Hamburg City Hall © Copyright Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Business Hamburg Coalition to Strengthen Gamecity and Tackle High In-Game Spending The coalition agreement in Hamburg has been finalised. SPD and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen want to strengthen Gamecity Hamburg and the Play Festival, build a house for the digital world and take action against excessive in-game purchases. In the coalition agreement between the SPD and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Imago Business The Situation in Germany: Freezing While Waiting for the Tax-Based System By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
© game Business Games Companies Rate Competitiveness as Poor, Criticize Political Commitment Amid ongoing coalition negotiations for a new government, the game association has published data from its latest industry barometer, revealing a pessimistic mood within the German games industry. Many companies are calling for stronger political support. Felix Falk, Managing Director of game, describes the results as "alarming." According By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Felix Falk, Managing Director game - The German Games Industry Association © Dirk Mathesius/game Business Game Hopes for a Swift Formation of the New Government Even though games and games funding are not Germany’s most pressing issues after the election, the German games industry hopes the new government will begin its work quickly—especially with the next funding freeze just around the corner. The funds allocated by the outgoing government are nearly depleted, as By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© game Business Dorothee Bär Joins the #gamechanger Talk on the 2025 Elections With the Bundestag elections just around the corner, the game association is pushing ahead with its #gamechanger livestream format. Dorothee Bär, CSU Vice Party Leader and Vice Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, has been announced as the next guest. The talk will take place on 11 February. On By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
At the Games Summit in November, NRW Media Minister Nathanael Liminksi, seen here next to Walid Nakschbandi of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (2nd from left), announced additional funding. The call for funding applications has now been launched. © (Archive image) Robin Teller Development NRW Launches Funding for Games Tackling Fake News, Hate, and Extremism The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW has issued an additional call for funding for games and interactive media that, among other things, focus on the prevention of extremism, particularly Islamism. The funding comes from a special budget, with potential grants exceeding those available for standard game prototypes. In November, North Rhine-Westphalian By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
SPD General Secretary Dr. Matthias Miersch will talk to Felix Falk of game © SPD/MK Business Matthias Miersch is a Guest at the #gamechanger Talk on the 2025 Election The upcoming federal election will shape the future of games policy in Germany. To explore the parties' positions, Felix Falk from game will host conversations with leading political representatives in the coming weeks. The first guest in the new series of #gamechanger talks will be SPD General Secretary Dr. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
In the past few days, first the CDU/CSU and the Greens, and later the SPD and FDP, presented their election programs or preliminary election programs. © Imago/Chris Emil Janßen (Union/Grüne)/Frank Ossenbrink (SPD)/pictureteam (FDP) Business Update: Programs, Results, Consequences for Games Policy in Germany With the release of draft election programs from the Green Party and the CDU/CSU, the SPD and FDP have now also presented their program drafts. However, not all of them address games and esports explicitly. The cards for games and esports policy will be reshuffled with the Bundestag election By Team GamesMarket • 4 min read
Dirk Iwersen, Managing Director of Holstenhallen / Boris Zander, Managing Director of Seal.Games / Jens Bahr, Managing Director of Off The Beaten Track and co-organiser of the Baltic Games Fest © Iwersen, Holstenhallen / Zander, Seal.Games / Bahr, Off The Beaten Track Business European Premiere of Chained Echoes - Ashes of Elrant at Baltic Games Fest The DLC Chained Echoes - Ashes of Elrant, announced yesterday, will have its European premiere at the Baltic Games Fest in April 2025. In addition, Deck13 Spotlight will showcase other games on the exhibition floor. The Baltic Games Fest in Neumünster (Germany) will see the European premiere of Chained Echoes By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Bavarian State Agency for Political Education Director Rupert Grübl and Education Minister Anna Stolz © Alexandra Beier Publishing Serious Game Launched by the Bavarian State Agency for Political Education The Bavarian State Agency for Political Education has launched 'Deine Stimme' (Your Vote). This serious game is designed to raise awareness among young people in grades 8 and above about populist and anti-democratic movements and to show them in an interactive way how personal voting decisions can influence By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
André Naumann, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM, Central German Media Funding) at the end-of-year reception of MDM in Leipzig © MDM/Uwe Frauendorf Development MDM Expands Funding Opportunities for Game Studios in Central Germany The Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM, Central German Media Funding) has launched its first dedicated funding guideline for games, which has been approved by the European Commission and will take effect at the start of the new year. This marks a significant boost for studios based in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Participants of the 4th Games Summit in North Rhine-Westphalia © Land NRW / Robin Teller Business NRW Increases Games Funding Budget for 2025 to Over 6m Euros At the fourth games summit in North Rhine-Westphalia, Media Minister Nathanael Liminski did not hold back with his criticism of games policy in Berlin. At the same time, he made it clear that NRW is not only maintaining its games funding of over 5 million euros, but that it will By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
