Mindlock was the outstanding winner of the GermanDevDays Indie Awards. Solo developer Rouven Schumacher was called onto the stage three times by hosts Stefan Marcinek and Stephan Reichart.

The financial hub of Frankfurt is getting a central location for game founders. In addition to office space, the companies will also receive support from experts and networking opportunities at events organised there by the regional division of game.

Up to 10 game Studios can now register for the dedicated games section at the @Book_Fair (Frankfurt Book Fair). As in the previous year, the special section is being organised by @SpielFabrique .

MSM digital strengthened its team at the beginning of June with the appointment of Niklas Kaeding as Senior Account Manager. Kaeding will primarily be responsible for expanding the agency's portfolio, with a focus on indie and AA studios.

.@gamecityHamburg has drawn a positive conclusion after the first Portside Game Assembly and announced a follow-up event, including date. At the side events, the 100 selected studio managers met another 200 contacts from the industry.

The A1 Austrian eSports Festival/Spielefest Wien took place together for the second time this year and were once again a great success. Visitor numbers rose to 25.500, with 200 exhibitors and high-ranking politicians in attendance. Picture Florian Wieser.

With new partners for cockpit and hardware, @RENNSPORT_gg will be one of the first disciplines in this year's @eSportsWorldCup . So it's the perfect time for Competition Company to introduce @PlayseatGlobal and @moza_racing as partners.

For the sixth time, the indie scene will gather in Cologne in mid-July for the @indiegamefest25 with 40 indie games onsite. The organisers from @INDIEHubNetwork are once again putting together a business area and various side events.

Just a few weeks before @gamescom , @game_verband and @Koelnmesse have confirmed that Minister Dorothee Bär will attend the opening. There she will meet NRW Minister-President Hendrik Wüst. Both will also take part in the official tour.

Keleops has announced that it has completed the full acquisition of Kotaku from G/O Media. One year after acquiring Gizmodo, the company is strengthening its US presence. Keleops is based in Zug Switzerland.

Surprising change at the top of Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Steve Papoutsis, previously CEO of Striking Distance Studios, is replacing the previous leadership trio of Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire with immediate effect.

.@Ubisoft hands over publishing to @HoodedHorseInc . Well, at least for the new game Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, which is developed by @Unfrozen_Studio .

More than 200 studios from 39 countries will be represented at the @IndieArenaBooth at @gamescom in 2025. The 2,037.5 square metres organized have been filled with the help of numerous partner, sponsora and publisher. Picture by: Rolf Otzipka/IAB2024.

Pro Helvetia calls for applications, all of which close on 1 September. These include project funding for production, post-production and pre-production, the She Got Game and SwissGames Showcase mentoring programmes, and joint booths at GDC and NGC 2026.

Representatives from research and university professors have institutionalised the discipline with the founding of the German Society for Game Sciences (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Spielwissenschaft e.V.), with Stephan Jacob and Jens Junge as chairmen.

Computec Media is restructuring its management team in the middle of the year. Rainer Rosenbusch succeeds Christian Müller as CEO. Thilo Bayer, Jens-Ole Quiel and Daniel Waadt and Markus Wollny will form the new Management Board.

BXDXO, a marketing service provider specialising in the games industry, received two awards at the German Brand Award 2025 in Berlin: "Best of Best" and "Gold" in two categories. @bxdxo @bethesda_de .

At the latest FFF Bavaria funding meeting for XR, a total of seven applications were approved. The projects receiving support demonstrate why it makes sense to promote XR as a separate category, as it is neither film nor gaming.

German indie studio Zockrates Laboratories from Nuremberg and US publisher Phiphen Games have released Ruffy and the Riverside. This hand-drawn 3D platformer took over seven years to develop. The project has also received multiple grants. @zocklabs .

Swiss-Polish indie developer @BlindflugStudio has announced the release date for its base-building strategy game, Ground of Aces. The game will be available on PC and Mac via Early Access on 10 July 2025.