© FFF Business FFF Bavaria Funds Seven XR Projects With €300,000 The FFF allocation committee for Bavarian Extended Realities funding met this week and decided to support two productions and the development of five prototypes with a total of €300,000. The various XR experiences being funded cover the fields of entertainment, art and culture, social participation and awareness raising for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Dennis Korf / Nai Chang © Korf / Kay Herschelmann Business Dennis Korf to Become New Managing Director of Wooga Dennis Korf will take over as Managing Director of Wooga from January 2025. He will succeed Nai Chang in this role. Under Chang's leadership, the Berlin-based games company broke the billion-dollar revenue mark last year with June's Journey. Wooga will have a new Managing By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Behind the Gaming Zone: The BXDXO Team. © BXDXO Business Gaming Zone at Comic Con Stuttgart Builds on Last Year's Success The Gaming Zone at CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart 2024, organised once again by BXDXO, was once again a magnet for visitors. Compared to the premiere, the exhibition area grew by 20 per cent. Around 48,000 people attended CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart 2024 this year - about the same as last By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Kicking Brass © Stepheight Business MDM Funds Kicking Brass With €100,000 In its fourth and final meeting of the year, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM, Central German Media Funding) awarded a total of €3,953,000.00 to 34 projects on 4 December. Among them is a game project. Kicking Brass from Stepheight Studio (Sam Flentje, Peter Dunn, Oskar Kraska McKone) is By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© SIE Publishing Sony Interactive Entertainment Makes Düsseldorf's Rheinturm Playable As part of the ongoing PlayStation campaign, selected city landmarks are being transformed under the motto 'Play Has No Limits'. In Düsseldorf, this will be the Rheinturm. As darkness falls on 6 December, Sony Interactive Entertainment will transform Düsseldorf's Rhine Tower (Rheinturm) into a giant game, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tobias Stolz-Zwilling, Global Public Relations Manager at Warhorse Studios © Warhorse Publishing Kingdom Come Deliverance II to Be Released Slightly Earlier February 2025 will see the release of many gaming highlights. Moving Kingdom Come Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios and Plaion) up a week will increase the window between releases slightly. The packed month of February 2025 will be a little more spread out. Kingdom Come Deliverance II from Warhorse Studios and By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Arthur Parsons, Head of Publishing and co-founder of 10:10 Games © 10:10 Games Business G+ Working With Many Licensors - an Interview With Arthur Parsons of 10:10 Games By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
Fantasian Neo Dimension © Mistwalker/Square Enix Products Fantasian Neo Dimension Fantasian brings together two of the biggest names in Japanese games: Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final Fantasy, and renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu. In collaboration with Square Enix, they are bringing the role-playing game previously exclusive to the Apple Arcade to PC and consoles as Fantasian Neo Dimension. Hironobu By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Ubisoft Business Ubisoft Shuts Down XDefiant, Impacting Several Production Studios The free-to-play shooter XDefiant is being discontinued by Ubisoft. After a strong launch, the game failed to attract and retain enough players. As a result, the two production studios in San Francisco and Osaka will be closed and the production site in Sydney will be downsized, which the By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Stephan Steininger Business Keen Games Wins Big at German Developer Award 2024 With Enshrouded, Keen Games has won big at the German Developer Award 2024. The game, which has over three million players, took home three awards, including "Best German Game". The "Studio of the Year" award went to Keen Games as well. But another game also took By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Kalypso Publishing Kalypso Media Moves Commandos: Origins to March 2025 Commandos: Origins will not be released this year. Kalypso Media and Claymore Game Studios have delayed the game until March 2025. The additional development time will allow more time to improve and optimise the game. Kalypso Media and Claymore Game Studios are postponing the release of Commandos: Origins until March By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Impressions from DevGamm Lisbon 2024. All p © ictures: GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 Sees Considerable Increase in Attendance The second edition of DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 saw a considerable increase in attendance compared to its premiere last year. The organisers are pleased with the results of the event. The organisers of DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 summed up the event. More than 770 attendees from 45 countries and 394 companies attended By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
