UK Minister of Culture Lucy Frazer currently heads the UK Games Fund. © Lucy Frazer Development UK Games Fund has Put £3m Into Emerging Studios Within the initiative to further fund the creative industries until 2030, the UK Department of Culture under MP Lucy Frazer has funded 22 games start-ups with 3 million Pounds overall. A further two million Pounds are still available for emerging devs in the structure of the UK Games Fund. With By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Spellgarden Founder Kathrin Radtke and Assemble dropped Sticky Business on Switch today. © Spellgarden Games Publishing Spellgarden and Assemble Shadowdrop Sticky Business + DLC on Switch Directly after today's Nintendo Indie Showcase, Sticky Business by Spellgarden Games and Assemble became available on Switch, plus DLC. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes by Simogo and Annapurna also got a release date. Today's Nintendo Indie Direct not only saw the release date announcements of several By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Last year's Gamestate took place in Stuttgart. © MFG / game BW / K3 Business Gamestate Festival BW returns 2024 After 2023's event in Stuttgart, the Gamestate Festival BW comes to Karlsruhe on July 12 2024. Gamestate is organized by MFG, game Baden-Württemberg and the Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsbüro Karlsruhe. Registrations are open now, the schedule will be announced at a later date. With a recurring gathering in Karlsruhe By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
New MD Walid Nakschbandi has led his first funding round. © Film- und Medienstiftung NRW / Hojabr Riahi Development NRW Funds Seven Games With €1,03m In its first funding round under new MD Walid Nakschbandi, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports seven games with 1,03 million euros total. All four prototypes present have been funded in earlier stages as well. One of the studios is Critical Rabbit, four-time DCP nominee at tomorrow's By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Development Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive Returns With Increased Budget Until 18 June, Canadian and Berlin-Brandenburgian media producers can apply for the Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Canada Media Fund. This year, the budget is 375,000 euros total. Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Canada Media Fund (CMF) are continuing their joint Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nintendo Publishing Nintendo Indie World Showcase on 17 April With a 20 minute long Indie World Showcase, Nintendo is going to present indie games on Switch tomorrow at 16:00 o'clock. On Wednesday, 17 April at 16:00, a new Indie World presentation will be broadcast, as Nintendo announced just now. In the approximately 20-minute long edition, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
This year's youth jury, including last year's leader Alex Chumak (rear center) and organiser Ulrich Tausend (second from right). © GamesFestival Business GamesFestival24 Reveals Full Schedule At this year's GamesFestival in Munich, Julius Girbig from CDPR will show his way to success, Active Fungus brings historical gaming to the audience and the Amadeu-Antonio-Stiftung talk about hatespeech in games. This and much more is part of the full programme reveal. The fourth GamesFestival in Munich By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nintendo's stages on gamescom are generally a sight to behold. Here: The 2018 "Battle Stage". © Nintendo Business Nintendo Skips gamescom 2024 Nintendo will not be part of gamescom 2024, the company told press outlets in a statement. Four months before the fair, this marks the first confirmed non-attendance on the otherwise 'record-booked' fair, as organisers claimed during the early booking phase. After attending last year's fair, Nintendo By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© None Business Çiğdem Uzunoğlu Leaves Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur After six years as Managing Director, Çiğdem Uzunoğlu leaves the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur. In her time, she had quadrupled the foundation's budget and team size. Her farewell will be held in Berlin in May. After more than six years at the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur, Managing Director Çiğdem Uzunoğlu By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© @noone Business Game Industry Conference: 10% Off for GamesMarkt Readers Until 18 April, Poland's biggest B2B meetup Game Industry Conference in Poznan offers Early Bird tickets for reduced prices. GamesMarkt readers can get an additional discount with a special promo code. For three more days, the Game Industry Conference (GIC) 2024 in Poznan offers Early Bird discounts for By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Kellner (left) and Söder will be at this year's DCP this week. © BMWK / CSU Business Söder and Kellner to Hold Laudatory Speeches at DCP For the first time since 2018, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder will attend the German Computer Game Award this year. Federal Commissioner Michael Kellner is also scheduled for a laudation speech. Although election campaigns for the Bavarian state level are over, this years German Computer Game Awards (DCP) 2024 will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
