These games from Bavaria can be seen at the Indie Arena Booth (from left): Train Jumble, Tiny Auto Knights, Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker, The Games You Make and Burn with Me © GM Products Games/Bavaria Brings These Five Studios to the Indie Arena Booth Nozomu Games, Gentle Troll Entertainment, Jumpy Bit, Mumpitz Games and Emerge Entertainment are the Bavarian studios that will be exhibiting at the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom as part of their partnership with Games/Bavaria. This was announced in a social media post by Games/Bavaria. Games/Bavaria is one By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Sudden Strike 5 © Kalypso Media Products Kalypso Media to Release Sudden Strike 5 in 2026 Publisher Kalypso Media and developer Kite Games have announced Sudden Strike 5. This real-time strategy game is set to launch on PC and consoles in 2026. Kalypso Media is continuing the well-known Sudden Strike franchise. Sudden Strike 5 is set to launch on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Bus Simulator 27 © astragon Products astragon Continues the Bus Simulator Series With Developer Simteract The next bus simulation game from astragon Entertainment is Bus Simulator 27. This time, however, the game has been developed by the Polish studio Simteract. Previous instalments were created by stillalive studios. Astragon Entertainment and developer Simteract have announced the development of Bus Simulator 27. In both single-player and By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© InnoGames Products InnoGames Unveils and Launches Cozy Coast The Hamburg-based game developer and publisher has announced a new mobile game called Cozy Coast. Already available in selected regions, the global launch on iOS and Android is coming soon. As the company behind games such as Tribal Wars and Forge of Empires, InnoGames is primarily known for its By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
In 2024, Microsoft was named the best booth at gamescom. This year, visitors and a jury will decide separately on the best entertainment booth. The best booth in the business area will also be awarded. © Koelnmesse GmbH/Marvin Ruppert Products 19 Categories, Lots of Attention – Submissions for Gamescom Awards Open Exhibitors have until 25 July to register themselves and their games for this year's gamescom awards. This year there are additional categories, and the jury and audience will vote separately for the best booth at gamescom. No gamescom without the gamescom award! This also applies to 2025. Exhibitors By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Nintendo Products Mario Kart World Starts with Platinum and Reveals Limitations of GSD Charts Only one title met the criteria for a game sales award in June, but this highlights a glaring weakness in the Game Sales Data charts: Mario Kart World sold 200,000 copies but did not even make it into the top ten in the sales rankings. It's a By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Do you have the next top game in the works? The Harold team at Slow Bros. can look forward to prototype funding for their new title Livestream (working title). © Slow Bros. Products NRW is Funding 14 Projects with Around €800,000 At its most recent funding meeting, the Film and Media Foundation awarded ten games with around €660,000 and four projects in the pilot programme Serious Games/Gamification with just under €150,000. The serious games/gamification projects demonstrate how broad the range of applications for interactive media is, even By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Triple Espresso Products Triple Espresso Wants to Expand Copa City with Kickstarter Campaign Polish developer Triple Espresso wants to expand the scope of its football tycoon game Copa City with a Kickstarter campaign. At the same time, the release date was announced for March 2026. According to the company, the development of Copy City is fully financed. As Triple Espresso also announced at By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Three Headed Monkey Products Daedalic Signs Three Headed Monkey Studios Ghost Haunting, funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, has found a publisher. Developer Three Headed Monkey Studios has signed with Daedalic Entertainment. The Hamburg-based Daedalic Entertainment will publish the point-and-click adventure game Ghost Hunting developed by the young Cologne-based indie team Three Headed Monkey Studios. By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
Thomas Riedel during the XR Get-Together at gamescom 2024 © Spatial Realities Business XR Hackathon and Get-Together Before and During Gamescom Announced gamescom will once again be an important meeting place for the XR scene in 2025. The Meta-sponsored Global XR/AI Hack will take place immediately before the trade fair. In cooperation with the DLR Project Management Agency and the Erster Deutscher Fachverband für Virtual Reality, there will also be By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Stephan Reichart and Stefan Marcinek © Screenshot from Livestream Products Roof Cut Media Wins Three GDD Indie Awards 2025 The presentation of the GermanDevDays Indie Awards is one of the highlights of the event. This time, Mindlock was the outstanding winner. Solo developer Rouven Schumacher was called onto the stage three times by hosts Stefan Marcinek and Stephan Reichart. Mindlock - The Apartment by Roof Cut Media, the company of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GM Products Capcom, astragon/Team17 and THQ Nordic Reveal Line-Ups With just a few weeks to go before gamescom, more and more details about the planned appearances at gamescom are being revealed. Following Bandai Namco, Capcom, astragon/Team 17 and THQ Nordic have now also unveiled almost all the details. Almost all the details, because the companies naturally want to By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
