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
Codecks co-founders, Riad Djemili and Daniel Berndt © Codecks Business Codecks Secures €1m Funding to Drive Growth One million Euros in funding will ensure that Codecks can continue to grow in 2025. The project management tool specifically for game developers is being developed in Berlin. Codecks, the project management tool for game developers built in Berlin, has received a €700,000 grant from the European Union' By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Microsoft Products Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 once again allows players to explore the entire planet and even land and disembark anywhere - a giant playground for gamers and, of course, simulation fans. Unfortunately, the launch was hampered by server overload and other technical issues related to the game's cloud infrastructure. Released By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Genshin Impact Charity Concert in Dortmund. © HoYoverse Publishing Genshin Impact Charity Concerts With 3,000 Visitors in Vienna and Dortmund In November, hundreds of young musicians and choir singers from the University of Vienna and TU Dortmund performed the music of Genshin Impact as part of the Impact4Music project by HoYoverse. And 3,000 people were counted in the audience. Two symphony orchestras took concertgoers on a journey through Teyvat, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© FIFA Publishing Blockchain Mobile Game FIFA Rivals Announced FIFA has announced the next phase in the expansion of its games portfolio. In collaboration with Mythical, a mobile game with arcade gameplay and blockchain integration will be released in the summer of 2025. FIFA and Mythical Games have announced a collaboration to launch FIFA Rivals, an officially licensed mobile By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Bioshock Remastered © 2K Games Publishing 2K Games Removes Own Launcher From All PC Games The 2K Launcher has now been completely removed from all the publisher's PC games. It is no longer used on Steam or the Epic Games Store. Extra launchers for PC games distributed on online platforms such as Steam or the Epic Games Store are common - and most of By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Narranauten Development The 'Narranauten' Want to Strengthen Narrative Design and Game Writing A group of regional narrative designers and game writers has formed in Leipzig: the 'Narranauten'. The eight-member team from Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt aims to raise the visibility of narrative design and game writing and strengthen their position in the games industry. Led by Marcus Klöppel, Professor By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Deck13 Publishing Wobble Ghost and Deck13 Spotlight to Release Spindle in 2025 Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost will release the pixel action adventure Spindle for PC and Switch in 2025. The game follows the journey of Death and a Pig. In July 2021, Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost announced the action-adventure game Spindle. Now they have released a trailer and confirmed By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Stefan Kelnberger and Astragon Entertainment Publishing Stefan Kelnberger and astragon Entertainment to Release Railroads Online in December Railroads Online, developed by Stefan Kelnberger and his team and published by astragon Entertainment, will leave Steam Early Access on 5 December after three years. At the same time, the sandbox railway simulation will be released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. A retail edition is also planned. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Inin Games Publishing Shenmue III Publishing Rights Transfers to Inin Games Inin Games, a label of United Games Entertainment, and Ysnet have announced that the publishing rights for Shenmue III have officially been transferred to Inin Games. Following their previous collaboration on Air Twister, this partnership will deepen Inin Games' relationship with Yu Suzuki and his team at Ysnet. " By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read