Firefighting games spark at Gamescom 2025


Doublet speaks during an interview with AFP about the upcoming video game 'Rescue Ops: Wildfire', in Marseille, on Aug 26, 2025. French video game studio Exkee, based in the southern French city of Marseille, is developing its upcoming release 'Rescue Ops: Wildfire' in which players fight wildfires in Marseille's surrounding areas. — AFP

COLOGNE, Germany: 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 highlighting the impact of climate change on vulnerable ecosystems.

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