On November 5th, 2011, the eighth installment of the German games industry’s leading recruiting event Making Games Talents took place at the University of Hamburg. It was the second time that the high-flying job fair organized by IDG Entertainment and supported by Gamecity: Hamburg took place in the beautiful city of Hamburg and the first time ever that Fishlabs Entertainment participated and presented itself to a total of 150 students, all of which are eager to pursue a career in the games industry after they’ve finished their studies. At Making Games Talents 2011, Fishlabs Entertainment was represented by our CEO Michael Schade, our PR and Marketing Manager Marc Morian, our Marketing Assistant Daniel Sadowski and our Game Monetization Trainee Hanno Trennt and we competed for the favour of the attendees with seven other high-profile representatives of the German video game industry[full], such as Bigpoint (Battlestar Galactica), InnoGames (Tribal Wars), Crytek (Crysis 2) or Spellbound (Gothic IV). The overall concept of Making Games Talents is quite a bit different from that of other job fairs because at these particular events it’s not the talents, who introduce themselves to potential employers, but rather is it the companies, who present themselves to the programming, game design and graphics prodigies of tomorrow.

Fishlabs Entertainment at Making Games Talents 2011

Across the day, Michael held several speeches and presentations, including a key note about Hamburg as Germany’s prior video gaming location as well as a brief introduction of Fishlabs Entertainment and a more in-depth presentation of our company and our most spectacular titles, such as the action-packed 3D outer space adventure Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD or the stunningly beautiful premium racer Sports Car Challenge. Infront of an intrigued audience, Michael elaborated on the huge advantages and promising perspectives of the mobile market and explained how smartphones and tablets have already replaced consoles as the world’s most widespread gaming platforms and how Fishlabs has managed to establish itself as a key player in the industry by co-operating successfully with blue chip clients and carriers  such as Apple, NOKIA, Sony Ericsson and Samsung on the one hand and by releasing high-quality premium games in state-of-the-art console quality on the other! The importance and potential of the mobile market can hardly be overestimated these days and yet this industry is still lightyears away from having reached its peak!

Our CEO Michael Schade introduces Fishlabs Entertainment to a total of 150 video game-loving students at Making Games Talents 2011

Due to its slick organization and brisk attendance, the event turned out to be a full-scale success for us, not only because the whole Fishlabs crew had a great time and lots of fun at Making Games Talents 2011, but also because the students present showed a lot of interest in our company and even picked Fishlabs Entertainment as the most sympathetic and well-liked developer of the day! That’s really amazing and we’d like to say a big “Thank You” to Heiko Klinge and the rest of the Making Games team as well as everybody who visited us at our booth and listened to our presentations. You guys totally made our day and we really hope this wasn’t the last time we took part in a Making Games Talents event!

To give all those who couldn’t be there a little impression of what Making Games Talents 2011 was like, check out the video above and let us know in the comments what you like best about our company and our games! For more information about Making Games Talents, check out their official website (http://www.makinggames.de/) and like them at Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/MakingGames).