GamesCapitalBerlin at gamescom 2026: Meet the Capital Region in Cologne

From established studios and international companies to indie developers, institutions and service providers, the Berlin-Brandenburg presence will showcase the breadth of one of Germany’s leading games locations and create plenty of opportunities to meet the people shaping its future.

The Berlin-Brandenburg Joint Pavilion, funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises and organized by medianet berlinbrandenburg e.V., will be located in the gamescom Business Area in Hall 4.1, Booth C063g–D078g.

• Brehm & von Moers
• PlaytestCloud
• House of Games Berlin
• Com2uS Europe
• Berlin Partner for Business and Technology
• Economic Development Agency Brandenburg (WFBB)
• Black Soup
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
• Interlake (partner of Schwarz Digits)
  Meetings with the exhibitors can also be arranged through MeetToMatch.

A dedicated Indie Showcase, funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, puts some of the region’s latest independent productions directly on the gamescom show floor, showcasing its variety of games, companies and creative talent:

• My Little Cafe Nightmare – Ivy Juice Games
• WATERFUL – Findling Games
• Pibcremental – Arcane Cabinet
• Tiny Drift – NachoMakesGames
• Fleshbag – Industrial Technology and Witchcraft
• Once Upon A Die – Fuchsteufelswild

The capital’s games scene does not stop at the Berlin-Brandenburg pavilion. Berlin-based studios, publishers and service providers can be found across the gamescom halls – from major international releases to some of the event’s biggest indie areas.

One of this year’s most prominent releases with Berlin DNA is Ubisoft’s Rayman Legends Retold. The remake of the platforming classic will be one of the centerpieces of Ubisoft’s gamescom presence. Visitors can play the game in 20-minute couch co-op sessions at 15 stations in Hall 6, ahead of its release on October 1.

Berlin-based developer and publisher ByteRockers’ Games is taking over its own corner of the indie area in Hall 10.2 – complete with a massive castle-shaped booth that should be hard to miss. Four titles will be playable publicly: OKU, EXOVIA, The Regreening and DeeSicks. The Berlin-set cyberpunk action RPG NEO BERLIN 2087, published by ByteRockers’, will also be presented behind closed doors.

And there is plenty more Berlin indie talent to discover in Hall 10.2. At the Indie Arena Booth, Berlin-based Paintbucket Games will give visitors the chance to play its newly announced SOKO 1977: Anti-Terror Task Force, while serious-games studio Playing History is part of the lineup with Grenzgänger: From the GDR to the West.

Over at Home of Indies, another Berlin-born initiative, Flamehead Games will showcase its work. The six-person studio, founded by Game Design graduates from HTW Berlin, is currently developing the colourful roguelite tower-defense deckbuilder Cards & Cannons. Home of Indies itself is organised by Berlin-based communications agency Factory-C and returns to gamescom for its fifth edition.

Berlin’s games ecosystem also extends well beyond development and publishing. Altagram, the Berlin-based game localization, QA and audio production company, will be in Cologne from August 26–28.

Whether AAA, indie, publishing, localization or games services: the capital’s presence across gamescom reflects the diversity of the wider GamesCapitalBerlin ecosystem.

On August 26 from 11 AM to 12 PM, the pavilion will officially open with the Berlin-Brandenburg Reception.

The reception will be opened by Michael Biel, State Secretary for Economic Affairs of Berlin, Jeannine Koch, CEO & Chairwoman of the Board of medianet berlinbrandenburg, and Maik Reichelt, CEO of ByteRockers’ Games.

The event is an opportunity to meet the exhibitors and Indie Showcase teams, reconnect with partners from the capital region and make new international contacts right at the start of gamescom.

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The reception is organized by medianet berlinbrandenburg e.V. and supported by Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, the Economic Development Agency Brandenburg (WFBB) and ByteRockers’ Games, with support for the regional games presence from the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises.

GamesCapitalBerlin is starting this year’s gamescom week even before the trade fair doors open.

On the evening of August 25, the first GamesCapitalBerlin @ gamescom Dinner will bring together a curated group of Berlin-based and international games companies, investors and representatives of key institutions.

The invitation-only dinner is designed to introduce international decision-makers to Berlin’s games ecosystem, create new connections and open conversations about investment, cooperation and opportunities to establish or expand games businesses in the German capital.

The dinner provides an intimate setting to make this ecosystem tangible and connect its key players with international guests in Cologne.

Another premiere at the same evening ist the invitation only Medienboard Sundowner. To kick off gamescom 2026, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg will welcome the games industry for the first time in Cologne.

Whether you are looking for new games, business partners, investment opportunities or simply want to meet the people behind Berlin-Brandenburg’s games ecosystem: make the capital region part of your gamescom schedule.

Find GamesCapitalBerlin and the Berlin-Brandenburg Joint Pavilion in Hall 4.1, Booth C063g–D078g from August 26.

The joint presence, Berlin-Brandenburg Reception and GamesCapitalBerlin @ gamescom Dinner are funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises and organised by medianet berlinbrandenburg e.V..