Amanda Förtsch is transferring from Hamburg to Berlin. © Gamecity Hamburg / Oliver Reetz Business Amanda Förtsch joins Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Since 2022, Amanda Förtsch had been an invaluable asset to Hamburg's funding agency Gamecity Hamburg. Now she changes to the capital region: As Funding Officer for Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, starting today. When Amanda Förtsch became Project Manager at Gamecity Hamburg in 2022, she came from Super Crowd Entertainment, another By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© MDM/Firmen Development MDM Approves Funding for Three Games and two XR Projects The Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) has approved a total of 335,000 euros for the Games & XR segment in the second funding session of the year. 250,000 of this will go to the games from Inclusive Gaming, PandaBee Studios and Bippinbits. In the second funding session of the year, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection has initiated a dialogue on the further development of games funding with its own key points. The federal states have now submitted their coordinated response. © Steininger Business German States' Statement Raises Hopes for Quick Agreement Following the initial individual reactions, the German federal states have now coordinated a joint statement. The requested improvements do not appear to be excessive and a compromise is within reach. A further development towards a tax credit system is also not off the table. After the Federal Ministry of Economics By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The board of Bremens eSports (from left): Sascha Müller, Christoph Lüken, Philipp van Gels, Frank Holler, Alessandro Bünnagel and Luca Müller © Bremen eSports Esports Bremen Also Supports Local Esports Club With €20.000 Each Year Like Dortmund, Bremen also supports the local esports club Bremen eSports with 20,000 euros per year. This indirectly increases the pressure on Berlin to support esports not only at the municipal but also at the federal level, as promised. Even though esports was not the focus of the joint By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Bavarian Digital Minister Fabian Mehring increased the budget for the Games/Bavaria team at Medien.Bayern with Managing Director Lina Timm (2nd from right) at the beginning of the year © Games/Bavaria/Archive picture Business Games/Bavaria Launches its own Accelerator Programme Bavarian game developers have until the end of May to apply for the first round of Games/Bavaria's new Level Up accelerator programme. The programme offers workshops, targeted coaching and free co-working space. The patron of Games/Bavaria's new Level Up accelerator programme is the Bavarian By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Bavarian Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring © Games/Bavaria Business Mehring: "The Federal Government's Funding Chaos is Threatening Germany as a Games Location" Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring has sent an open letter to Claudia Roth, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, regarding the promotion of games in Germany. He criticizes the stagnation of federal funding and the fact that no concept has yet been developed. Once By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Margarete Schneider, Project Manager at Gamecity Hamburg © Oliver Reetz Business Games Lift From Gamecity Hamburg Enters Round Five The incubator for game developers at Gamecity Hamburg, Games Lift, is entering its fifth round. Applications for the funding programme can be submitted until 10 June 2024. The location initiative Gamecity Hamburg kicks off the application phase for their Games Lift Incubator 2024. This funding program for game developers in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dr Fabian Mehring surrounded by the recipients of the grants. © StMD Business Digital Minister Mehring Praises Bavarian "Creative Champions" and Appeals to the Federal Government At the presentation of the funding certificates for the 13 games projects funded in Bavaria, Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring praised the Bavarian "creative champions" and appealed to the Federal Government regarding the current funding situation. In March 2024, 13 new games projects received a total of 1, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Fabian Mehring sees the striking of cumulation as a step backwards. © Games/Bavaria Business Bavarian Digital Minister Mehring: "Goal Must be to Restore Competitiveness" Bavaria's Digital Minister Mehring sees the proposed cancellation of cumulation of state and federal funding as a big step back in the new games plans of the BMWK. He urges the Federal Gouvernment to see the break in competitiveness the current situation brings for the industry. Bavaria’s By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
All Winners of the German Computer Game Awards 2024. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business DCP: All Winners of the German Computer Game Awards 2024 Everspace 2 is the winner of the grand prize at the German Computer Game Awards, also known as Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP). Pixel Maniacs from Nuremberg named Best Studio. The most prizes were awarded to Ad Infinitum by Hekate. The German Computer Game Awards (DCP) 2024 were presented on 18 April By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Franziska Giffey, Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises in Berlin. © SPD Berlin Business Berlin Senator Giffey: "Important that Federal and State Funding are not Mutually Exclusive" The senate administration of Franziska Giffey, Economics Senator of Berlin, gives a pointed, critical statements towards the Federal Gouvernment's game funding plans. The expectations towards the federal states and the money currently sitting unused at the Commissioner of Culture and Media are main points. The department of Franziska By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Northrine-Westfalian Minister for Federal and European Affairs, International Affairs and Media and Head of the State Chancellery Nathanael Liminski. © Staatskanzlei NRW Business NRW Games Minister Liminski: "Frustrating" to See Gouvernment Block Funding Progress NRW's Media Minister Nathanael Liminski swings against the Economy and Finance Ministries of the Federal Gouvernment: No tax credits, no planning security, no sound plans for a funding overhaul and the ongoing application stop are threating the industry, Liminski says. No planning security for big companies coming to By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
