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Hamburg at gamescom 22: Six Hamburg Indies at the Indie Arena Booth
Gamecity Hamburg facilitates the participation of six local independent game studios at the 2022 gamescom trade fair in Cologne.
- Gamecity Hamburg sponsored six local independent studios at the 2022 gamescom Indie Arena Booth to provide cost-effective access to international press and publishers.
- The six featured studios participating in the initiative are Tiny Roar, THREAKS, OneManOnMars, Beardshaker Games, Octofox Games, and CRATR.games.
- The delegation’s project portfolio spans diverse genres, including sci-fi adventures, souls-like action RPGs, cozy narrative games, and real-time strategy titles.
Pitch Level Up 2023: Boost Your Pitch with Expert Feedback
The Pitch Level Up 2023 event, organized by Gamecity Hamburg, serves as a professional development initiative designed to help game developers refine their project pitches for publishers, investors, and funding institutions.
- Pitch Level Up 2023 provides game developers with 30-minute feedback sessions consisting of a 10-minute pitch presentation followed by 20 minutes of individualized critique from industry experts.
- Participants can select up to three experts from a panel including representatives from Ubisoft, astragon Entertainment, Bytro, Daedalic Entertainment, and Super Crowd Entertainment.
- The event, organized by Gamecity Hamburg, focuses on improving presentation strategies for publishers, investors, and funding institutions in a secure, low-risk environment.
Pitch Level Up 2023 in Review: Hamburg
The Pitch Level Up 2023 event, held on April 13 in Hamburg, Germany, served as a specialized professional development forum designed to assist game developers, founders, and students in refining their pitch decks and navigating the complexities of the gaming industry.
- Pitch Level Up 2023, held on April 13 in Hamburg, provided developers with direct access to ten industry professionals from companies including Daedalic Entertainment, Ubisoft, Bytro, and IFB Innovationsstarter for one-on-one pitch deck reviews.
- The event addressed the industry-wide challenge of receiving actionable feedback after project rejections by offering intensive, personalized consultations to help developers iterate on their business proposals.
- Five industry experts led educational sessions focused on core commercial competencies, specifically targeting public funding acquisition and publisher relations.
Daedalic's The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Out Now: Germany
The release of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum on May 25, 2023, marks a significant milestone for the Hamburg-based developer Daedalic Entertainment.
- Daedalic Entertainment released the action-adventure title The Lord of the Rings: Gollum on May 25, 2023.
- The game features a stealth-based gameplay loop focused on the character's transformation from Sméagol to his corrupted persona.
- The project was first announced in 2019, representing a multi-year development cycle for the Hamburg-based studio.
Gamecity Hamburg and Hamburg Game Studios at Gamescom 2023
Gamecity Hamburg facilitates the participation of local independent game studios at Gamescom 2023, held in Cologne from August 23 to 27.
- Gamecity Hamburg supported five independent studios—About Cannons + Sparrows, Crumbling Games, DrownTown, Radioactive Dreams, and Symmetry Break Studio—at Gamescom 2023 through the 'Road to Gamescom' program.
- The initiative provided selected indie developers with free delegation packages and exhibition space at the Indie Arena Booth to facilitate international business connections.
- Several participating indie studios previously utilized local support mechanisms, specifically the Games Lift Incubator and regional prototype funding, to reach the Gamescom exhibition stage.
Senators Roundtable 2024: Industry Decision Makers and Politics
The Senators Roundtable 2024 served as a strategic forum for aligning the interests of the Hamburg gaming industry with local government policy.
- The 2024 Senators Roundtable in Hamburg served as a strategic forum to align local government policy with the needs of the regional gaming industry.
- Key industry stakeholders including Bigpoint, InnoGames, Goodgame Studios, and Daedalic Entertainment participated in the dialogue to address operational challenges.
- Discussions centered on optimizing the professional environment to maintain Hamburg’s competitiveness as a hub for established studios and emerging developers.
Successful Third Pitch Level Up 2024: Hamburg
The Pitch Level Up 2024 event, held on February 16 in Hamburg’s Speicherstadt district, served as a professional development forum designed to enhance the pitching capabilities of local game developers.
- Pitch Level Up 2024, held on February 16 in Hamburg, focused on improving pitch deck construction and presentation delivery for local game developers.
- The event facilitated direct mentorship between approximately 80 attendees and industry experts from Kalypso Media Group, Assemble Entertainment, and Daedalic Entertainment.
- The program utilized a format of expert-led strategy presentations followed by structured 1:1 feedback sessions to provide personalized critiques on participant pitch materials.
Octofox Games Release Wild Woods in Early Access
Octofox Games, a Hamburg-based studio, officially launched its cooperative adventure title, Wild Woods, into Early Access on Steam on December 9, 2024.
- Octofox Games launched its four-player cooperative adventure title, Wild Woods, into Steam Early Access on December 9, 2024, with publishing support from Daedalic Entertainment.
- The studio plans to iterate on the game throughout the Early Access period, with a full 1.0 release currently projected for 2025 or 2026.
- The project originated as a student initiative at HAW Hamburg, which previously earned the Best Newcomer Student Award at the 2019 German Developer Award.
Tiny Roar Release Into the Emberlands as Full Version
The Hamburg-based indie studio Tiny Roar has officially launched the full 1.0 version of its cozy exploration game, Into the Emberlands, on Steam.
- Hamburg-based indie studio Tiny Roar has officially launched the 1.0 full version of its cozy rogue-lite exploration game, Into the Emberlands, on Steam.
- The project received critical early-stage support through prototype funding from Gamecity Hamburg in 2022, which helped the studio secure a publishing partnership with Daedalic Entertainment.
- Tiny Roar, founded in 2015, has scaled its operations to a team of more than 27 employees.
Recap: Pitch Level Up 2025
Pitch Level Up 2025, held on February 20, 2025, served as a specialized mentoring event designed to improve the pitching capabilities of game developers, founders, and students.
- Pitch Level Up 2025, held on February 20, 2025, provided over 70 developers, founders, and students with direct mentoring to improve their game pitching capabilities.
- The event featured 1:1 mentoring sessions with industry experts from major firms including astragon Entertainment, Goodgame Studios, Daedalic Entertainment, and ROCKFISH Games.
- Educational programming covered essential business topics such as publisher market overviews, federal funding applications, business case modeling, and crowdfunding strategies.
Gamecity Hamburg at Gamescom 2025: All You Need to Know
Gamecity Hamburg facilitates the participation of local independent game studios at Gamescom 2025, held in Cologne from August 20 to 24.
- Gamecity Hamburg is hosting a delegation of four indie studios at the Indie Arena Booth (Hall 10.2) during Gamescom 2025, held August 20–24 in Cologne.
- The four featured indie studios are Mooneye Studios (IKUMA: The Frozen Compass), Tiny Roar (Lou's Lagoon), Wetterfest (Frisia – Tales & Tides), and solo developer ThinMatrix (HomeGrown).
- Major established companies from the Hamburg region, including Bigpoint, InnoGames, Daedalic Entertainment, Exit Games/Photon, Gamigo, and Toneworx, are confirmed to attend for B2B engagement.
Recap: Gamecity Hamburg Celebrates Two Years of FLINTA Games Meetup
Gamecity Hamburg marked the two-year anniversary of its FLINTA Games Meetup on September 23, 2025, by hosting its inaugural Mentoring Dinner.
- Gamecity Hamburg evolved its FLINTA Games Meetup, established in summer 2023, into a structured Mentoring Dinner format on September 23, 2025.
- The inaugural mentoring event featured eight professional mentors from major companies including Capcom, Bigpoint, InnoGames, and Daedalic Entertainment.
- Mentoring sessions covered diverse industry disciplines, specifically indie studio management, programming, art direction, PR, marketing, product management, and localization.