Christopher Flato, President of ESBD © ESBD Business ESBD also Optimistic After Bär's Speech Representatives of the esports association ESBD were among the 500 guests at the game Summer Reception. They are also optimistic after Dorothee Bär's speech. The future of games funding was certainly the most important topic for most of the 500 or so guests at the game sommer reception. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Parliamentary State Secretary Matthias Hauer, Dorothee Bär, Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space, and game Managing Directir Felix Falk with cosplayer © Franziska Krug for game Business Bär Promises First Results in Games Policy of New Government at Gamescom At the games association's summer party, guest speaker Dorothee Bär promised concrete results from the new German government's games policy for gamescom. The association welcomes the appearance of the Research Minister, who was also joined by State Secretary Matthias Hauer. Following her impressive appearance at the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
PandaBee is known for tilt frog (left), Animation Arts for Monolith (right). Images of the new projects funded by MDM are not yet available © GM Products MDM Funds Four Games From Saxony and Saxony Anhalt With 306,000 Euros End of 2024 Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung announced the introduction of a separate funding guideline for games. At the second funding session under the new guidelines, four games projects were awarded a total of 306,000 euros in support. Following the introduction of the new funding guidelines for games, the second decision By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Opening of Womenize! 2024 © Susanne Müller Business Womenize With Latest Programme Update and 4 Indie Games Two days before the Womenize! conference celebrates its tenth anniversary on Wednesday, the organisers have announced a final update on the programme. They also revealed the 4 indie titles that can be tried out on site. Attendees of Womenize! 2025 willbe able to explore four indie games showcased in an By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Notifications are still only being issued for applications that were submitted to the former Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. © Steininger Products Further Federal Games Funding Decisions Confirmed Three further funding decisions totalling almost one million euros have been entered in the funding database since our last news item. In addition, the start of the term for Gaming Minds' Project Genesis, which had already been approved in 2023, has been postponed to 2025. The latest positive funding By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The Pokékom Company exhibited for the first time an Fantasy Basel © Jeton shali/Fantasy Basel Business Fantasy Basel Tops Visitor Record From Last Year's Anniversary Edition The 11th Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con falls just short of the 100,000 visitor mark. Nevertheless, it underpins its standing as the largest pop culture festival in Switzerland, gaming zone included. And it had a lot to offer. In addition to Nintendo and Bethesda, who brought along By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The winners of GamesPreis25 © GamesFestival25 Products Winners of GamesPreis25 Announced A total of ten prizes, including two special prizes, were awarded at the GamesPreis25 Awards as part of the GamesFestival in Munich. The festival is aimed specifically at young talent. The winners of the GamesPreis25 were honoured at this year's GamesFestival. The prize honours outstanding projects by young By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Picture: Milan Goldbach/Twitch Business Twitch CEO Dan Clancy Opens TwichCon 2025 With Product and Service Updates TwitchCon kicked off in Rotterdam with a range of new services for creating, distributing and monetising content. Company boss Dan Clancy presented functions such as Rewind, dual-format and 2L streaming and gift subscription promotions. The requirements for affiliate status were also adjusted. TwitchCon in Rotterdem is the platform's By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© gamescom latam Business Gamescom Latam Reacts, Corrects and Remains Open to Dialogue The organizers of gamescom latam have responded to the publication of an open letter in which indie devs from Brazil criticized the presence of Brazilian studios at the trade fair in particular. They see the danger of misinterpretations, have corrected some of the allegations, and emphasize their openness to feedback By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Stefan Marcinek, CEO of Assemble Entertainment and Organiser of the GermanDevDays © Assemble Business GermanDevDays Programme Finalised, Venue Almost 60% Booked Preparations for the GermanDevDays in July are in full swing. The programme is set, the space is filling up and interested parties can apply for a ticket until the end of June. Registration for the GermanDevDays is no guarantee of participation. Due to the limited number of places, the list By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Kathrin Tamburello, Sales Director Nintendo GSA and Marco Helm, Müller's Head of New Media & Entertainment © Müller Business First Nintendo Brand Shop in Europe Opened at Müller in Ulm Shortly before the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, Müller and Nintendo have intensified their strategic partnership and opened the first Nintendo brand shop in Europe. Müller also promised to have at least one Switch 2 in stock in every of its 950 shops for the launch and confirmed that By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Outright Games Products Outright Games Secures NBA Licence and Announces NBA Bounce The British publisher Outright Games has announced the family-orientated basketball game NBA Bounce for September, for which it is cooperating with the US basketball league. NBA Bounce is primarily intended to appeal to very young target groups, which can hardly be overlooked from the look with cartoon avatars. This is By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
