Vita gegen den Rest der Welt Frederik Hammes February 20, 2012 – 3 min read Share this post PS Vita © None Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games Development Transport Fever 3: Urban Games Announces Curated Mods Program Urban Games has announced the launch of the Curated Mods Program for Transport Fever 3. The programme allows modders to work alongside the development team to create new vehicles, maps and gameplay features. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Business GDD Indie Awards 2026 Open for Submission Now Indies can now submit their game made in 2025 for the GDD Indie Awards at German Dev Days 2026. The award show will take place on 22 July, a total of 10,000 euros is on the line. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Oliver Deslandes is Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side People Side – The Hidden Champion of a Dozen BAFTA Nominations With Ambitions to Grow A year after rebranding as Side Oliver Deslandes, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side, talks about studio openings, why Side is like an invisible engine, and why the external development company keeps its fingers crossed for nearly a third of all BAFTA Game Awards nominations. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read Dorothee Bär is the Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Space | Minister-President of Bavaria Dr. Markus Söder presented the "Studio of the Year" award on stage during the annual German Computer Game Award (Deutsche Computerspielpreis) at Eisbach Studios on 18 April 2024 in Munich, Germany. © Bundesregierung/Steffen Kugler | Sebastian Reuter / Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications Events Dorothee Bär and Dr. Markus Söder Attend the German Computer Game Awards 2026 Laudators from the worlds of gaming, film, sport, culture and politics will honour the best German computer games at the German Computer Game Awards on 29 April 2026. Federal Minister Dorothee Bär and Bavarian Minister-President Dr Markus Söder will be in attendance. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Photo of the expo floor at devcom 2025. As announced, from this year onwards, the event will be called gamescom dev. © devcom / gamescom dev Events gamescom dev 2026: First Speakers and Scholarship Program The first speakers who will be holding talks at gamescom dev have been announced. The scholarship programme, which supports game developers unable to attend our events due to financial, structural or personal barriers, will also be taking place again. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Basil Weber (left) has served as CEO of Urban Games since 2013. His brother, Urban Weber (right), has been working as Tech Lead. It all started with a fascination for Transport Tycoon and a vision to breathe new life into the subgenre. It's certainly paid off! © Urban Games Business Urban Games: How the Saviours of Transport Simulations Became Tycoons Themselves From indie to AAA, we regularly profile a different studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: Urban Games from Schaffhausen, Switzerland. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read gamescom TaKeTV Brings Back 'gamescom across industries' Side Event to Cologne First launched in 2025, the side event “gamescom across industries” will take place again on Thursday during gamescom. The event, which is specifically aimed at non-gaming brands, is organised by gamescom organiser TaKeTV. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Business Number of Employees in Germany's Games Industry Declines Again The game association is not yet giving the all-clear regarding the state of the German games industry. The sector is recovering only slowly. The number of employees has fallen for the second consecutive time, whilst the number of companies has stabilised and risen again. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Hesse's Minister for Economic Affairs, Kaweh Mansoori, is patron of the games funding program | Picture: Peter Jülich/HMWVW Funding Hessen Serious Game Funding Call 2026 Now Open The 2026 round for Hessen Serious Game, the funding program of Hesse Economic and Infrastructure Bank, is now open until 18 May. Concepts, prototypes/vertical slices and development can be funded, with two info sessions being offered in the next two weeks. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games Development Transport Fever 3: Urban Games Announces Curated Mods Program Urban Games has announced the launch of the Curated Mods Program for Transport Fever 3. The programme allows modders to work alongside the development team to create new vehicles, maps and gameplay features. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business GDD Indie Awards 2026 Open for Submission Now Indies can now submit their game made in 2025 for the GDD Indie Awards at German Dev Days 2026. The award show will take place on 22 July, a total of 10,000 euros is on the line. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Oliver Deslandes is Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side People Side – The Hidden Champion of a Dozen BAFTA Nominations With Ambitions to Grow A year after rebranding as Side Oliver Deslandes, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side, talks about studio openings, why Side is like an invisible engine, and why the external development company keeps its fingers crossed for nearly a third of all BAFTA Game Awards nominations. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Dorothee Bär is the Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Space | Minister-President of Bavaria Dr. Markus Söder presented the "Studio of the Year" award on stage during the annual German Computer Game Award (Deutsche Computerspielpreis) at Eisbach Studios on 18 April 2024 in Munich, Germany. © Bundesregierung/Steffen Kugler | Sebastian Reuter / Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications Events Dorothee Bär and Dr. Markus Söder Attend the German Computer Game Awards 2026 Laudators from the worlds of gaming, film, sport, culture and politics will honour the best German computer games at the German Computer Game Awards on 29 April 2026. Federal Minister Dorothee Bär and Bavarian Minister-President Dr Markus Söder will be in attendance. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Photo of the expo floor at devcom 2025. As announced, from this year onwards, the event will be called gamescom dev. © devcom / gamescom dev Events gamescom dev 2026: First Speakers and Scholarship Program The first speakers who will be holding talks at gamescom dev have been announced. The scholarship programme, which supports game developers unable to attend our events due to financial, structural or personal barriers, will also be taking place again. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Basil Weber (left) has served as CEO of Urban Games since 2013. His brother, Urban Weber (right), has been working as Tech Lead. It all started with a fascination for Transport Tycoon and a vision to breathe new life into the subgenre. It's certainly paid off! © Urban Games Business Urban Games: How the Saviours of Transport Simulations Became Tycoons Themselves From indie to AAA, we regularly profile a different studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: Urban Games from Schaffhausen, Switzerland. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
gamescom TaKeTV Brings Back 'gamescom across industries' Side Event to Cologne First launched in 2025, the side event “gamescom across industries” will take place again on Thursday during gamescom. The event, which is specifically aimed at non-gaming brands, is organised by gamescom organiser TaKeTV. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business Number of Employees in Germany's Games Industry Declines Again The game association is not yet giving the all-clear regarding the state of the German games industry. The sector is recovering only slowly. The number of employees has fallen for the second consecutive time, whilst the number of companies has stabilised and risen again. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Hesse's Minister for Economic Affairs, Kaweh Mansoori, is patron of the games funding program | Picture: Peter Jülich/HMWVW Funding Hessen Serious Game Funding Call 2026 Now Open The 2026 round for Hessen Serious Game, the funding program of Hesse Economic and Infrastructure Bank, is now open until 18 May. Concepts, prototypes/vertical slices and development can be funded, with two info sessions being offered in the next two weeks. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
