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Let's look back at our Game Playtest Night #2 in June: We cooperated with the gaming and esport location Play Bay in order to offer participating indie...

Polaris Convention is approaching - 3 days with numerous key players and artists from gaming, e-sports, cosplay, and content creation from October 28 -30....

Goodgame Studios is a leading developer and publisher of mobile and browser games in Hamburg, specializing in the free-to-play sector with over 500 million...

Three successful years lie behind the Games Lift Incubator. Before we start the fourth one, we take a look back. Our alumni have a lot to show. Read more in...

Need funding to realize your game project? Find out more about the funding opportunities in Hamburg, the Prototype Funding of up to 80,000 euros or the Games...

The Hamburg Games Conference is just around the corner - 2 days of conference with expert insights, talks, panels, roundtables and networking from March 5 to 6...

The Hamburg-based company-builder applike receives a major investment from shareholder Bertelsmann. Applike focusses on the mobile app value chain and is,...

Companies and studios have until February 12, 2025 to apply for the development of narrative games and interactive projects. Creative Europe is providing a...

Pride Month 2022 is almost over and so is the sale period for Queer Games Bundle 2022 on itch.io. After a successful premiere in 2021, the Queer Games Bundle...

What an evening! In the middle of October, on the first evening of the Polaris Convention in Hamburg, we celebrated our most recent Gamecity Treff with around...

They've been around for a few years now: Bagpack Games have successfully established themselves in the Hamburg scene. Now they are bringing a real eye-catcher...

In the 2022 funding round of the Gamecity Hamburg Prototype Funding program the awarding committee decided to fund six prototypes for digital games by...

All around the world, June is Pride Month with LGBTQ+ communities coming together to celebrate the freedom to be themselves after decades of exclusion and...

The games industry is a driving and innovative factor in Hamburg’s economy – this is why Hamburg’s Minister for Culture and Media, Dr. Carsten Brosda,...

This year, gaming is to become an even more visible crowd puller in Hamburg: For October 28-30, 2022, three partners from Hamburg announce a community fair...

Are you visiting our beautiful city for the Hamburg Games conference? We recommend to stay a while and explore some of the unique sights Hamburg has to offer....

First announced in 2019, this game by the Hamburg-based studio has been anticipated by press and fans alike. Following the untold story of the iconic...

On the initiative of the industry association game Hamburg, three games companies are offering a comprehensive three-week internship program for 20 9th grade...

The voxel real-time strategy game

It looks like a finished game – the prototype for “Light of Atlantis” from Duck’n’Run Games has already found fans and won awards. But the trio...

The Hamburg Games Conference is drawing near, with just three weeks to go until March 1 & 2! Right on schedule, the conference line-up is now complete, so...

Gamecity Hamburg Recap 2023 and Lookout for 2024: One minute we're celebrating Gamecity Hamburg's 20th anniversary, then 2024 is just around the corner. So...

The Games Lift Incubator can only exist because many experts support it, teach and coach in it, and keep networking in it. Over 35 veterans from all areas of...

Hamburg-based developers Shapes and Dreams and BrutalHack release the game

Hamburg-based studio Bytro Labs tests out a studio-wide 4-day work week from October to December this year. We talked to founder Tobias Kringe about this...

Gamecity Hamburg supports, connects, and makes the extensive games ecosystem in Hamburg visible. We are your guide to one of the most vibrant games hubs in...

Hamburg-based game developer InnoGames reached 2 billion euros in lifetime revenues with their long-lived games Forge of Empires, Tribal Wars, Grepolis, and...

The Portside Game Assembly brings together voices from acclaimed indie studios worldwide like Benjamin Laulan (COO & Co-Founder Evil Empire), Philomena Schwab...

This year, Gamecity Hamburg's Games Lift Incubator is doing the same as in previous ones: it's evolving. As of now, developer teams can apply for the next...

Hamburg Games Conference will return on March 2-3, 2022, focussing on the topic Moving Markets, featuring keynotes, panels networking, expo and more. For the...

Hamburg's Gaming festival returns once again. PLAY offers a wide variety of events and workshops for all ages since 2008. This year's edition runs under the...

Play Bay is a new eSport training center in the middle of Hamburg, established in 2021. Open to experienced players and total newcomers, their goal is to...

Developing games means solving problems. This duo makes it look deceptively simple: Two illustration professionals bring a clear vision to the Games Lift...

Friday the 13th was a lucky day this October because the Polaris opened its doors for 2023! Already on the first day, the halls were busy and the game station...

The Hamburg-based company Gamelight is one of the world's biggest rewarded marketing platform for mobile games. The platform uses AI algorithms to provide User...

What makes a pitch deck convincing, and how do you successfully present it to a potential publisher or funding institution? Our new event format

Big day for Hamburg-based development studio Deep Silver FISHLABS: Their eagerly awaited dark space-shooter CHORUS released today for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox X/S,...

The Games Lift Incubator is a unique program offering 15,000 euros of funding, 3 months of workshops to get your game concept market-ready and a year of...

What can games companies do to actively contribute to strengthening equality, diversity and inclusion in the industry and in games? And what challenges do...

In the second funding round in 2021, Gamecity Hamburg supports three promising games projects with a total of 159,000 euros through its Prototype Funding...

The Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft mbH is as of now looking for a working student (m/f/d) for the communications department for Gamecity Hamburg (16 hours per...

Soapbox Interactive aim high: Supported by the Gamecity Hamburg Prototype Funding since 2021, the Hamburg-based indie studio founded by two university students...

The gamescom week lies behind us and it was a blast! The gamescom 2024 celebrated its biggest success since 2019 with 335,000 visitors (including 32,000 trade...

The indie studio Tiny Roar has been around in the Hamburg games industry for over six years now. Recently, at gamescom 2021, they announced their latest...

In 2022, the world's largest video games trade fair, gamescom, returned to Cologne under the theme

Share ideas, meet new contacts, take part in an exchange of knowledge, or simply spend quality time with like-minded people at our Gamecity Treff, Games...

The Polaris Convention, Hamburg's new community convention centered around gaming, e-sports, and Asian pop-culture, attracted around 10,000 visitors to the...

The community convention Polaris takes place on October 10-12 with a three-day program including gaming, e-sports, anime and manga, cosplay, and content...

Pitching is an integral part of game development - whether you're looking for a publisher, funding or other support for your project! This is why we're...

We will be back on board at the Portside Game Assembly on June 26, 2026!  Our conference for established indie studios successfully premiered in June 2025 and...

Making games is a team effort. Symmetry Break are our biggest team this year; they have thought a lot about what their game is, and how they want to make it as...

After the Early Access release in June 2024, Hamburg-based indie developer Tiny Roar release the 1.0 version of the cozy exploration game “Into the...

Games Lift Incubator for Game Developers - Application Phase until June 10, 2025 Hamburg, May 2, 2025: Gamecity Hamburg launches the application phase for the...

Gamecity Hamburg supports, connects, and makes the extensive games ecosystem in Hamburg visible. We are your guide to one of the most vibrant games hubs in...

The Hamburg Prototype Funding program starts into 2022. The first funding round has started and ends on April 11. Game developers, teams and companies from the...

Gamecity Hamburg offers Hamburg-based game developer teams a spot at the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2024 as part of the Road to gamescom program.

In the fourth episode of our Indie Dev Insights video series, Tobias Graff, Co-Founder, Programmer and CEO of the Hamburg-based indie studio and publisher...

On Monday, September 11, 2023, the official kick-off of the Games Lift Incubator 2023 took place in the new SPACE innovation space of the Hamburg Kreativ...

Crumbling has been with Gamecity Hamburg from the start: Part of the first round of our Games Lift Incubator in 2020, they then convinced the jury of the...

Games Lift: More successful than ever It’s high time to apply for this year’s Game Lift Incubator. The next round is already gearing up. Meanwhile, the...

On June 26 and 27 we celebrated the successful premiere of Portside Game Assembly. A B2B conference for indie studios with 100 selected studio directors from...

Good things come to those who start: SUPERNATURAL GAMES are Gerrit and Patrick Henschel. The brothers have been successful in their separate careers. Now, they...

Road to Polaris - Gamecity Hamburg brings 5 indie games to the convention From October 13 to 15, Polaris, Hamburg's new community convention dedicated to...

Games business outlets. They are our guides to the business but barely guided to. Well, not anymore! In a short article series, we will be your guide to the...

Schüler*innen aus dem Jahrgang 9 an Stadtteilschulen oder Gymnasien können sich ab sofort für ein dreiwöchiges Schul-Praktikum Games bewerben für...

As of yesterday, German companies are no longer legally obligated to have their employees to work remotely whenever its possible. Still, many workers and...

Dom Schott has been a part of the German games journalism scene for some time already, but the last few years have brought some big changes for him: he joined...

Young game studios face significant challenges, especially in times of instability and economic crises. Not only in Germany but worldwide, as the gaming...

Hamburg-based Exit Games has entered into a strategic partnership with Skillz, one of the leading multiplayer competition platforms for mobile games. Skillz is...

Are you planning to apply for our funding programs and need some information and tips? Here's a short guide for you. We have put together some information,...

We are pushing things forward in Hamburg’s games industry and are your contact for well-founded games industry insights. We can connect you with game...

Here we go again! We are looking forward to the next gamescom from August 23 to 27, 2023 in Cologne. Five exciting indie studios will showcase their games at...

A successful presentation takes practice. After several years, the Games Lift team of Gamecity Hamburg has developed a certain flow. And after careful...

For three weeks in January, 16 students from Hamburg schools participated in the School Internship Games at three different studios in Hamburg as well as the...

The Hamburg Games Conference brought us two days filled with talks, panels, discussions and workshops with 50 speakers and 500 guests from around the world!...

From May 9 to June 14, you can apply for our Games Lift Incubator 2022! Take the chance to bring your game ideas and concepts for digital games to the next...

School Internship Games 2024 starts on January 8 rom January 8 to 26, 2024, Hamburg games companies will once again open their doors for the School Internship...

Gamecity Hamburg supports, connects, and makes the extensive games ecosystem in Hamburg visible. We are your guide to one of the most vibrant games hubs in...

With the Road to gamescom program five studios and developers from Hamburg could present themselves at the digital Indie Arena Booth Online, a virtual online...

Road to Polaris 2024 – These 5 games will accompany Gamecity Hamburg From October 11 to 13, Polaris, Hamburg's community convention dedicated to gaming,...

Games Lift 2024: The five teams By qualifying for this funding program, which is unique in Germany, the teams benefit from one year of support including a...

OneManOnMars will finally release the exciting 2D action adventure Leif's Adventure on December 19, 2024 on Steam, Switch and PS5! What goes around comes...

Gamecity Hamburg supports, connects, and makes the extensive games ecosystem in Hamburg visible. We are your guide to one of the most vibrant games hubs in...

​​​​​​​For the people behind the project, Games Lift Graduation is a cause for celebration. After three intense months, they can pause for an...

Hamburg developer moi rai games finally released the long-awaited „Athermancer“, a Monster Taming meets Roguelite game, published by offbrand games for...