Selection of Press Articles



08/24 – Gamesmarkt: “Ideas and Actions Flow Swiftly”

August 2024: “gamescom congress 2024 has been the biggest so far – not least because of the new location at the Confex and a bigger cast of speakers. We talked to program manager Tobias Kopka about this year’s challenges and successes, as well as the direction change in the big political panel.”

Screenshot of a Gamesmarkt article headed "Tobias Kopka: Ideas and Action Flow Swiftly" with a portrait

First and foremost: Was the gamescom congress 2024 a success from your standpoint as programme manager?

Yes, absolutely! From my perspective as program curator, we are delighted with how the 2024 edition turned out to be. Behind the scenes, we set the stage for testing many new things at gamescom congress, and with record attendance and much positive feedback, it seems we are hitting (…)
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https://www.gamesmarket.global/gamescom-congress-tobias-kopka-ideas-and-action-flow-swiftly-4f5c2c38c6c495e17c07cb23aec250e7/


09/20 – Making Games Biz: “The Art of Coding”

September 2020: “WHAT A MILESTONE – The demoscene was recognized as a Finnish national UNESCO cultural heritage.”

Screenshot of a Making Games article titled "The Art of Coding" about the demoscene and UNESCO heritage
Article live under:
https://www.makinggames.biz/news/the-art-of-coding,2351012.html?fbclid=IwAR3KWA4avkQjqmT0vO3oO6q8UnyAoZMB8C3k4Gaq52kwW49jfWh80NIAYQI


08/19 Deutschlandfunk: “Die Kunst der Programmierung – Art of Coding”

Sigrid Fischer, August 2019

Screenshot of a Deutschlandfunk article "Die Kunst der Programmierung" about the demoscene
Article live under:
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/demoszene-als-weltkulturerbe-die-kunst-der-programmierung.807.de.html?dram:article_id=456692


11/19 – REBOOT DEVELOP RED (KANADA) – SPECIAL

EIN SCHLOSS IN DER WILDNIS ALS SCHAUPLATZ EINER GAMES-KONFERENZ
Achim Fehrenbach, November 2019

Screenshot of an article on Reboot Develop Red in Canada showing the Banff Springs Hotel in the mountains
Article live under: https://www.games.ch/event/artikel/reboot-develop-red-iRG/


06/19 – gamesmarkt: “Reboot Develop Blue: Konferenz mit Urlaubsfeeling”

Melita Halilovic, Juni 2019

Magazine spread headed "Konferenz mit Urlaubsfeeling" showing two people in conversation on a stage


01/18 – Rolling Stone: “Forget Davos, Ludicious Is Switzerland´s Hottest (Gaming) Event”

John Gaudiosi, January 2018

Screenshot of a Rolling Stone article "Forget Davos, Ludicious Is Switzerland's Hottest (Gaming) Event"