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Bavaria Provided Over €6 Million in Funding for Games and XR in 2024

Bavaria's Digital Minister is using the Advent season to reflect on his ministry's achievements during the "Year of Games" – an initiative that has proven remarkably impactful. By 2024, Bavaria will have invested over 6 million Euros in the games and XR sectors, with more than half of that amount allocated to funding specific projects.

06. December 2024 09:17

"Deine Stimme"

Serious Game Launched by the Bavarian State Agency for Political Education

The Bavarian State Agency for Political Education has launched 'Deine Stimme' (Your Vote). This serious game is designed to raise awareness among young people in grades 8 and above about populist and anti-democratic movements and to show them in an interactive way how personal voting decisions can influence political outcomes.

06. December 2024 12:38

Çiğdem Uzunoğlu als neue Leiterin des Grimme-Instituts ernannt

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Çiğdem Uzunoğlu to Lead Grimme Institute as New Director Starting January

The renowned Grimme Institute is set to gain valuable gaming expertise at the start of the new year. After a thorough selection process, the institute's shareholders have appointed Çiğdem Uzunoğlu as the new director and managing director. Uzunoğlu most recently served as the head of the Digital Game Culture Foundation (Stiftung Digitale Spielkultur).

06. December 2024 08:14