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Bavaria Finances Its Own Games Location Study — (from left) Annette Kümmel, Managing Director of Medien.Bayern GmbH; Felix Locke, Member of the Bavarian Parliament; Dr. Fabian Mehring, Member of the Bavarian Parliament, Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs; Robin Rottmann, Team Lead Games/Bavaria

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Bavaria Finances Its Own Games Location Study

Bavarian Digital Minister Mehring is awarding 42,000 euros additional funding to Games/Bavaria for a game location study about the state, as basis for coming funding strategies. Results are expected in 2026. The study will be outsourced to Goldmedia.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Envision Entertainment and kr3m. media Receive Federal Funding — Pioneers of Pagonia; Envision Entertainment

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Envision Entertainment and kr3m. media Receive Federal Funding

Envision Entertainment has received two federal funding grants totalling almost €700,000 for Pioneers of Pagonia DLCs. kr3m. media has also been awarded over €200,000 in funding.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

MDM Funds Nine Games and XR Projects with €619,000

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MDM Funds Nine Games and XR Projects with €619,000

Almost half of the budget approved for new media at the current funding meeting is going to one project. Nevertheless, nine studios and producers of games and XR projects can look forward to receiving funding from the MDM.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Tiny Roar Received €201,365 of Federal Funding — Almost the entire Tiny Roar team; Photo credit: Tiny Roar (archive picture)

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Tiny Roar Received €201,365 of Federal Funding

The Hamburg-based studio Tiny Roar has received €201,365 in funding from the Federal Government's Games Funding Programme for "TR4 Prototype: A Coming-of-Age Story in a Green Post-Apocalypse".

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Open Call For R42 Games Accelerator 2026 Started

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Open Call For R42 Games Accelerator 2026 Started

Founders have until November 30 to apply for the R42 Games Accelerator 2026. Mentoring and workshops are on offer, as well as the opportunity to use the R42 ecosystem and infrastructure.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Tunermaxx, Litejoy, Bitfall and Edurino Received Funding From the BMWE — Katherina Reiche, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung

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Tunermaxx, Litejoy, Bitfall and Edurino Received Funding From the BMWE

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) is funding several German games projects. Grants will go to Tunermaxx Media from Berlin, Litejoy Games from Berlin, Bitfall Studios from Petersberg, and Edurino from Munich.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Games Bavaria Munich Welcomes the Increase in Funding for Games — Benjamin Zuckerer, Chairman of Games Bavaria Munich e.V. © CipSoft

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Games Bavaria Munich Welcomes the Increase in Funding for Games

Games Bavaria Munich e.V. is grateful to the Bavarian government for its clear commitment to the games industry. Doubling funding for games would stimulate growth and innovation at Bavarian studios. Games Bavaria Munich e.V. welcomes the recent announcement of an increase in funding for the Bavarian games industry,

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Bippinbits Receives €335.098 in Funding From the BMWE — Archive image: René Habermann, founder of Bippinbits, presenting Dome Keeper. © GamesMarkt PW

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Bippinbits Receives €335.098 in Funding From the BMWE

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) is funding Tristram by Bippinbits with €335.098. This game pays homage to classic dungeon-crawling adventures. Another German gaming project has received direct funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE). Bippinbits from Radeberg in Saxony has

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Studio Seufz Receives €259,421 in Funding From the BMWE — Lucky Tower Ultimate © Studio Seufz & AMC

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Studio Seufz Receives €259,421 in Funding From the BMWE

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) is funding Lucky Tower Ultimate: Beyond the Tower (Working Title) by Studio Seufz with €259,421. Another German game project is receiving direct funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE). €259,421 goes to Studio Seufz Enterprises

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

games.nrw Commends New NRW Funding Guideline — Benedikt Grindel and Katharina Weiss, spokespeople for games.nrw. © games.nrw

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games.nrw Commends New NRW Funding Guideline

With the new funding guidelines in August, NRW became the first Federal state to change production funding from credit to a grant. Now, games.nrw is commending the decision as a "smart transitions to federal funding". The new funding guidelines for Federal state NRW had been announced by

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

New MBB Funding System is Committee Based — Helge Jürgens, MD of the New Media Funding, will always be part of the new media committee. © MBB

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New MBB Funding System is Committee Based

The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has announced its new funding system for movies and games. From now on, funding decisions will be held by a rotating committee. For games, experts on the committee include Daniel Budiman, Thomas Bedenk, Lena Gieseke, Binh Minh Herbst and more industry veterans from the capital region.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Zurich Movie Foundation Starts Games Funding — Oliver Miescher (left) will head the programme, Stefan Schmidlin joins the foundation's board of trustees. © Miescher; Schmidlin

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Zurich Movie Foundation Starts Games Funding

4.5 million Francs over the next three years: In a timed experiment, the Swiss canton Zurich is now funding games and XR projects in the categories Prototype and Production through Zürcher Filmstiftung. For the first time ever, the Zurich Movie Foundation (Zürcher Filmstiftung) has started a games funding programme.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read