Germany’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has invested €5.6 million in the country’s games industry. The funds were allocated to several local studios and startups, including Deponia developer Daedalic Entertainment.

A recent survey by Game, the German Games Industry Association, asked domestic publishers and studios to rate the international competitiveness of Germany as a video games economy. 56 percent of the respondents rated the country “rather bad,” with 14 percent rating it “bad.” Only 30 percent chose the answer “rather good.” Zero companies answered “very good.”

Marcel Hatam, currently International Brand Manager at Ubisoft and formerly Brand Manager at Crytek, has shared his thoughts on Bild’s coverage of the potential acquisition talks between Crytek and Tencent.

According to German tabloid Bild, Tencent has plans to acquire Germany-based Crytek for over €300 million via its European subsidiary. Bild claims that it’s not games that the Chinese giant might be after.

Sophie Vo, Studio & Game Lead at Voodoo, shares her key lessons from building up Voodoo’s new studio in Berlin

UK-based indie publisher Kasedo Games has become the majority shareholder in French developer Bulwark Studios.

A number of German media companies refused to just accept the new privacy policy Apple rolled out with its iOS 14.5 on Monday. They filed a complaint with the German Federal Cartel Office claiming Apple is abusing its market power.

Germany is considering a new reform of the Youth Protection Act. The government wants to protect kids from gambling-like mechanics by classifying games with loot boxes 18+.

Next year’s gamescom will be held as a hybrid event. Its physical part will take place in Cologne from August 25 to 29, 2021. At the same time, its online edition will run on the net.

From 28 September 2020, games companies can submit applications for funding to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI). Studios can now get non-repayable grants from the government covering 25 to 50 percent of development costs.

Cloudpunk is a neon-noir story set in a dystopian cyberpunk metropolis. You play as a courier with the Cloudpunk delivery service.

Gamers in Germany spent around €6.2 billion on video games in 2019. That’s up 6 percent from 2018.

The Surge 2 from Deck13 became one of this year’s top releases on Steam. With 2019 almost over, Jan Klose, co-founder and managing director at Deck13, as well creative director on The Surge 2, reflects on the achievements of the year and what lies ahead.

InnoGames has generated $1.1 billion in revenue over 16 years on the market. More than half of these earnings, according to the company’s execs, resulted from its transition to mobile.

What kind of video games market does Germany have? A post by “game – the German Games Industry Association” answers that.

According to Bethesda’s blog, Germany will get the uncensored version of Wolfenstein: Youngblood for the first time in the history of the MachineGames’ series.