© Subotron Business Subotron Shows Austrian Student Live Pitch & gamescom Presence Austrian game industry supporter Subotron is calling for students to submit projects for their Live Pitch until 8 September. The Vienna organisation is also at gamescom and can be found at the Advantage Austria booth, bringing studios like Broken Rules, Clockwork Bird and Terragami with it. Until 8 September 2025, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Game devs are increasingly looking to organise and unionise. We talked to Service Union ver.di IT Secretary Matthias Grzegorczyk and two game devs about German unionisation efforts. © ver.di; Matthias Grzegorczyk Business Game Dev Roundtable @ ver.di: A Growing Push for Unionisation By Pascal Wagner • 13 min read
© Hessen Agentur Business Hesse Brings Five Games to Indie Arena Booth German federal state Hesse is showing games off at the Indie Arena Booth for the third time in a row. Meanwhile, the state also has a booth in the business area, presenting three new projects at the political opening by Rolf Krämer of the Economy Ministry, Jan Klose of Artex By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nathalie Galla is ByteRockers' Games' new Community Manager. © Galla, ByteRockers' People Nathalie Galla Is Byterockers' New Community Manager Streamer and former Godot Foundation Community Manager Nathalie Galla is augmenting Byterockers' Games' communications team: The expert from Munich is the indie publishers new Community Manager. It's announcement season for the Berlin indie studio turned publisher ByteRockers' Games: Hot on the heels of their so-far By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© © 2024 Koelnmesse GmbH/Marvin Ruppert Business All You Need to Know About gamescom, from Food to Emergency Contacts Find all information for a successful and safe trip to Cologne and gamescom in our GamesMarkt survival guide. Whether you are looking for food on site or sightseeing in Cologne, no matter if you need to call an ambulance or are looking for accessibility assistance: We have collected all the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© nordmedia Business State Minister Grant Hendrik Tonne Opens nordmedia gamescom Booth With a political opening on Wednesday, nordmedia's Lower Saxony stand at gamescom is welcoming the state's Minister for Economic Affairs Grant Hendrik Tonne. Four studios and a museum are exhibiting at the funding agency's business area booth. Nordmedia is part of gamescom, with a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Spellgarden Games, Team17 Digital Business Spellgarden Games and Team17 Release Ritual of Raven Competing for attention against the spontaneously called Nintendo Indie World Showcase and its shadow drops, Ritual of Raven by Spellgarden Games and Team17 has released yesterday. It’s not easy competing against Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase and its surprise releases when your game drops on the same day. Yesterday By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© neoludic Games Business Neoludic’s Tiny Bookshop Shadowdrops During Nintendo Indie Showcase In todays Indie World Showcase by Nintendo, neoludic's Tiny Bookshop has been featured with an immediate release on Steam and Switch. The game from Cologne had been funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. During today’s Indie World Showcase by Nintendo, Tiny Bookshop by Cologne indie studio neoludic By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Home of Indies is an indie game stable at gamescom. © Factory-C Business Home of Indies Features Event Stage, German Publishers and International Studios With an event stage and a streaming booth, Home of Indies is upping its game in the highly-contested attention economy of gamescom's Indie Area. Apart from international indie studios, German publishers Assemble Entertainment and Daedalic have made it their consumer area home. Home of Indies by Factory-C, one By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Highly-anticipated Pathologic 3 will be playable at gamescom. © Ice Pick Lodge Business Galaktus Indie Booth Features Pathologic 3, Bohemia Interactive With close to 50 indies and mid-size studios, the Galaktus Indie Booth in Hall 10.2 brings some heavy hitters to gamescom. Among them is the catalogue of Bohemia Interactive as well as Pathologic 3 by Ice Pick Lodge. Polish gaming PR agency Galaktus has announced the lineup of its By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Mikhail Nilov, Pexels Business gamescom: Emergency Contacts & Medical Help Find all emergency contacts on and around gamescom here: From paramedics to pharmacies, security to police or the mental health crisis line, we gathered all information you need for a safe gamescom trip. Emergency Contacts On Site There are paramedics stationed in Halls 7 (coming in from the boulevard, turn By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Koelnmesse Campus gamescom congress Shows High-Profile Speakers as Program Drops With the release of its full program, the gamescom congress on 21 August has revealed a high-profile speaker lineup from politicians to game devs and researchers. The three focus topics “The Next Level of Immersion”, “Gaming and Responsibility” and “Gaming and Well-Being” are packed with talks. On August 21, the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
