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Games Lift Incubator 2026 Applications Are Now Open — Games Lift Incubator © Gamecity Hamburg

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Games Lift Incubator 2026 Applications Are Now Open

Since 2020, Gamecity Hamburg, part of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, has provided €15,000 of financial support to studios and developers through the Games Lift Incubator. Developers, teams and studios can now apply for the 2026 round.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Five German Studios to Receive Federal Funding — Silberheim Evolving Card Game © Beyond Worlds

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G+ Five German Studios to Receive Federal Funding

Five studios have received funding from the German federal government's video game funding programme. These include Chimera Entertainment, Beyond Worlds, H.O.P.E., Xyrality and Triple Games.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

Hessen Serious Game Funding Call 2026 Now Open — Hesse's Minister for Economic Affairs, Kaweh Mansoori, is patron of the games funding program | Picture: Peter Jülich/HMWVW

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Hessen Serious Game Funding Call 2026 Now Open

The 2026 round for Hessen Serious Game, the funding program of Hesse Economic and Infrastructure Bank, is now open until 18 May. Concepts, prototypes/vertical slices and development can be funded, with two info sessions being offered in the next two weeks.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

MDM Funds Seven Game Studios in First 2026 Round — Phillipp Illmer of Level Labs is one of the recipients of the funding round for DrillScape. Level Labs had exhibited their game at the Indie Ground at caggtus Leipzig as part of their membership in the Press Start accelerator (GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner)

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MDM Funds Seven Game Studios in First 2026 Round

Seven studios receive games and transmedia funding from the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung now. Among them are several that exhibited at caggtus too, such as Level Labs, RotxBlau and the narrative company Narradiver.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Federal Funding Goes to Upjers — Upjers © Upjers

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G+ Federal Funding Goes to Upjers

Upjers has received funding from the German federal government's video game funding programme. The Bavarian company, which specialises in browser games & apps and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, was awarded over €600,000.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Medienboard is Awarding Nearly 1 Million Euros to 10 Games and XR Projects — Picture by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

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Medienboard is Awarding Nearly 1 Million Euros to 10 Games and XR Projects

At its second funding round of the year, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg awarded over €600,000 to seven games and a further €350,000 to three XR projects.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring Hands Over Funding Cheques — Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring with representatives of the funded studios in front of the Gamerei | Picture by GamesMarkt

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Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring Hands Over Funding Cheques

A few weeks after FFF Bayern published the funding decisions, Bavaria’s Minister for Digital Affairs, Fabian Mehring, presented the cheques to the grant recipients at the Gamerei in Munich.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Federal Funding Goes to Watershadow Games — Watershadow Games © Watershadow Games

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G+ Federal Funding Goes to Watershadow Games

Watershadow Games has been awarded funding from the federal government's video game funding programme. The Baden-Württemberg-based studio specialises in developing casual games for mobile platforms.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Applications Now Open For New £28.5 Million UK Games Fund — Ian Murray, Creative Industries Minister | Picture: House of Commons

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Applications Now Open For New £28.5 Million UK Games Fund

During the London Games Festival, the new UK Game Fund will be launched, distributing £28.5 million to British studios over the coming years. Funding will be provided across three categories, with grants of £20,000, £100,000 and £250,000.

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

Nordmedia Funds Five Games With Nearly €500,000 — Paws and Leaves - A Last Tale © grown arts

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Nordmedia Funds Five Games With Nearly €500,000

In the first funding round of 2026, the Nordmedia Funding Committee approved funding totalling around €3 million. A total of 45 projects in the fields of film, television, games and talent development received funding. Of this sum, €490,000 was allocated to five games projects.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Federal Funding Goes to Finitude, Sandbox Interactive and Shiny Dynamics — Kinstrife © Finitude & Hooded Horse

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G+ Federal Funding Goes to Finitude, Sandbox Interactive and Shiny Dynamics

Three more German game studios are set to receive funding from the federal government's video game funding programme. A total of almost three million euros will be awarded to Finitude, Sandbox Interactive, and Shiny Dynamics.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Berlin's Computerspielemuseum Will Remain at Its Current Location — Computerspielemuseum © Archive Picture

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Berlin's Computerspielemuseum Will Remain at Its Current Location

The state of Berlin currently has no financial leeway to integrate the Computerspielemuseum (Computer Game Museum) into the House of Games. Further funding for the Internationale Computerspielesammlung (ICS) also seems unlikely.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read