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The Darkest Files is German Game of the Year, The Berlin Apartment and Tiny Bookshop Win Big
Jörg Friedrich and the Paintbucket Team accepting the award for Best German Game, presented by Dorothee Bär.

The Darkest Files is German Game of the Year, The Berlin Apartment and Tiny Bookshop Win Big

Paintbucket Games unifies Best Serious Game and Best German Game for the first time ever at the German Computer Game Awards 2026. Tiny Bookshop is Best Debut, Blue Backpack takes home three cash prizes for Constance and The Berlin Apartment. Anno 117 also takes home a deserved trophy.
By Pascal Wagner 3 min read

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Games Done Quick Brings Speedrunning Marathon to gamescom
Tim Endres, Director gamescom at Koelnmesse / Stefan Heikhaus, Director of gamescom & Events at game - The German Games Industry Association © Koelnmesse / Dirk Mathesius/game

Games Done Quick Brings Speedrunning Marathon to gamescom

Games Done Quick (GDQ) is collaborating with gamescom to create a new live event in August 2026. This will be the first time that GDQ has held an official event in Europe. The event will be a three-day speedrunning marathon.
By Marcel Kleffmann 2 min read

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Interview: How Is Arc Games Positioning Itself for the Future?
Arc Games: Jason Park (Chief Operating Officer), Yoon Im (Chief Executive Officer), and Michael Borras (Vice President of Business Development) © Arc Games, Borras

Interview: How Is Arc Games Positioning Itself for the Future?

Following the management buyout, Arc Games has positioned itself for the future with an expanded and transformed leadership team. What strategic goals is the publisher aiming for, and what is its view of the current state of the industry?
By Marcel Kleffmann 7 min read

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Rockfish Gets Maximum Funding, tobspr games over 2 Million for "Project 3"
Christmas for space and automation players: German Federal funding reveals the next Everspace and the next shapez title.

Rockfish Gets Maximum Funding, tobspr games over 2 Million for "Project 3"

With the latest funding announcements from the Federal Ministry for Research, the maximum German games funding amount of 8 mil to Rockfish is official. Furthermore, tobspr might be working on shapez 3 already - with over 2 million in games funding. SimLand and Tap Nine also get significant amounts.
By Pascal Wagner 4 min read

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A Brief History of The Deutscher Computerspielpreis
The refusal by Mimimi co-founder Dominik Abé to accept the DCP – pictured here with Jens Kosche, then managing director of EA Germany, and Studio Fizbin founder Mareike Ottrand – is still regarded today as the biggest DCP scandal | Archive photo: DCP/Getty Images for Quinke Networks

A Brief History of The Deutscher Computerspielpreis

The excitement is building: in a few hours’ time, the Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2026 (German Computer Game Award) will be presented in Munich. GamesMarkt looks back at the origins and development of the award.
By Stephan Steininger 4 min read