Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring © Andreas-Gebert Business Mehring Wants to Fight Like a Lion for the Bavarian Games Industry In his speech at the FFF Bayern's DCP warm-up, Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring only expressly praised some of the key points for future federal funding presented by the federal government, but announced resolute resistance in the upcoming negotiations on other points, such as cumulation. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Felix Falk, Managing Director, game - Association of the German Games Industry © game Business Revised Games Funding Still Lacks Comparability and Reliability, says game game - The German Games Industry Association has commented on today's proposed changes to improve German games funding. Despite good starting points, the association does not believe that the proposed changes will achieve the overall goal of nationwide games funding. At today's #gamechanger talk, Michael Kellner, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
New MD Walid Nakschbandi has led his first funding round. © Film- und Medienstiftung NRW / Hojabr Riahi Development NRW Funds Seven Games With €1,03m In its first funding round under new MD Walid Nakschbandi, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports seven games with 1,03 million euros total. All four prototypes present have been funded in earlier stages as well. One of the studios is Critical Rabbit, four-time DCP nominee at tomorrow's By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Key Points for Federal Games Funding to Be Presented at Next #gamechanger Talk. © game Business Key Points for Federal Games Funding to be Presented at Next #gamechanger Talk The key points for the funding of games by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection will be presented at the next #gamechanger talk. Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary for Games, will provide an overview of the proposals for the key points of the new funding guidelines. While By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Walid Nakschbandi © Film- und Medienstiftung NRW / Hojabr Riahi Development Networking and a Fresh Breeze for Funding Since the beginning of the year, Walid Nakschbandi has headed Film- und Medienstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, one of the most important regional funding organisations for film and games in Germany. One topic on his agenda is networking, both between the various media sectors and with international players. At the beginning of the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
370,000 euros go to Veil of Ashes by Greifenmaer. © Greifenmaer Development MFG Baden-Württemberg Funds Six Games With 750,000 Euros With 750,000 euros in total, MFG Baden-Württemberg is funding six games in the current round. 20,000 euros go to EarReality and Reija each, while the biggest batch goes to Greifenmaer for Veil of Ashes. The next round closes on 31 July. In its current funding round, south-western state By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Deutschland in Europa, Black Ocean, Dark Rooms (WT). © MBB Development MBB New Media Funding Awards Almost 750,000 Euros to Five Games In its second funding round of the year, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg's new media funding programme is supporting five games and six XR projects. Almost half of the total 1.5 million Euros in funding will go to the games sector. In its second funding round of the year, Medienboard By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Sebastian Gutknecht is the first director of the BzKJ since it emerged from the Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors in May 2021. © BzKJ Business BzKJ supports up to eight child-friendly digital projects From now until 3 May, companies, foundations and associations can apply to the BzKJ for funding for digital projects suitable for children or for information and classification of such projects. The tasks of the Federal Agency for the Protection of Children and Young Persons in the Media (Bundeszentrale für Kinder- By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Die Anwesenden beim R42 Games Accelerator 2024. © R42 Business Dritter R42 Games Accelerator startet heute Auf einer Auftaktveranstaltung trafen heute die elf Studios im R42 Games Accelerator von Gecko.2 in Leipzig auf die Mentoren und Alumnis aus den beiden Vorjahresrunden. Heute fand zum dritten Mal die Auftaktveranstaltung des R42 Games Accelerator aus Leipzig statt. In Plagwitz trafen sich die 11 Studios, die in diesem By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Media Stands Development Brüssel fördert Games aus DACH mit fast einer Mio. Euro Mit fast 7,5 Mio. Euro fördert die EU in diesem Jahr die Entwicklung von Games über das Creative-Europe-Programm. Knapp 820.000 Euro gehen an sechs deutsche Projekte, weitere 150.000 Euro an ein österreichisches Studio. Insgesamt 56 Projekte wurden bei der aktuellen Runde der Creative-Europe-Förderung im Bereich "Video By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Dennis Schoubye, Leiter von Gamecity Hamburg © Oliver Reetz Development Bewerbungsstart für die Gamecity Hamburg Prototypenförderung Am 7. März beginnt der Bewerbungsstart für die nächste Prototypenförderung von Gamecity Hamburg. Insgesamt 400.000 Euro stehen pro Jahr für die Entwicklung von Games zur Verfügung. Zudem wird eine Diversity-Checklist eingeführt. Vom 7. März bis zum 8. April können sich interessierte Gründer:innen, Start-ups, sowie kleine und mittlere Unternehmen By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Die game-Hessen-Ansprechpersonen sind Claudia Stricker von playzo und Jan Klose von Deck13. © game - Hessen Business Regionalvertretung game Hessen richtet Forderungen an die Landespolitik Knapp zwei Monate nach dem Start hat die Regionalvertretung game Hessen vier Forderungen an die Landespolitik gestellt, um die Rahmenbedingungen für die Gamesbranche in der Region nachhaltig zu verbessern. Obgleich Hessen zu den wirtschaftsstärksten Bundesländern gehört, kann Unterstützung für die regionalen Gamesunternehmen im bundesweiten Vergleich kaum mithalten. Zu den zentralen By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
