© Giants Publishing Farming Simulator 25 Sells Two Million Units in One Week Giants Software has announced the most successful launch in the history of the Farming Simulator series with Farming Simulator 25. The farming simulation sold two million copies worldwide in its first week. Compared to its already strong predecessor in 2021, Farming Simulator 25 saw an increase in its first week By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Helge Jürgens (Managing Director Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg), Fernanda G. Pagani (CEO & Head of B2B Games Ground), Gianni Sommer (Gianni Sommer, Managing Director Nerdic and Co-Founder & CFO of Games Ground), Felix Falk (Managing Director of game - the German Games Industry Association) © Games Ground GmbH Business Games Ground Berlin 2024 Attracted 1,500 Professionals The second Games Ground Berlin attracted around 4,500 people. The Business Ground drew over 1,500 industry professionals this year. The Play Ground was completely sold out with around 3,000 visitors. The organisers are very pleased with the growth of the event. The second Games Ground Berlin was By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Thomas Kœgler, CEO of Asmodee / Lars Wingefors, Chair of the Board of Asmodee Group © Embracer Group Business Asmodee's Business Targets and Embracer Group Intends to Contribute €400 Million The Embracer Group intends to contribute €400 million to Asmodee, based on the sale of Easybrain to the Swiss company Miniclip. In addition, the company provides an outlook on Asmodee's business targets. As part of Embracer Group's previously announced divestment of Easybrain (read more on GamesMarkt) By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The nominees for the "Game of the Year 2024" category. © The Game Awards 2024 Business The Game Awards 2024: All the Nominees The nominees for this year's The Game Awards have been announced. Games from Sony Interactive Entertainment are nominated for the most awards, followed by Square Enix, Xbox and Sega. There are only two GSA-related nominations. Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Final By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
© Play24 Business 9000 Visitors at Play24 in Hamburg; Oddada Wins "Most Creative Game Award" After six days of workshops, exhibitions, stage shows and awards, Play24 - Creative Gaming Festival in Hamburg came to an end on Saturday. Around 9,000 visitors attended the event at Jupiter / Mönckebergstraße and over 750,000 people watched the five-day festival on Twitch. Oddada (Sven Ahlgrimm) wins "Most By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Grimoire Groves © Stardust Publishing Grimoire Groves to Be Released by Stardust in March 2025 In March 2025, Grimoire Groves will be released by Swiss studio Stardust. The game is a cozy rogue-lite dungeon crawler with magic and plant creatures that populate the forest. Grimoire Groves has a release date. It will launch on 6 March on PC via Steam, with a Nintendo Switch version By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© gamigo Publishing gamigo Brings Fate Remaster to Consoles Hamburg-based publisher gamigo is teaming up with Jumpgate's game studio Tableflip Entertainment to remaster the ARPG Fate for Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo consoles as well as PC. The Fate series is entering new territory as publisher gamigo and developer Tableflip have announced that Fate: Reawakened, a remaster of By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© 11 bit Publishing New Charity DLC for This War of Mine To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of the anti-war game This War of Mine, 11 bit studios has announced another DLC, with all proceeds going to charity partners. 11 bit studios have announced their upcoming charity DLC for This War of Mine - Forget Celebrations to mark the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Game Labs at Universities © Game Labs at Universities Business "Game Labs at Universities" Calls for Better Games Research and Interdisciplinarity The "Game Labs at Universities" network has responded to a position paper from the game association, which sets out proposals to make Germany "the best games location" for science, research and teaching. The members of the network are concerned that games should receive more attention in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 © Activision Blizzard Publishing German Games Charts October 2024: Call of New Entrants Call of Duty leads the way in October, despite the shooter being included in multiple Game Pass tiers for the first time. Black Ops 6 tops the German games charts, while a total of six newcomers in the top ten have also shaken up the charts. Call of Duty: Black By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Blizzard Publishing Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct in Brief Blizzard Entertainment has announced a host of news to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise, including remasters of the first two RTS games. Warcraft Rumble will also be released on PC, and World of Warcraft will get player housing with the next expansion (Midnight). Warcraft, one of Blizzard By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Square Enix Products Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake With the HD 2D remake of Dragon Quest III, Square Enix is releasing an elaborate remake of a classic RPG. But why is the remake of the third instalment coming out before the remakes of Dragon Quest 1+2? And what's all new in the remake? Unlike many By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
