Firefighting games spark at Gamescom 2025

Cologne, Germany (AFP) Aug 23, 2025

In a video gaming landscape often dominated by fantasy duels and kinetic gunfights, one different genre is standing out in the Gamescom trade fair in Germany: firefighting. Both "Firefighting Simulator Ignite" from German developer Weltenbauer and French studio Exkee's "Rescue Ops: Wildfire" see themselves as having a social impact beyond fun - whether raising fire safety awareness or h