Menace © Overhype Studios & Hooded Horse Products This Is What Menace's Early Access Roadmap Looks Like In its first month in Early Access, Menace, developed by Overhype Studios and published by Hooded Horse, sold over 230,000 copies. They are calling this "a resounding success" and have now presented the Early Access roadmap. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Slay the Spire 2 © Mega Crit Games Products Slay the Spire 2 Achieves Strongest Steam Launch of the Year so Far With over 400,000 people playing simultaneously, Slay the Spire 2 from Mega Crit Games achieved the best launch of any game on Steam so far this year. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Plaion X CI Games © Plaion & CI Games Business Plaion and CI Games Partner up for Lords of the Fallen II Following their collaboration on Lords of the Fallen, Plaion and CI Games have announced that they are joining forces once again. Plaion will be the global physical distributor for Lords of the Fallen II. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Project Helix © Microsoft Business Next Xbox "Will Lead in Performance" and Play PC and Xbox Games Following the change in leadership at Microsoft Gaming, the new CEO, Asha Sharma, has revealed that "Project Helix" is the codename for the next generation of Xbox consoles. "Project Helix will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games," she said. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
World of Warcraft: Midnight Advertisement in TV Weather Report © Blizzard / wetter.com Business Blizzard Collaborates Again With Wetter.com to Promote WoW: Midnight The launch of World of Warcraft: Midnight was accompanied by another unusual marketing campaign in Germany, once again in collaboration with wetter.com. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The Occultist © Daloar and Daedalic Entertainment Products Daloar and Daedalic to Release the Occultist in April Following the huge success of Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown, publisher Daedalic Entertainment has announced the release of its next game. The first-person horror adventure game, The Occultist, is set to launch on 8 April 2026 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Android Ecosystem Update © Google Business Google Revamps Android Ecosystem, Reduces Fees and Ends Dispute With Epic Games Google has announced major changes to the Android ecosystem. These include more billing options, a programme for registered third-party app stores and lower fees for its own services. Additionally, the dispute with Epic Games has been resolved. Xsolla also welcomes this development. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
André Faure, CEO of Gameplan Studio | Hendrik Lesser, CEO of remote control productions © rcp Business Gameplan Joins rcp as Its First South American Studio The Brazil-based studio Gameplan has joined remote control productions (rcp), becoming its first ever South American member studio. Gameplan has over 13 years' experience in co-development, engineering and outstaffing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Nitrado: COO Michael Waleczek, CTO Felix Oechsler and CEO Raphael Stange © Nitrado Business Nitrado and Hathora Collaborate on Customer Transition to GameFabric Nitrado and Hathora have announced that they are collaborating to facilitate a transition for Hathora's customers to Nitrado's GameFabric platform. This follows Hathora's decision to cease gaming operations. The team will focus on large-scale compute orchestration for AI inference. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Pokémon Pokopia © Omega Force / The Pokémon Company / Nintendo Products Pokémon Pokopia A cozy life simulation set in the Pokémon universe? That's exactly what Pokémon Pokopia is, and it works surprisingly well. It's hard to believe that this combination has only emerged so late in Pokémon's 30-year history. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Saros © Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment Business Media Report: Sony Moves Away from PlayStation Games on PC Bloomberg claims to have learned from internal sources at Sony Interactive Entertainment that no more PC ports of single-player PlayStation-exclusive games will be released in future. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Books X Games © game - The German Games Industry Association Business One in Four Germans Has Read a Book or Comic Based on Games Books and comics based on computer and video games are popular in Germany. Twenty-four per cent of Germans have read a book or comic of this kind at least once. Around nine out of ten Germans who are interested in these books want to find out more about the backstory of the games they are based on. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
