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Contract negotiations with publishers on equal footing
News
Game of the Year 2026: Award Winners
“Spiel des Jahres 2026” is Dito! by Martin Ang (Game Factory), while Rebirth by Reiner Knizia (Frosted Games / Mighty Boards) was named “Kennerspiel des Jahres 2026.” The “Kinderspiel des Jahres 2026” award went to Die Insel der Mookies by Florian Sirieix (Kosmos / Scorpion Masqué).
Withholding Tax Relief: Statement from German Cultural and Creative Industry Associations
Together with our colleagues from other associations in the German cultural and creative industries, we welcome the planned increase in the tax-exempt threshold from 10,000 euros to 100,000 euros per year for royalty payments to foreign authors and rights holders, and at the same time call for further action.
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Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2026
Göttingen Game Designers' Meeting 2026
We mourn the loss of Reinhold Wittig
In future, VG WORT will use the board game database of the Altenburg Game Archive, run by the Spielen Foundation, as an additional reference for determining library royalties
75 years of the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse: Congratulations!
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