© game Business Games and Games-Based Media on Millions of Christmas Wish Lists Around nine million people in Germany are wishing for computer and video games this Christmas, according to the game Association, based on a YouGov survey. Other items on the wish lists include consoles, gaming hardware and vouchers, as well as books, music and films based on games. Christmas is just By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The award ceremony on 26 November preceded the "Forum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft 2024" of the federal government and gave the award winners a big stage at the WECC in Westhafen in Berlin. © William Veder Business Torpor Games, Mucks! Games and Realities.io Among the Winners of the Cultural and Creative Pilot Awards For the 15th time, innovative entrepreneurs in the field of cultural and creative industries in Germany have been honoured as Culture- and Creative Pilots aka Kultur- und Kreativpilot*innen in German. Among the winners are Torpor Games, Mucks! Games and Realities.io. The prize, awarded on behalf of the German By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© ESBD Esports German Esports Summit Takes Place on 6 and 7 December The German Esports Summit returns at the beginning of December. Organised by the German Esports Federation (ESBD), the summit will take place as part of the Gamevasion powered by DreamHack event in Hanover. The line-up for the German Esports Summit has been confirmed. With 40 speakers and hosts, the German By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
At the end of the 2023 fiscal year, GameStop had more than 4,000 stores worldwide. © Archive Picture Business All GameStop Stores in Germany Apparently Facing Closure Following the sale of all GameStop stores in Italy to Cidiverte (GameLife), the fate of the German GameStop stores has apparently been decided. According to unconfirmed reports, all GameStop stores in Germany will close at the beginning of January. The news is currently spreading like wildfire across the internet: GameSpot By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Anno 117: Pax Romana © Ubisoft Publishing Anno 117: Pax Romana - Day One Release on Steam and First Screenshots Ubisoft will release Anno 117: Pax Romana in 2025. As part of the latest changes to its publishing strategy, the game, developed by Ubisoft Mainz, will also be released on Steam on day one. The first screenshots have been shown as well. After the underwhelming launch of Star Wars Outlaws, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© René Rother / Devolver Digital Business René Rother on Children of the Sun, Being an Indie Developer, and His Failed but Successful Publisher Pitch German indie developer René Rother is behind the creative shooter Children of the Sun. Over the course of the year, we had the opportunity to talk to him about the game, the challenges of being an indie developer, and the failed pitch that led to a deal with Devolver Digital. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
© Dreamlit Products Towers of Aghasba Recovering flora and fauna is at the heart of Towers of Aghasba, an open-world sandbox recently released in Early Access on PC and PlayStation 5 by Dreamlit Games. It introduces some fresh ideas compared to other survival games, while also drawing on exploration, combat, crafting and more. Towers of Aghasba By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
From left to Right: Tim Lukas Leinert (Arctic Game), Christopher Hohage (Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises), Christoph Kohlhaas (KölnBusiness), Amanda Förtsch (MBB), Arjuna AJ Sath (Head of Partnerships Games Ground) and Gianni Sommer (CFO Games Ground) © Games Ground GmbH Business Games Ground 2024 Increases Internationality Games Ground Berlin became more international this year. For example, Publisher Connect featured many companies from Japan, while Arctic Game brought studios from Sweden. This year, Games Ground Berlin (GamesMarkt reported) hosted international delegations through partnerships with KölnBusiness (Cologne) and Arctic Game (Sweden). Cologne was Games Ground's first By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Christoph Minnameier © Franziska Freiwald Publishing Christoph Minnameier Releases Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 - The Dead King's Secret, created by Christoph Minnameier, is coming to Switch today and PC next week. For Minnameier, the preparation for the game launch came in the middle of a period of career uncertainty. At least the signs for his game look By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Winfried Diekmann, Managing Director of Aerosoft © Aerosoft Business Aerosoft's FS Conference 2024 With Over 400 Visitors Last weekend, Aerosoft hosted the FS Conference, the biggest German event for FlightSim fans. More than 400 visitors and over 20 exhibitors were present. The event will take place again next year. On 23 November 2020, the FS Conference, the largest German event for flight sim fans, took place in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Ann Hurley, General Manager at Team17 Digital / Julia Pfiffer, CEO at astragon Entertainment © Team17 / astragon, Sabrina Weniger Publishing astragon Takes Over Worldwide Physical Distribution of Team17 Games Following Team17's acquisition of astragon Entertainment in January 2022, the two companies are working more closely together. Under a new agreement, astragon will handle the physical distribution of selected Team17 Digital games worldwide. The collaboration began last year with the distribution of a Collector's Edition of By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© CD Projekt Business Cyberpunk 2077 Breaks Milestones, New Witcher Game in Full Production CD Projekt continues to do well, with Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 selling strongly. The first part of the new Witcher trilogy is in full production, and a new Cyberpunk animation project with Netflix is in development. In the third quarter of 2024, the CD Projekt Group's By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
