Die Gamescom 2025 startet in Köln - wieso es der Games-Branche gerade nicht gut geht
Die Gamescom wird der Mittelpunkt für Computerspiele-Fans. Aber der Branche hinter der Spielewelt geht es gerade nicht gut.
Gamescom! Und ich schrieb dies hier für den WDR. Mit Statements vom Felix Falk vom @gameverband.bsky.social und Indie-Königin @violencia.bsky.social.
Da ist an zweiter Stelle ein Audio verknüpft und jetzt überlege ich, wie ich die Stimme von dem Moderator da bekommen kann. Damn.
19.08.2025 13:55 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
On my way to gamescom.
14.08.2025 10:08 — 👍 28 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
Hey kids,
We’re opening up guest list registration for our @indiearenabooth.de Reception at gamescom for the first time ever!
✨ reception.indiearenabooth.com
🗓 Aug 20, 6–8PM
📍 Hall 10.2 (big blue carpet)
Good vibes, indie games & maybe baby cats.
25.07.2025 13:23 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
thank you <3
24.07.2025 17:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hi kids,
Big Announcement: I’ll be at gamescom, find me at the @indiearenabooth.de 🩷
Come talk to me about indie games.
✨ If you too want to use the amazing template I poured my heart and soul into, download it here: httphttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11npS6ffgUKFk6ObsBj_4fSywdC_WASdL
24.07.2025 15:23 — 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
We’ve been cooking! 💖
This year’s lineup is fresh out of the oven: 200 handpicked games, ready for you to taste. I’m beyond proud of how it’s all shaping up. Come hungry, and I can’t wait to see y’all at gamescom!
✨ full lineup here: indiearenabooth.de
01.07.2025 09:40 — 👍 24 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
🌶️🧑🍳 Feast your eyes - the Indie Arena Booth 2025 lineup trailer is served! 🌶️🍽️
Our Theme? “Watch us cook.” We’re bringing 200+ blazing-hot indie games to gamescom 2025!
You will want a taste 😋
🍽️ Full lineup here: indiearenabooth.de
#IndieGame #GameDev #IAB25
01.07.2025 09:03 — 👍 159 🔁 61 💬 1 📌 35
🎮 EU indie devs! 🌍 We're bringing a new Indie Arena Booth Showcase to @polarisconvention.bsky.social in Hamburg. Germany! ⚓
🗓️ 10 - 12 October, 2025
🕹️ 10 free, curated booths (PCs, art, setup included!)
🚨 Applications open until 20 July ✨
🔗 indiearenabooth.de/apply
Shares are appreciated 💞
18.06.2025 13:05 — 👍 21 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
Ja.
10.05.2025 10:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Me on my way to amaze.
09.05.2025 15:56 — 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Lol. Shared the wrong post before.
07.05.2025 15:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
These amazing human beings spent hours playing games. I’m in awe of their brains! ✨
07.05.2025 15:28 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Lol.
07.05.2025 15:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Huge thanks to our 70+ amazing jury members who played builds, gave feedback and helped shape the Indie Arena Booth lineup for gamescom 2025! 🙌 We couldn’t do it without you - or the amazing devs behind every submission. Stay tuned, we’ll reveal the lineup soon! 👀💖
07.05.2025 14:07 — 👍 38 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 10
To everyone who submitted: thank you.
You are what makes this space so special. ✨
30.04.2025 14:52 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
There are so many brilliant games we had to reject, simply because we do not have enough space.
We are limited by space, but not by talent. Please know that we see you. We appreciate your work. We hope you will keep sharing it with the world and with us.
30.04.2025 14:52 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This year, we received over 450 submissions, our highest number ever.
The creativity, originality, and heart in these games blew us away.
Saying yes is a joy. But saying no never gets easier.
30.04.2025 14:52 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I think I’ve aged years in a single day.
We just sent out the first batch of confirmations and rejections for Indie Arena Booth 2025.
It is a mix of excitement, pride, exhaustion, and sadness. I feel everything at once.
30.04.2025 14:52 — 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We’ve sent out the first batch of confirmations and rejections for this year’s Indie Arena Booth. Please check your email!
If you didn’t hear from us yet, don’t worry, Nintendo picks and waiting list updates are coming next week. Thanks for your patience, and we’re rooting for you!✨
30.04.2025 14:36 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Thank you for being part of it ✨
28.04.2025 19:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Over.
20.04.2025 13:06 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Women’s toilet is my favourite place at Reboot.
16.04.2025 12:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
✨SURPRISE✨
In a totally unpredictable plot twist (that definitely doesn’t happen every single year ), we’re EXTENDING submissions by one more week!
That means you now have until 16 April to apply:
👉 indiearenabooth.de/apply
09.04.2025 14:09 — 👍 27 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 4
Friends! ✨
I’m looking for game writers based in Berlin for a freelance contract.
Sharing is appreciated! ⭐️
08.04.2025 07:38 — 👍 48 🔁 74 💬 6 📌 0
Do people still use gifs? Asking for a friend.
08.04.2025 13:38 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
a red light with a silhouette of a person in it .
ALT: a red light with a silhouette of a person in it .
🚨 Deadline approaching! 🚨
Submissions close TOMORROW and we’re not emotionally ready.
Go, go, go: indiearenabooth.de/apply
08.04.2025 13:35 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 3
Congrats ✨🍀
31.03.2025 16:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
✨SPACE SPROUTS IS OUT NOW!!!!✨
Launch into cozy cosmic chaos: solve puzzles, bend physics and throw everything around! 🚀🌱
💜You can buy it now with a -10% launch discount! Please if you can, leave a review, as it really helps us a lot get some extra visibility from Steam!💜
tinyurl.com/SpaceSprouts
31.03.2025 15:28 — 👍 42 🔁 23 💬 3 📌 8
Would you like to help us at gamescom this year? 👀 Become a volunteer and join the coolest group of people on the showfloor! ✨ Applications are open until 27 April 🙌💗
👉 indiearenabooth.de/apply/volunt...
17.03.2025 14:14 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Isometric Pixel Art RPG farming sim with a story.
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