Stephan Reichart, outgoing Managing Director of game events GmbH | Frederik Hammes, Managing Director-designate of game events GmbH | Felix Falk, Managing Director - game - the German Games Industry Association © Reichart, game events | Hammes, game events | Dirk Mathesius Business Frederik Hammes Takes Over Leadership of Game Events From Stephan Reichart From May 2026 onwards, Frederik Hammes will take on the role of Managing Director at game event, succeeding Stephan Reichart, who has chosen to step down. Hammes has over 20 years' experience in the industry, including a long-standing tenure as Managing Director at Travian Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Luciana Viganò is a lawyer, game maker and President of the SGDA (Lezzilegal) People G+ Luciana Viganò: A Lawyer Making Games, Making Politics She studied law, then founded her own studio to make games, then joined Switzerland’s game developer association. Today, Luciana Viganó is President of the SGDA – without giving up any of her other paths. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring with representatives of the funded studios in front of the Gamerei | Picture by GamesMarkt Funding 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
Lead Game Designer Andrea Salamone talks about character design, voice over and quality assurance in Screamer (Milestone) People G+ Interview: How Screamer Made Languages a Character Trait Make it feel like Tekken: Anime story racer Screamer by Milestone has taken a unique stance in their career mode. We spoke to Lead Game Designer Andrea Salamone about multi-language voice over as story-defining mechanic, voice over QA and cyberpunk. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Industrial chic at the Swiss Game Hub: we spoke to General Manager Sebastian Tobler (Swiss Game Hub) People G+ Swiss Game Hub: "Combining Creative and Tech in a Hyper-Scalable Industry" About a year ago, Swiss Game Hub moved into new premises offering more space and strong support from the City of Zurich. The first year brought new developers, successful studios and great events, as General Manager Sebastian Tobler reports. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien. (Dominik Butzmann/BMBFSFJ/photothek.de) People Family Minister Karin Prien Speaks at game Summer Festival 2026 On 9 June's Summer Festival of the game association, Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien will be guest speaker. Democracy education and reaching young people will be the topic of the day, followed by informal exchanges. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Diana Niculescu In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations. By Madeleine Egger • 6 min read
(DevGAMM) Events First Speakers for DevGAMM Gdansk 2026 Are Up Tom Kaczmarczyk of IndieBI, Kat Schreiber of Disobey, Danylo Hoshko of Activision Blizzard/Infinity Ward, Agnieszka Gałecka of 11 bit studios and Michał Gembicki of Bloober Team are the first announced speakers for DevGAMM Gdansk 2026. More submissions are still open. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Kevin Nielsen is taking over as head of the new Webedia Events unit (Webedia) People Kevin Nielsen Leads New Webedia Events Unit With a new Events unit in the Webedia Group, Webedia Germany is driving their FYNG and FYNT event business, such as this week's caggtus booth together with Bethesda. Nielsen reports to Dawid Hallmann, Director of Webedia Gaming & Tech and has cross-border collaboration with Poland in mind. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Future Palace playing at Nexus 2025 (Anne Göthe) Events Second Nexus Festival Introduces Band Lineup - and Coldmirror Dead by April, Within Destruction, As December Falls, Grailknights - and Coldmirror: The second Nexus Festival in September has introduced the first bands and stars for the Nerd meets Rock meets Medieval Market event in Leipzig. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Maurice Lange, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Matthias Konen and Johanna Schmid (from Left to Right) | Picture by ESBD People ESBD Expands and Reorganises Political Communication Department The german Esports association ESBD is expanding its capacity in political communication and has gained two experienced industry professionals, Johanna Schmid and Maurice Lange, as advisors. At the same time, political and federation communications are being consolidated under Aleksandar Kovacevic. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
People In Conversation With... Tymon Smektala In his new ‘Update,’ brand and marketing expert Zoran Roso talks to Techland's Tymon Smektala about the strategic necessity of the systemic sandbox, the real ROI behind seven years of free post-launch support versus aggressive monetization, and the role of a modern Franchise Director. By Zoran Roso • 8 min read
