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More Than €1.1 Million in Funding for Eleven Games From Bavaria

The FFF Bayern is funding eleven new game projects from Bavaria with €1.1 million. Active Fungus Studios will receive €450,000 for the first-person city-builder Prospera, and Gentle Troll Entertainment will get €140,000 for a Tavern Talk prequel. For the development of prototypes, Pixel Maniacs will get €200,000 and Prof. Dr. Christoph Minnameier €100,000.

28. März 2025 11:06

Their delegations are negotiating the coalition agreement: Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), Lars Klingbeil (SPD; with his back to the camera) and the designated new Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) at the constituent session of the 21st German Bundestag.

First Hurdle Cleared

Games Funding Tax Model Included in First Draft of Coalition Agreement

Various German newspapers, including the Berliner Zeitung, have published the first draft of a coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD. Games are mentioned several times in the draft, which includes plans for tax-based funding.

28. März 2025 07:20

Tencent Invests in Subsidiary

Ubisoft Sells Off Some of Its Family Silver

Ubisoft is spinning off three of its top brands – Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six – into a new subsidiary in which Tencent is investing €1.16 billion. Ubisoft is calling this a historic step that will help it to be agile and ambitious at the same time.

27. März 2025 19:21