Hendrik Ruhe and Malte Froehlich © Eintracht Spandau Esports Eintracht Spandau Hires National Small Field Football Coach for Baller League Ahead of the draft for the third season of the Baller League, Eintracht Spandau have announced several transfers. The influencer club has signed the current national small field football coach, Malte Froehlich. Spandau have also secured three key players early in the season. Hans Sarpei will take on the sports By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
MindsEye © IOI Partners, Build A Rocket Boy Publishing IO Interactive Enters the World of Publishing and Signs Deal With Build a Rocket Boy IO Interactive has launched its third-party publishing division, IOI Partners. Its first worldwide deal is already a major one, with Leslie Benzies' Build A Rocket Boy to publish and distribute MindsEye. The game is a cinematic AAA story-driven action-adventure thriller. With Hitman 3 respectively Hitman: World By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
IO Interactive is best known for Hitman. © IO Interactive Business G+ Why IO Interactive Is Teaming up With Build a Rocket Boy By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Claudia Roth, Minister of State for Culture and the Media / Felix Falk, Managing Director of game - The German Games Industry Association / Nandita Wegehaupt, Managing Director of the Foundation for Digital Games Culture © J. Konrad Schmidt / Dirk Mathesius / Die Hoffotografen Business New German-wide Games Funding Grant For New Studios The Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, has announced a nationwide games start-up grant called "Press Start: Games Founding Grant" or "Press Start: Gründungsstipendium Games" in German. It is an 18-month programme with a grant, workshops and coaching. The application By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Screenshots from the reel on Instagram © lifeatking Business King Opens New Office in Berlin A new office on the banks of the Spree: King has opened an office in Berlin. The mobile games company behind the Candy Crush franchise has been operating in the German capital for ten years. King opened a new office in Berlin last month, about ten years after opening its By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Abylight Products Citadelum The Caesar series by Impressions Games and Sierra Entertainment, and later by Tilted Mill Entertainment and Activision, which was particularly popular in Germany, ended in 2006 with Caesar 4. Since then, there have been only a few city-building games set in ancient Rome, a gap that Abylight Barcelona wants By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© SIE Events PlayStation The Concert - World Tour 2025-2026 Starts in Europe Sony Interactive Entertainment will launch PlayStation The Concert - World Tour 2025-2026 in Europe in April next year. The global concert series will feature music from God of War, The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon. PlayStation, aka Sony Interactive Entertainment, is teaming up with RoadCo Entertainment and By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Slovak Game Developers Association Business 69 Games Companies in Slovakia Generated €70m in 2023 In 2023, the Slovak games industry experienced a decline for the first time. The total turnover decreased from €77.1m in 2022 to €70m. This year it is expected to reach €70.3m. According to the Slovak Game Developers Association, the local industry was not significantly affected by layoffs and By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The founding foursome: Johannes Hauffe, Christian Sandkämper, Kai Bornemann and Julian Voss were brought together by their studies and a passion for gaming. © Sven Kloss/OVGU Business G+ Just2D Interactive and Drova - Forsaken Kin: How the Dream Project Came to Be By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© Xbox Publishing Xbox Partner Preview on 17 October An Xbox Partner Preview Showcase will take place this Thursday. The 25-minute showcase will feature games from Xbox partners such as Remedy Entertainment, Sega and 505 Games. Several world premieres are also promised. Microsoft has announced an Xbox Partner Preview for 17 October 2024. The showcase will feature a By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Xbox Business Craig Duncan Appointed Head of Xbox Game Studios After just one year at the helm of Xbox Game Studios, Alan Hartman is stepping down. His responsibilities will be taken over by Craig Duncan, who previously led Rare. Craig Duncan is the new head of Xbox Game Studios, taking over from Alan Hartman, who is retiring after more than By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Nomada, Devolver Products Neva Almost six years after the visually stunning and emotionally gripping Gris, Nomada Studio is once again working with Devolver Digital on its second game, Neva. However, the studio is not only relying on proven concepts. New features compared to Gris are combat and an evolving bond with a wolf. Neva By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
