In this episode, we speak with Ingo Horn. Ingo is a games veteran, marking 27 years of activity in the German industry. He is currently the Communications Director Europe for Wargaming, the chairman of LetsPlay4Charity, and, since 2022, a jury member for DCP (German video game award). He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his charity efforts. We speak about the early days of the games industry, how communication has changed over the years, studio acquisitons and his charity work.

Ingo is Communications Director Europe at Wargaming, Founder of Gaming-Aid e.V. and LetsPlay4Charity e.V. and Jury Member of DCP

Charities Ingo talks about: Stiftung für Hilfe im Kampf gegen den Krebs, Straßenkinder e.V., Brotzeit, Plan International, Weißer Ring e.V., Praxis ohne Grenzen, Vier Pfoten

Ingo's Career: Power Play, PC Player, Blue Byte, Bomico/Infograms

Games, Books and Films/Series Ingo mentions: Dino Crisis, Baldur's Gate, Minecraft, World of Tanks, Elex, Diablo, XCOM, Civilization, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Stranger Things, Cities: Skylines, Transport Fever, Master of Orion, The Song of Ice and Fire, The Dwarves

Mentioned People in the Games Industry: Sid Meier, Peter Molyneux, Phil Spencer, Marcus "Notch" Persson, Kirk Lenke, Chris Huelsbeck, Stefan Marcinek

Mentioned Fairs and Companies: gamescom, EGX, Time Warner, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, Sony, Epic Games, Steam, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Apple Pay, Bandai Namco

Other interesting stuff: Gronkh, 4X, The Offspring, Wacken, C64, Amiga 500, Order of Merit

Ingo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingohorn/