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Road to Polaris 2024: 5 Games Accompanying Gamecity Hamburg
Gamecity Hamburg announced on September 13, 2024 the five Hamburg-made games it would present at Polaris, the city's community convention for gaming, anime, manga, and Asian pop culture.
- Gamecity Hamburg is hosting a joint booth for five local studios at the Polaris 2024 convention, taking place in Hamburg from October 11–13.
- Polaris 2024 is expanding to its largest scale yet, occupying over 20,000 square meters of trade fair space with approximately 150 exhibitors.
- The five featured titles are Into the Emberlands (Tiny Roar), Light of Atlantis (Duck’n’Run Games), Mambio (neurodactics), Misgiven (Symmetry Break Studio), and Monster Mayhem (Lost the Game Studios).
Senators Roundtable 2024: Industry Decision Makers and Politics
The Senator's Roundtable 2024 is an annual gathering in which Hamburg's Senator for Culture and Media, Dr. Carsten Brosda, and the promotion initiative Gamecity Hamburg bring together games industry executives to discuss current sector challenges and present Gamecity's activities.
- 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.
Hamburg Games Conference 2024: First Highlight Speakers
The Hamburg Games Conference 2024 announcement, published November 23, 2023, previews the second-year edition of a B2B event that brings the international games industry together in Hamburg on March 5 and 6, 2024.
- The Hamburg Games Conference 2024 will take place on March 5–6 at the Altonaer Museum with a primary focus on the theme 'Invest in Games.'
- The event facilitates B2B matchmaking and networking to connect game developers with financial partners and venture capital.
- The 2024 program features expert speakers from organizations including Thunderful Group, Rise and Play, GamesIndustry.biz, Geyer Media Consult, and London Venture Partners.
Games Lift: Nenad Slavujevic on Calculating Chaos
Nenad Slavujevic, a Hamburg-based solo developer and participant in Gamecity Hamburg's Games Lift Incubator, is profiled in this November 2023 piece as a founder with a carefully reasoned game concept and a clear business plan.
- The Games Lift Incubator in Hamburg focuses on transitioning independent developers from individual contributors into sustainable studio leaders through mentorship and strategic business planning.
- Developer Nenad Slavujevic is utilizing the incubator to refine the business model for his multiplayer title, Chaos Royale, which combines auto-shooter and battle royale mechanics.
- The program emphasizes shifting developer focus from purely creative output toward analytical market positioning and long-term operational sustainability.
Hamburg: The Right Place for Your Next Career Level
Hamburg positions itself as a strong destination for games-industry careers at every level, according to this August 2023 promotional article from Gamecity Hamburg, the city's games-industry support initiative.
- Hamburg’s gaming sector comprises approximately 190 companies and employs roughly 2,450 professionals.
- The local industry features a mix of large-scale studios, including InnoGames, Goodgame Studios, and Fishlabs, alongside a community of indie developers.
- Hamburg hosts German headquarters for major global technology and media firms, including Google, Adobe, and Twitch, which complement the local gaming ecosystem.
Three Questions to: Tiny Roar on Their Partnership with AONIC
This document presents an interview with Maurice Hagelstein, co-founder of Tiny Roar, following the announcement of AONIC becoming the majority shareholder in the Hamburg-based game development studio.
- Swedish investor AONIC has become the majority shareholder of the Hamburg-based indie studio Tiny Roar as of July 2023.
- The partnership provides Tiny Roar with financial stability and access to an in-house publishing division within the AONIC collective.
- The deal allows Tiny Roar to shift its focus toward longer development cycles and increased budgets, moving away from the need to prioritize short-term survival projects.
Games Made in Germany Steam Sale 2023
The 2023 "Made in Germany" Steam Sale, running June 22 to June 29, 2023, promoted more than 215 games from German developers and publishers on the Steam platform at discounted prices.
- The 'Games Made in Germany Steam Sale' took place from June 22 to June 29, 2023, featuring a curated selection of over 215 titles from German developers.
- The campaign aimed to increase the global visibility and commercial success of German-made games, ranging from independent projects to major blockbusters.
- Featured titles in the promotion included high-profile games such as 'Chained Echoes,' 'Everspace 2,' 'Anno 1800,' 'Hunt: Showdown,' 'Dorfromantik,' and 'SIGNALIS.'
Gamecity Hamburg Funds 6 Digital Game Prototypes in Its 20th Anniversary Year
Gamecity Hamburg, celebrating its 20th anniversary, has allocated 410,000 euros in its 2023 Prototype Funding round to support six digital game projects.
- Gamecity Hamburg awarded 410,000 euros in prototype funding to six digital game projects in 2023.
- Since 2020, the Prototype Funding program has supported 27 projects with a total investment of 1,536,000 euros.
- The 2023 funding recipients include Amberdive Interactive (€80,000), Tiny Roar (€80,000), Curvature Games (€80,000), DrownTown (€70,000), Godcomplex Games (€70,000), and Beardshaker Games (€30,000).
Prototype Funding 2023: 410,000 Euros for 6 Projects from Hamburg
Gamecity Hamburg announced on May 10, 2023, during its 20th anniversary year, that its prototype funding program will distribute a total of 410,000 euros across six digital game projects from Hamburg-based companies and start-ups.
- Gamecity Hamburg distributed 410,000 euros in 2023 to fund the development of six digital game prototypes from local studios.
- Amberdive Interactive, Tiny Roar, and Curvature Games each received 80,000 euros for their respective projects: METACORE, Project Renaissance, and Reddie – ReRun of Reality.
- DrownTown and Godcomplex Games were awarded 70,000 euros each for Light of Atlantis and Stack 'Em Up, while Beardshaker Games received 30,000 euros for How to Find Friends.
Senator's Roundtable 2023: Hamburg
Hamburg's Senator's Roundtable 2023 is a yearly networking and policy event in which the city's Minister for Culture and Media, Dr. Carsten Brosda, and Gamecity Hamburg invite games industry representatives to meet with city officials.
- The Senator’s Roundtable 2023, held on February 3 in Hamburg, serves as a formal mechanism for aligning municipal policy with the operational needs of the local games industry.
- The event convened key industry stakeholders including InnoGames, Bigpoint, Fishlabs, Square Enix, Rocket Beans Entertainment, Twitch, and Razer to facilitate public-private dialogue.
- Hamburg’s government utilizes this forum to refine support structures, such as dedicated funding programs and incubator initiatives, to maintain the city's competitive status as a gaming hub.
From Prototype Funding to a Publishing Deal: Tiny Roar and Daedalic Entertainment Partner for Wanderful
The document announces a publishing partnership between Hamburg-based game developer Tiny Roar and publisher Daedalic Entertainment for the game Wanderful.
- Developer Tiny Roar secured a publishing deal with Daedalic Entertainment for their upcoming cozy worldbuilder, Wanderful.
- The project, originally titled HEXAGONE, received 80,000 € in prototype funding from Gamecity Hamburg earlier in 2022.
- Wanderful is a procedurally generated worldbuilding game designed for 5 to 30-minute play sessions.
Recap: Road to Gamescom 2022
Gamecity Hamburg's "Road to gamescom" support program enabled six Hamburg indie studios to exhibit at the Indie Arena Booth during gamescom 2022 in Cologne, the first on-site edition of the world's largest games trade fair since the pandemic, held under the theme "The Heart of Pop Culture."
- Gamescom 2022 marked a major return to in-person events, attracting 265,000 visitors to Cologne.
- Gamecity Hamburg sponsored six local indie studios—Tiny Roar, Beardshaker Games, THREAKS, Octofox Games, OneManOnMars, and CRATR.games—to exhibit at the Indie Arena Booth.
- The Indie Arena Booth hosted over 130 international studios, utilizing a hybrid model that integrated physical exhibition space with digital access for remote attendees.