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Good Gaming Support: Mick Prinz on Bleak Funding Situation — Mick Prinz is Project Lead of Good Gaming Support at the Amadeu Antonio Foundation (AAS)

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Good Gaming Support: Mick Prinz on Bleak Funding Situation

"The outlook for funding civil society projects is currently just as bleak as it is in the gaming industry"; Mick Prinz of Good Gaming Support talks us through the imminent closure of the project after Demokratie Leben! announced to cut its funding.

By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read

Good Gaming Support Loses 'Demokratie Leben!' Funding, Will Be Discontinued — At the game summer party, Minister Prien was currying favor with the games industry for the funding restructure (GamesMarket, Stephan Steininger)

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Good Gaming Support Loses 'Demokratie Leben!' Funding, Will Be Discontinued

The Family Ministry has confirmed that Good Gaming Support by Amadeu Antonio Foundation, only started this May, will lose its funding. This rings bitter, after Karin Prien had declared how 'Demokratie Leben!' would now include more gaming at the game Summer Party.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Politicians Visit Pixel Maniacs, Spaceflower and Mimustudio — The political visitors at Pixel Maniacs' office: Fabian Mehring (sitting, center), Jochen Kohler (behind him, right) and Sabine Sendner (right of Kohler) (photo: Bavarian Digital Ministry)

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Politicians Visit Pixel Maniacs, Spaceflower and Mimustudio

At their office hub in Nuremberg, Pixel Maniacs and their sister studios received Digital Minister Fabian Mehring, Bavarian State Parliament member Jochen Kohler and Nuremberg city councillor Sabine Sendner yesterday.

By Pascal Wagner •

Quebec Confirms gamescom 2026 Presence — General Delegate for Quebec in Germany Geneviève Rolland at the National Holiday Reception in Munich (GamesMarket / Pascal Wagner)

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Quebec Confirms gamescom 2026 Presence

In conversation with GamesMarket, Quebec's General Delegate for Germany Geneviève Rolland confirmed that the region would have its own gamescom booth again in 2026. Over 60 people from more than 30 companies will be part of the delegation.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Games for Peace Mixer Announced for gamescom Week — Games for Peace Mixer will take place at Mülheimer Kulturbunker (Games for Peace)

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Games for Peace Mixer Announced for gamescom Week

Volunteers from Game:in, Positive Impact Games, Neoludic and others are organising a new Games for Peace Mixer on gamescom dev Tuesday in Cologne, bringing together NGOs, activists, media and the industry.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

United Videogame Workers Endorse Wizards of the Coast Union — Background: UVW-CWA website, foreground: Artwork of MTG card Riveteer Ascendancy (Wizards of the Coast)

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United Videogame Workers Endorse Wizards of the Coast Union

"Like you, we are feeling the drain on our wellbeing and livelihoods that these corporations are putting on us:" The United Videogame Workers union UVW-CWA has endorsed the MTG: Arena team unionisation efforts at Wizards of the Coast.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily Now Available in German — The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily © Alliance Arts, One or Eight and WSS Playground

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The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily Now Available in German

Just under a year after the release of The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily, Japanese publisher Alliance Arts has released German and French translations of its unique turn-based strategy game.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

EGDF: "Commission Should Treat Games Preservation as a Priority" — EGDF MD Jari-Pekka Kaleva finds agreeable, but also disappointing points in the Commissions statement around Stop Killing Games (EGDF, Stop Killing Games)

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EGDF: "Commission Should Treat Games Preservation as a Priority"

EGDF is taking a dual-stance after the European Commissions statement on Stop Killing Games: While the association agrees that blanket legal obligations are no option, it asks for much more in terms of digital preservation of games nevertheless.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Stop Killing Games: European Commission Wants Dialogue, But Not Legislation — Henna Virkkunen and Michael McGrath | Pictures by EU

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Stop Killing Games: European Commission Wants Dialogue, But Not Legislation

The European Commission has issued a statement on the ‘Stop Killing Games’ initiative, and the result is unlikely to satisfy the organisers. According to Brussels, the Commission will seek dialogue, but there is no basis for legislation to preserve games that have been discontinued commercially.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

EGDF Calls on EU to Take Action in Response to US Export Controls on AI Tools — European Union 2026 - Denis Lomme

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EGDF Calls on EU to Take Action in Response to US Export Controls on AI Tools

Following the export ban on the AI tools Fable 5 and Mythos 5, the European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) calls the EU for immediate action to defend Europe’s cultural and digital sovereignty. In the EGDF’s view, the US is no longer a reliable partner in the digital sphere.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

UK: Government Announces Social Media Ban For Under-16s; UKIE Responds With Relief — UKIE-CEO Nick Poole and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer | Pictures: UKIE; House of Commons

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UK: Government Announces Social Media Ban For Under-16s; UKIE Responds With Relief

Keir Starmer’s UK government has announced plans to introduce a social media ban for under-16s. The first restrictions are set to be introduced as early as spring 2027. Video games are excluded from the regulations. UKIE reacted with relief, but nevertheless points to the stricter PEGI rules.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Prien: "Demokratie Leben!" Will Now Consider Games for Funding — Felix Falk (right) presents Federal Minister Karin Prien with a Jaheira Funko Pop, after her and Lars Janssen's speeches (GamesMarket, Stephan Steininger)

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Prien: "Demokratie Leben!" Will Now Consider Games for Funding

At the game summer party, Federal Family Minister Karin Prien dropped several bombs: One was the revelation that the "Demokratie Leben!" funding programme could now consider games as well. The other were some unfortunate remarks harking back to the old "Killerspieldebatte".

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read