Gamecity Treff is back! We have teamed up with Hamburg Music Business, to not only invite the Hamburg games industry but for the very first time also the Hamburg music industry.

The games and music industry in Hamburg already have their touchpoints, but we believe there is more to it. This is why we wanted to tighten the connection between Hamburg’s games and music industries, foster the exchange of knowledge, and create new contacts and business opportunities.

This was the first on-site Gamecity Treff in two years, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With the “Grüner Jäger” we have found the perfect location to bring games and music together and provide a comfortable and safe environment for all participants.

This Gamecity Treff offered networking opportunities across the two industries. Also, short presentations of the games and music market in Hamburg were held and a business speed dating. Additionally,  "ONE PLAYER MODE - Music From The Wonderful World Of Videogames" played.

This event was sponsored by Photon and Bigpoint - a big thank you for supporting the Gamecity Treff!

About the Gamecity Treff:

Gamecity Hamburg’s 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 hubs in Europe. At the same time, we promote the exchange of knowledge within the sector and with other industries. The Gamecity Treff started in 2003 (!) as a networking event to bring together Hamburg’s games industry and is still going strong with up to 200 participants per event. These informal events aim to promote the networking and exchange of information within the industry.

About Hamburg Music Business e.V.:

Hamburg Music Business is the first and largest regional music trade association in Germany. It was founded in March 2004 with the aim of promoting and helping to shape Hamburg as a centre for music and the music industry.

With its musical history, ranging from Brahms to the Beatles, its vast number and unique concentration of live music clubs in the Altona and St. Pauli districts, its world-famous festivals, including Hurricane, Wacken Open Air, MS Dockville, Elbjazz and the Reeperbahn Festival, and with its internationally active publishers, labels, distributors, agents, and promoters, Hamburg is northern Europe’s leading centre for the music industry.

Hamburg Music Business is the network of Hamburg’s music business. It consolidates groups across submarkets. With managements, publishers, labels, distributors, promoters, venues, digital service providers, and media amongst its members, it represents enterprises in all branches of the music industry. Hamburg Music Business' main objective is the establishment of the structural requirements for successful businesses in the field of music through networking, public relations, lobbying, and project work.

About Photon:

Photon is the world’s leading real-time multiplayer technology and cloud service for mobile, PC, Mac, Web, Console, VR, AR & MR. Developers use Photon to create games and applications that offer true synchronous real-time experiences that scale to millions of users. Photon powers thousands of games and applications enjoyed by over one billion players a month. More than 600,000 developers, including some of the world’s leading companies, trust Photon to fuel their real-time experiences, such as EA, Disney, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Facebook, Atari, RecRoom, BandaiNamco or Scopely. www.photonengine.com

About Bigpoint:

Bigpoint was founded in 2002 with the goal to provide great games that everybody can play. Headquartered in Hamburg and with employees from all over the world, we design high-quality games for all gamer segments for browser, client and mobile. www.bigpoint.net

About ONE PLAYER MODE:

Seb Heinrich is a musician and solo GameDev with a special passion for video game music. In his music project "ONE PLAYER MODE" he mixes guitar sounds, beats and vocals played live on stage with the help of a loop station to well-known songs from video game history.