© Grownarts Development Grownarts Relies on Crowdfunding for Paws and Leaves - A Last Tale In early November, grownarts, a studio based in Lower Saxony, will launch a Kickstarter campaign for its first game, Paws and Leaves - A Last Tale. The title was funded by nordmedia and won the Ubisoft Newcomer Award (2022). Indie developer grownarts is preparing to launch the Kickstarter campaign for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
An orange outline highlights people on the other timeline. © Square Enix Products Life is Strange: Double Exposure The fourth instalment in the Life is Strange series sees the main character from the first game return for a new adventure with new time powers. Speaking of time powers: Publisher Square Enix is also backing Advanced Access, with the pre-release model of the Ultimate Edition meant to evoke the By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Tatort-Game 2 with Lena Odenthal (Ulrike Folkerts) and Johanna Stern (Lisa Bitter) © SWR/Sabine Hackenberg Publishing SWR Continues Chat-Based "Tatort Game" on 27 October The "Tatort Game", released in 2023, gets a sequel, again as a browser-based online crime game via Messenger dialogue, linked to the next episode of Tatort. The project was developed by SWR X Lab in collaboration with the Tatort editorial team. On 27 October, Südwestrundfunk (SWR) will release By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
More flexible and agile movements thanks to the new Omnimovement system. © Activision Products Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 It's the first game in the Call of Duty series to be four years in the making. Black Ops 6 from Treyarch and Raven Software is set to be one of the biggest releases of the year. Especially as "Blops 6" will be included in Game By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
© Nordmedia Business Nordmedia Games Funding Also in Bremen From January 2025, nordmedia's games funding will be extended to Bremen. So far, the city-state has not had its own games funding. On the occasion of the announcement of the next "Fireabend" event, nordmedia announced that Bremen will be part of the games funding from January By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Motion Twin Products Windblown Dead Cells was the last chance for French studio Motion Twin. They put all their hopes in one game and were rewarded with more than ten million players. A huge success for the team. Now, the small indie worker cooperative game studio continues its journey with Windblown. In Windblown, players By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Head of Product Michael Hoss © Deck13 Publishing Drova From Just2D and Deck13 Launched Better Than Expected The teams at Just2D and Deck13 Interactive are very pleased with the launch of Drova - Forsaken Kin. The dark, pixel-style action RPG has exceeded expectations. However, marketing the game has been a challenge, as Head of Product Michael Hoss explains. Drova - Forsaken Kin, developed by Just2D from Magdeburg By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© game Business Multi-Platinum Award for EA, Three Other Awards for Focus, Nintendo and Ubisoft EA Sports FC 25 has sold over 600,000 copies in Germany, winning a Multi-Platinum game Sales Award. Three other awards go to Star Wars Outlaws, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. In September 2024, game - the German Games Industry Association By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The Space Platform is the main hub between planets. © Wube Software Products Factorio: Space Age Whereas in Factorio you only had to exploit one planet and turn it into a massive automatized factory, in Factorio: Space Age you can actually exploit four more planets. The scope of the expansion is more like a true sequel. So the game that started the automation genre is getting By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Felix Rieger and Michael Raith © Games/Bavaria website Business Felix Rieger and Michael Raith Join Games/Bavaria Games/Bavaria welcomes two new members to its team. Felix Rieger is the new Event and Project Manager of the Gamerei (the Bavarian games house) and Michael Raith is the new Junior Project Manager. Felix Rieger and Michael Raith have joined the Games/Bavaria team. Rieger has been working for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne 2024: 39,000 visitors came to the Lanxess Arena over the weekend, while 1,050,000 viewers (according to esportscharts.com) watched the live stream from around the world. This made the IEM Cologne 2024 the most watched ESL Pro Tour event of the year. Team Vitality won the Grand Final. © ESL Faceit Group Esports Intel Extreme Masters Returns to Cologne in 2025, Moving Further Away From gamescom The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne will take place at a greater distance from gamescom in 2025. In addition, the ESL Faceit Group has announced a financial contribution of over $22m to the Counter-Strike ecosystem in 2025 and 2026. ESL Faceit Group (EFG) has announced details of the ESL Pro By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Xbox Publishing Xbox Partner Preview: All the Games and Announcements The Xbox Partner Preview featured 15 games in just under 25 minutes. Remedy showed the Control spin-off FBC: Firebreak, Bloober Team presented their new survival horror game and Krafton unveiled Subnautica 2. But Phasmophobia, Mouse: P.I. For Hire and Blindfire also made an appearance. Last night, Microsoft presented a By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
