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Ricarda Lang and Thomas Hentschel to Visit gamescom 2026 — Ricarda Lang and Thomas Hentschel are part of a big Green party presence at gamescom 2026 (Elias Keilhauer/Marija Heinecke)

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Ricarda Lang and Thomas Hentschel to Visit gamescom 2026

With a press tour through the entertainment area on Wednesday, the Greens enforce their gamescom presence: Ricarda Lang and Thomas Hentschel from Baden-Württemberg will check out the fair this year.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

French Consul General Etienne Sur to Attend gamescom 2026 — Etienne Sur, Administrateur de l’État and French Consul General in Düsseldorf will attend gamescom (French Embassy)

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French Consul General Etienne Sur to Attend gamescom 2026

French Consul General Etienne Sur will attend a reception breakfast at the Business France Pavilion in the gamescom 2026 business area, GamesMarket has learned from the embassy.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Green Party To Attend gamescom 2026 in Force

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Green Party To Attend gamescom 2026 in Force

The German Greens will be very present at gamescom this year. Pixel Greens will be on site with almost the entire board, while Benni Adjei from Bavaria, Viviane Triems from Brandenburg and Thomas Schäfer from BAG DigiMe attend as well. MdB Andrea Lübcke participates in gamescom congress.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

AKGWDS Views Abolition of Physical Games Media with Concern

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AKGWDS Views Abolition of Physical Games Media with Concern

The Working Group on the Humanities and Digital Games (AKGWDS), the biggest scholarly games association in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, has posted an open letter with demands on how to better the situation of games archiving in the wake of the Sony Disc and EU initiative situations.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Game Publishes Transparency Report on Its Website For the First Time

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Game Publishes Transparency Report on Its Website For the First Time

Membership numbers, political activities, data on turnover and expenditure – for the first time, game has made its transparency report publicly available on its website. The figures show a stable association, but come as no surprise. Similar reports were available via the Bundestag.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Stop Killing Games and Does It Play Sue PlayStation Over Digital Pricing — A "sony tax": Stop Killing Games and Does it Play claim that the pricing on the PlayStation store is too high, and sue Sony in the Netherlands (Stop Killing Games)

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Stop Killing Games and Does It Play Sue PlayStation Over Digital Pricing

Stop Killing Games and Does It Play are suing Sony in the Netherlands. The lawsuit claims that Sony, especially in light of their discontinuation of physical games, is taking too much money in their closed shop ecosystem.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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