Launched in 2003, Gamecity Hamburg supports businesses from Hamburg’s games industry. Gamecity Hamburg is part of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft.
Gamecity Hamburg supports, connects and makes the gaming hub Hamburg visible. The aim is to improve the general conditions for companies and founders of the games value chain in the city, to support them in their further development and to anchor Hamburg in the public perception as one of the leading games locations in Germany. Gamecity Hamburg is the contact point for Hamburg's games funding as w
04/12/2024
At the 2024, Hamburg-based scored awards for Best Audio Design, Story, and Innovation for Closer the Distance! 🥰
Games Lift Incubator team and prototype funding recipient won the Newcomer Award for Map Map - A Game About Maps! 🥳
Congratulations and well done!
22/04/2024
Mark May 8 on your calendar cause that's when you can meet awesome indie devs at the Indie Treff e.V. #40! As always, here you can learn something new, play some games and meet like-minded people. Doors open at 6:30 pm at the SAE Institute Hamburg and there's no entry fee. Catch you there!
19/03/2024
It's Game Starter Day! Tune in tonight to learn all about the profession of Gameplay Programming 🎮
Our three experts are going to tell us all about their jobs, how they got to this point in their careers and what they'd have liked to know earlier. Tune in at 6 pm and feel free to ask your questions via chat:
Game Starter: Gameplay Programming For the next installment of Game Starter on March 19, we will be talking about Gameplay Programming. Gameplay Programmers are the wizards who code the mechan...
23/02/2024
Do you want to attend the German Creative Economy Summit Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft but still need a few program tips? We have some great recommendations for you. The GCES takes place from March 6-7 at Kampnagel (in German). Tickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/german-creative-economy-summit-2024-tickets-682085765887?aff=oddtdtcreator
Panel "Between optimism and challenges: Creative industries in turbulent times" Julia Pfiffer (astragon entertainment) and others will discuss the economic challenges facing the industry:
https://german-creative-economy-summit.de/programm/optimismus-und-herausforderungen-kreativwirtschaft/
Panel "Games & VR: Innovations for the health of tomorrow" with Daniel Budiman from Rocketbeans TV, and Johannes Heering from ergofox GmbH, among others, on revolutionizing the healthcare sector through the games industry and VR:
https://german-creative-economy-summit.de/programm/games-vr-innovationen-fuer-die-gesundheit-von-morgen/
Further program content is available on the status of the creative industry trade fairs (including gamescom) and exciting talks and panels on current topics from the entire creative industry: https://german-creative-economy-summit.de/
20/02/2024
Wanna meet other awesome FLINTA* people from the games industry? We've got just the thing for you: our upcoming FLINTA* Games Meetup on February 29 at the SPACE (Am Sandtokai 27)!
In addition to the usual meetup, we're offering a Peer-to-Peer Application/Portfolio Feedback program this time around. You can bring an application/portfolio yourself and/or offer to give feedback. The perfect opportunity to get some feedback from different perspectives.
Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/flinta-games-meetup-3-tickets-813737961147?aff=fb
13/02/2024
The Pitch Level Up is fast approaching - and if you haven't gotten a ticket yet, here's our final pitch to you: This spectacular talk program! In just one day you can learn a lot about the art of pitching, networking as an indie and more.
Get your ticket: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/pitch-level-up-2024-tickets-779302423527?aff=tw
13/02/2024
Hamburg Games Conference: Gaming meets Business 2024
On March 5 and 6, the Hamburg Games Conference (HGC) will become the meeting point for international games companies and start-ups, as well as all those who want to understand the underlying issues and are aiming for cooperation with games studios.
👉Get your tickets now with a 20 percent discount with the code HGC2024_gamecity20: https://hgc2024.eventbrite.de/ 👈
We are looking forward to these companies, who will be joining the HGC with speakers and representatives: Remedy Entertainment, Metacore, Thunderful Group, The Sandbox, Animoca Brands, Bigpoint Games, InnoGames, Sunday, Gamelight, London Venture Partners, GamesIndustry.biz, and more.
What can you expect? Talks, Panels, Roundtables, B2B-Networking and the Expo floor in the wonderful location of the Altonaer Museum.
👏Topics will discuss Best Practices, Licensing, Investing in IPs, all about AI and legal implications, user-generated content, current layoffs in the industry, and more. You can find the program on the website:
https://www.gamesconference.com/talks-panels-2024/
🗣 If you are an Indie Developer and want to win a booth at the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2024, apply until February 14 for the Indie Arena Booth Pitch Royal Event on March 5: https://forms.gle/bzvfdmidniaFKek58
🎫 If you have been affected by the current layoffs in the industry, apply for a free "Opportunity Ticket" to be part of the HGC and benefit from MeetToMatch, B2B-Networking, Insight-Talks, and more. Apply until February 16: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1R0FdIJNxElXaBTcTPsqpJwsE5hOkhEcEUlB5fpLpbTM/viewform?edit_requested=true
Find out more about the Indie Game Studios that will showcase their games "made in Hamburg" with our Road to HGC program: https://gamecity-hamburg.de/news/road-to-hamburg-games-conference-7-hamburg-indies-present-their-games/
🤝Let's meet you there!🤝
Hamburg Games Conference 2024 (March 5 – 6) The Hamburg Games Conference returns on March 5-6, 2024! This year's conference topic: Invest in Games.
29/01/2024
We're delighted to announce our first FLINTA* Games Meetup for 2024 💜Join in on Feb 29 for an evening of exchange & meeting new people.
Special Feature: this time we're gonna host a peer-to-peer application/portfolio review before the networking
This event is for Female, Le***an, Intersex, Trans and Agender (FLINTA*) people. To everyone who is not part of the FLINTA* community, we're very much looking forward to seeing you at one of our other events in the next weeks!
Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/flinta-games-meetup-3-tickets-813737961147?aff=fb
11/12/2023
Wow, what an evening! On December 5, our five Games Lift teams celebrated their graduation in front of a live audience and their mentors at the Design Zentrum Hamburg. They showed off the incredible progress of their games projects and we are looking forward to the next steps in their development.
Read more in our Games Lift Log by Jan Bojaryn on our website with wonderful photos from the evening: https://gamecity-hamburg.de/news/games-lift-well-keep-in-touch/
If you missed the live stream, no worries, head over to our YouTube channel and rewatch the whole evening: https://youtube.com/live/qENyh26ieXI
27/11/2023
Don't miss out on the first highlight event 2024: The Hamburg Games Conference on March 5 - 6, 2024 under the key topic of "Invest in Games". 👈
You can expect a well-rounded program with top international speakers set in the great atmosphere of the Altonaer Museum. Already confirmed are:
- Brjánn Sigurgeirsson, Co-Founder Thunderful Group
- Sophie Vo, Founder Rise and Play
- James Batchelor, Editor-in-Chief GamesIndustry.biz
- Timm Geyer, Founder Geyer Media Consult
- Are Mack Growen, Partner at London Venture Partners
We are delighted to bring the Hamburg Games Conference once more to life in 2024, with the support of Hamburg's games companies, and are looking forward to meeting all of you there.
Tickets are available at: https://hgc2024.eventbrite.de/
Hamburg Games Conference 2024 (March 5 – 6) The Hamburg Games Conference returns on March 5-6, 2024! This year's conference topic: Invest in Games.
17/11/2023
The influence of AI is an vital topic for all of us in the games industry. Let's take a step beyond the present and chance a look into the future with our next Forecast Event. Join us at the SPACE in Hamburg for an input talk by the Head of AI/ML of King, Luka Crnkovic-Fries. Afterward we will get together in groups to discuss key questions on this field and exchange experiences.
This event is aimed at decision-makers, directors, C-levels, and managers from companies of any size. We're looking forward to taking a look into the future with you. Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/gamecity-forecast-the-future-of-generative-ai-in-games-tickets-748542630157?aff=fb