Berlin builds a home for the games industry
With the House of Games, Berlin is pooling the technological and cultural strengths of the games industry:
In conversation, Roland Sillmann comes across as someone who prefers observing and analysing a game rather than playing it. “FIFA against my eldest—disastrous,” he says. Too many buttons, too many things happening at…
A hidden arena in Adlershof
The Riot Games Arena provides e-sports with an impressive stage—and at the same time serves as a pilgrimage site for thousands of fans:
Since its beginnings in the 1990s, e-sports has achieved remarkable popularity. Long gone are the days when competitions took place in dark living rooms; today they fill major arenas such as London’s Wembley Stadium,…
Game space
gamelab.berlin highlights how interactive worlds drive society and technology forward:
A woodcutter goes about his work. A fisherman hauls in his net. Loaves of bread are stacked high at the market, while nearby shutters rattle open. A small town awakens. However, this town is not somewhere in…