Update: Sandra Friedrichs: Dialog über positive und negative Seiten des Gamings anregen Stephan Steininger February 10, 2023 – 6 min read Share this post Sandra Friedrichs ist Halbfinalistin bei Miss Germany 2022/2023 und arbeitete in der Gamesbranche unter anderem für Daedalic Entertainment und bis Ende 2022 für Acer © Friedrichs/Miss Germany Studios Picture: Game Events Business Devcom's Rebranding in Gamescom Dev is Officially Completed In August, the organizers announced that the developer conference devcom would be renamed gamescom dev. Now the transformation is complete. The first event under the new name, the gamescom dev leadership summit, will take place in February. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Groupshoot of the winner during the German Computer Game Awards 2025 (Deutscher Computerspielpreis) at Palais am Funkturm on 14 May 2025 in Berlin, Germany © Franziska Krug, DCP via Getty Images Business Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2026: Date Set, Submissions to Begin The German Computer Game Award 2026 (Deutscher Computerspielpreis) will be presented on 29 April at the Residenz in Munich. Publishers and developers will be able to submit games for the award in January. A total of €800,000 in prize money will be awarded. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Christopher Flato (left, ESBD) and Felix Falk (game) approve of the non-profit status for esports that is to come. Esports Bundestag Approves Non-Profit Status for Esports, game and ESBD Celebrate In today's tax amendment session of the Bundestag, the non-profit status for esports, in talks since 2018, has finally been approved. Now, only the final yes of the Bundesrat on 19 December is missing. ESBD president Flato and game MD Falk approve of the changes. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Total War: Warhammer III - Tides of Torment © Creative Assembly & Sega Total War: Warhammer III - Tides of Torment After being postponed for a considerable amount of time, the Total War: Warhammer III – Tides of Torment expansion has finally been released. It consists of three DLCs. The mood within the community is slowly improving, too. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read Substructure © Dubious Design & Hooded Horse Hooded Horse Signs Substructure From Dubious Design During the PC Gaming Show Most Wanted showcase, Hooded Horse unveiled Substructure as the latest addition to its portfolio. This new factory and automation game comes from the creator of the popular Factorio mod, Ultracube, now part of Dubious Design. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Nvidia has announced which additional games will be available on its cloud gaming service in December. © Nvidia Old PhysX Games on RTX 50 GPUs & GeForce Now, With First Activision Titles via Ubisoft+ Premium The first Activision titles are now available on Nvidia GeForce Now via Ubisoft+ Premium. Battle.net single sign-on is also now live. The new GeForce Game Ready driver provides GPU acceleration for select classic and 32-bit GPU-accelerated PhysX games on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Concept art Total War: Medieval III © Sega and The Creative Assembly Total War's 25th Anniversary: Medieval III, Lords of the End Times, and Future Games on Consoles To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Total War series, Sega and The Creative Assembly have announced Total War: Medieval III, and a new expansion for Total War: Warhammer III. Thanks to their new engine, Total War games will also be released on PlayStation and Xbox. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Picture: Game Events Business Devcom's Rebranding in Gamescom Dev is Officially Completed In August, the organizers announced that the developer conference devcom would be renamed gamescom dev. Now the transformation is complete. The first event under the new name, the gamescom dev leadership summit, will take place in February. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Products Two Austrian Solo Developers Among the Apple App Store Awards 2015 Winners Apple has revealed the eagerly awaited winners of this year's App Store Awards. In the games category, Michael Temper triumphed alongside heavyweights such as The Pokémon Company and CD Projekt. Klemens Strasser also has reason to celebrate. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Picture: Game Events Business Devcom's Rebranding in Gamescom Dev is Officially Completed In August, the organizers announced that the developer conference devcom would be renamed gamescom dev. Now the transformation is complete. The first event under the new name, the gamescom dev leadership summit, will take place in February. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Groupshoot of the winner during the German Computer Game Awards 2025 (Deutscher Computerspielpreis) at Palais am Funkturm on 14 May 2025 in Berlin, Germany © Franziska Krug, DCP via Getty Images Business Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2026: Date Set, Submissions to Begin The German Computer Game Award 2026 (Deutscher Computerspielpreis) will be presented on 29 April at the Residenz in Munich. Publishers and developers will be able to submit games for the award in January. A total of €800,000 in prize money will be awarded. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Christopher Flato (left, ESBD) and Felix Falk (game) approve of the non-profit status for esports that is to come. Esports Bundestag Approves Non-Profit Status for Esports, game and ESBD Celebrate In today's tax amendment session of the Bundestag, the non-profit status for esports, in talks since 2018, has finally been approved. Now, only the final yes of the Bundesrat on 19 December is missing. ESBD president Flato and game MD Falk approve of the changes. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Total War: Warhammer III - Tides of Torment © Creative Assembly & Sega Total War: Warhammer III - Tides of Torment After being postponed for a considerable amount of time, the Total War: Warhammer III – Tides of Torment expansion has finally been released. It consists of three DLCs. The mood within the community is slowly improving, too. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Substructure © Dubious Design & Hooded Horse Hooded Horse Signs Substructure From Dubious Design During the PC Gaming Show Most Wanted showcase, Hooded Horse unveiled Substructure as the latest addition to its portfolio. This new factory and automation game comes from the creator of the popular Factorio mod, Ultracube, now part of Dubious Design. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Nvidia has announced which additional games will be available on its cloud gaming service in December. © Nvidia Old PhysX Games on RTX 50 GPUs & GeForce Now, With First Activision Titles via Ubisoft+ Premium The first Activision titles are now available on Nvidia GeForce Now via Ubisoft+ Premium. Battle.net single sign-on is also now live. The new GeForce Game Ready driver provides GPU acceleration for select classic and 32-bit GPU-accelerated PhysX games on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Concept art Total War: Medieval III © Sega and The Creative Assembly Total War's 25th Anniversary: Medieval III, Lords of the End Times, and Future Games on Consoles To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Total War series, Sega and The Creative Assembly have announced Total War: Medieval III, and a new expansion for Total War: Warhammer III. Thanks to their new engine, Total War games will also be released on PlayStation and Xbox. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Picture: Game Events Business Devcom's Rebranding in Gamescom Dev is Officially Completed In August, the organizers announced that the developer conference devcom would be renamed gamescom dev. Now the transformation is complete. The first event under the new name, the gamescom dev leadership summit, will take place in February. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Products Two Austrian Solo Developers Among the Apple App Store Awards 2015 Winners Apple has revealed the eagerly awaited winners of this year's App Store Awards. In the games category, Michael Temper triumphed alongside heavyweights such as The Pokémon Company and CD Projekt. Klemens Strasser also has reason to celebrate. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
