New Games Funding Programme to Launch with Increased Budget in Q1 2025
After a change in responsibility, games funding in Saarland remained largely quiet throughout 2024. Now, according to information from GamesMarkt, a new funding programme is set to launch soon, with €300,000 allocated for project funding, the Game Award Saar, and event and location marketing.
The background to this development is a reorganisation of media funding in Saarland. Previously, the Landesmedienanstalt Saarland (LMS) was responsible for both film and games funding and operated Saarland Medien GmbH as a dedicated spin-off. However, at the beginning of 2025, responsibility for film funding was transferred to the Saarland State Chancellery, while games funding had already been moved to the Ministry of Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation, and Energy of Saarland.