Codecks by Riad Djemili, one of the funded tools. © Codecks Business Creative Europe Media: 2.9 Million Euros Funding for Tools From the Game Industry In the current ‘Innovative Tools and Business Models’ funding line, 8.5 million euros are given to ten companies across Europe. 2.915 million euros are going to tools and innovations from the German games and film industry: To Codecks, K5 Media & Investments and Malao. With the ‘Innovative Tools By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
REDxBLUE is one of the funded companies. There is currently no official image material available for the funded projects. © RotXBlau Development MDM Funds Two Games and an XR Production At its third meeting for 2024, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung funding committee also considered two games and an XR production. A total of 180,000 Euros will be divided equally among the projects from Leipzig and Dresden. This means that the current round of funding was, at least in the new By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Kalunga, the serial format Mesut Özil: Zu Gast bei Freunden, Flick Shot Rogues © MBB Development Medienboard Funds 13 Games and XR Titles With A Million Euros The current funding round of the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg included 1,6 million euros, more than a million of it for games and XR titles. Grand profiteers are Realities.io with 250,000 euros for Puzzling Places 2D and Aldamami Games with 160,000 euros for Bloodletter. The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Creative Europe Media Business Creative Europe Media Funding Calls for 2025 Are Now Online Creative Europe has just published the first new calls for the coming funding year: a total of 338 million euros will go to the cultural and creative sectors in Europe in 2025, of which 196 million euros will go to the audiovisual sector alone. The video game call has a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Digital Minister Fabian Mehring has initiated the Funding Finder. © Andreas Gebert Development Funding Finder: Why Games Funding Isn’t in the New Bavarian Search Engine – Yet The new Funding Finder search engine of the Bavarian Digital Ministry doesn't index game funding. At least not yet: According to a Ministry answer to a GamesMarkt query, later updates will incorporate Bavaria's games funding programmes as well. Today, the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Spanish Council Presidency in the second half of 2023 was one of the biggest political forays into video games on EU level. © CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2023 – Source: EP Business How Video Games are Handled on the European Level By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
© nordmedia Development nordmedia Funds Three Games With 234,630 Euros Digital Cauldron from Marklohe, Magni Games from Braunschweig and 1000 Orks from Osnabrück profit from the current funding round at nordmedia. From the 4,7 million euros given, only about 235,000 euros go to these three game studios however. The Lower Saxony funding agency nordmedia has announced the next By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Last Whale Singer - Interactive Storybook © Telescope Game Studios / Tobo Business Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive Funds Two Interactive Projects Together, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Canada Media Fund (CMF) are funding three titles in the current round with about 350,00 euros. Two of those titles are interactive media: A horror Mixed Reality platform and an interactive storybook for children about maritime environments. The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Canada By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Matteo Riatti, Head of Computer Games/Creative Industries Department at DLR-PT. © DLR-PT Business DLR-PT Stays Responsible of Federal Games Funding The DLR Projektträger will remain the organisation partner for the German Federal games funding in the next few years. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action has extended the cooperation. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is once more extending its cooperation with the DLR By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
R42, a combination games hub and games accelerator, is being created at Ritterstraße 42 in Leipzig. © Gecko 2 Business R42 in Leipzig Receives Accelerator Funding and Further SGB Investment A boost for the games industry in Saxony: R42 receives 900,000 Euros in accelerator funding. In addition, the Sächsische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (SBG) is increasing its existing investment. As one of three newly established start-up accelerators in Saxony, the R42 Games Accelerator is receiving funding as part of the Saxon Accelerator By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Dr. Andrea Buchholz © MFG Campus The Exceptional Role of Universities At MFG promoting cultural and creative industries goes far beyond funding: Dr. Andrea Buchholz has realised numerous exciting projects with universities as breeding ground for a healthy games-ecosystem. GamesMarkt: The MFG addresses the issue of talent and research promotion, which, as far as I know, does not exist in this By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
"Games Minister" Mehring opens Gamerei in Munich. © Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs Business "Games Minister" Mehring Opens Gamerei in Munich and Emphasised the Importance of the Industry The Gamerei in Munich was opened today. Over the next two years, more than half a million Euros will be invested in the Bavarian games house, which will provide offices, event and community space for the local indie games scene. Speaking at the opening event, Bavarian State Minister Dr Fabian By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
