A GUIDE TO THE GERMAN GAMES INDUSTRY

"ROGUE STORMERS"
HENDRIK KLINDWORTH,
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
INNOGAMES
Being located in the heart of Europe, Germany
"
offers good access to all European markets. The different
regions host multiple game studios which
are successful on diverse platforms and vary in size,
style and strategic approach. Many German developers
and publishers have decades of experience in
the market and will continue to be successful in the
future as they focus on sustainable growth."
ADRIAN GOERSCH,
CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING
DIRECTOR OF
BLACK FOREST GAMES
Things aren't looking too shabby for the German-speaking
games industry: Rockfish, King Art
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and Mimimi all made it to the top of the Steam charts.
Yager, Piranha Bytes, Deck13 and us, too, are working
on larger projects with international potential. THQ
Nordic is making an extremely positive development,
Flaregames is established as a successful mobile publisher,
and Headup Games always has a good sense
for business. "The Long Journey Home" (Daedalic),
"Dropzone" (Gameforge) and "Drone Swarm" (stillalive
studios) are really great projects which I'm
expecting to also be commercially successful. The
indie scene just made a mark with Jo-Mei's "Sea of
Solitude" by getting EA to sign the project. These are
just a few examples which inspire great hope."
Germany has various
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multi-cultural cities like
Hamburg or Berlin, whose
game studios attract
high-profile talents
from all over the
world. Additionally,
thanks to
a variety of IT
or game related
schools or traineeships,
local experts from
Germany offer a high
level of education for
the specific needs inside
the international
games industry."
On the subject of eSports in Germany: In 2016,
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a lot of players from outside the industry jumped
onto the eSports bandwagon, like the soccer clubs
Schalke 04 or Paris St. Germain. For the first time
ever, there were more eSports spectators than at the
classic sports heavyweights. Lots is going to happen,
primarily at the base, in 2017. Local eSports clubs are
going to be established and start becoming a part
of our society. In no time, parents will not only be
driving their kids to soccer training or ballet classes,
but to training in eSports clubs, and the bedrooms
of German teens will be decorated with posters of
eSports stars."
"FORGE OF EMPIRES"
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