© Pixabay/Pexels Products Trollgames and Thoughtfish Receive Federal Funding The number of approved funding applications and thus the total amount of federal funding for games in 2025 continues to rise. Around €400,000 will go to Trollgames and Thoughtfish. This means that a total of 14 applications or partial applications from 2025 have been successful so far. The Berlin By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dorothee Erpenstein, Managing Director FFF Bayern © FFF Bayern Products Bavaria is Funding XR Projects with €390,000 At the latest FFF Bavaria funding meeting for XR, a total of seven applications were approved. The projects receiving support demonstrate why it makes sense to promote XR as a separate category, as it is neither film nor gaming. Five production grants and two project development grants – that is the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© MFG / Ingo Juergens Business MFG Baden-Württemberg Funds Twelve Games With Around €700,000 A total of twelve games from Baden-Württemberg-based games companies and indie game studios are receiving support from MFG and the state of Baden-Württemberg in the first round of funding this year, with around €700,000 being provided. In the first funding round of 2025, MFG Baden-Württemberg is providing around €700, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
From left to right: Leon Janßen (Vice President for Organisation, E-Sport Verband Bayern), Sandra Bloy (President, E-Sport Verband Bayern), Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring, Member of the Bavarian Parliament; Julian Preidl, Member of the Bavarian Parliament (representative of the Freie Wähler party in the Bavarian Parliament), Florian von Keller (1st Vice President, E-Sport Verband Bayern) © Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Digitales Esports Bavaria Funds E-Sport Verband Bayern to Bring Esports to Rural Areas With funding of €135,940 from the Bavarian State Ministry of Digital Affairs, the E-Sport Verband Bayern is launching its 'Next Stop: E-Sport' roadshow. This initiative aims to bring esports to rural areas of Bavaria. Alongside tournaments, workshops and educational activities, the initiative will promote digital participation, media By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Group photo with Franziska Giffey © esports player foundation, Justin "Pegasus" Wriedt Esports Berlin Announces New Esports Junior Team and Funds 20 Young Esports Talents Berlin is investing in young esports talent through its 'Esports Team Berlin' initiative. At a press event held at LVL World of Gaming and attended by Franziska Giffey, Mayor and Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, young talents who will be supported by the esports player foundation By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The three co-founders of Second Stage: Matthias Mirlach / Christian Szymanski / Egemen Arslan © Second Stage Business Second Stage Received €560,000 in Creative Europe Media Funding Creative Europe Media has awarded €560,000 to Second Stage to further develop Tracks, a marketing intelligence platform designed specifically for the games industry. The company is also investing €370,000 of its own capital in the platform. Second Stage, a Berlin-based marketing and ad tech company, has announced that By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Dennis Schoubye, Head of Gamecity Hamburg: "The high quality of the projects submitted to this funding round led to an intensive decision process within the awarding committee." © Gamecity Hamburg Products Gamecity Hamburg Supports 6 Game Projects with 372.000 Euros The decision on this year's prototype funding has been made in Hamburg. A total of six games were selected and will receive between €30,000 and €80,000 in prototype funding. The total amount that Gamecity Hamburg is providing as grants to support new game projects as part By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Pixabay/Pexels Products Federal Games Funding Provides €3.6 Million for 8 Applications A total of seven projects across eight applications have now been approved for federal games funding, following the end of the recent application freeze. Further positive decisions are expected shortly. The German federal government has committed €3,599,352 in funding for games projects, spread across eight approved applications. These By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Three of the four teams presented their cheques on site at Spotlight Games Berlin in the Rotes Rathaus (Red Town Hall). © Stephan Steininger Business Scheck is back: Berlin Developers Repay €366,000 in Funding At Spotlight Games Berlin, ahead of Deutsher Computerspielpreis (DCP), four Berlin studios repaid their state funding, three of them through a symbolic cheque handover. Good news for games funding in Berlin: as revealed by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg at Spotlight Games Berlin, four development teams have successfully repaid their funding recently. A By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Games Lift Incubator 2025 © Jan-Marius Komorek Business Applications Open for Games Lift Incubator 2025 Gamecity Hamburg launches the application phase for the Games Lift Incubator 2025. Games studios and developers can apply until 10 June. Five teams will receive €15,000 in funding and more. Until 10 June 2025, interested games studios and developers can apply to participate in the Games Lift Incubator 2025 By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Kaweh Mansoori, Hesse's Minister of Economics © Peter Jülich /HMWVW Business Hesse Launches Call for Proposals for Funding Programme 2025 Until the beginning of June, game developers in Hesse can apply for funding for game productions as part of the Hessen Serious Game funding programme. In previous years, over a quarter of a million euros were approved. As usual, the new funding round will be handled by WI Bank, which By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The funding provided by the federal states fell significantly compared to the previous year, partly because special budgets were available in 2023. In addition, a total of €2 million in funding is available in Schleswig-Holstein over several years. However, this funding is approved in a different way and is therefore not published on an ongoing basis. © GamesMarkt Business The Situation in Germany‘s Federal States: Wide but Sometimes Limited Support By Stephan Steininger • 10 min read
