Games Funding: More Money, Better Professionalisation

Concepts up to 40,000€, prototypes up to 350,000€, lesser equity share, and immediate follow-up funding for projects that are so successful they can pay back their grant: Bavaria's new funding guidelines are a net positive for the games industry.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Good Gaming Support Loses 'Demokratie Leben!' Funding, Will Be Discontinued — At the game summer party, Minister Prien was currying favor with the games industry for the funding restructure (GamesMarket, Stephan Steininger)

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Good Gaming Support Loses 'Demokratie Leben!' Funding, Will Be Discontinued

The Family Ministry has confirmed that Good Gaming Support by Amadeu Antonio Foundation, only started this May, will lose its funding. This rings bitter, after Karin Prien had declared how 'Demokratie Leben!' would now include more gaming at the game Summer Party.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Aesir Partner NightinGames Receives Federal Funding For Its Own Project

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Aesir Partner NightinGames Receives Federal Funding For Its Own Project

With nearly 150,000 euros in funding from the federal government, the Bayreuth-based indie team NightinGames can now work on the Exsomnis: Fires of Vesuvius project. Shortly before this, the serious games studio ProLog had also been awarded a grant of over 800,000 euros.

By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read

FFF 30th Anniversary: Over 30 Million Euros for Games — FFF Bayern has long hosted its own political receptions, like here in 2024, with MD Dorothee Erpenstein (second from left) and Bavaria’s Minister of Media, Dr. Florian Herrmann (right) (FFF)

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FFF 30th Anniversary: Over 30 Million Euros for Games

FilmFernsehFonds Bayern is celebrating 30 years of existence right now. In its time, the state funding agency has given out over 30 million euros for games and XR experiences.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read