Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Ubisoft Makes Itself Attractive to Potential Buyers by Delaying Assassin's Creed Shadows In a strategy update, Ubisoft announced that the company is pursuing "various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for Stakeholders". These could include an outright sale or a break-up of assets and franchises. And the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows has By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Stunlock Publishing V Rising Hits 5 Million Sales Open-world vampire survival game V Rising has sold over five million units. Swedish developer Stunlock Studios thanks the community and plans to expand the game in 2025. Since its launch (May 2024 on PC and June 2024 on PlayStation 5), V Rising has attracted five million players to the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Carolin Freitag, Founder and Managing Director of keySquare / Nils Ehring, Senior Project Manager © keySquare Business Visibility Becomes keySquare (Again) Visibility, the Berlin-based communications agency specializing in games and technology clients, will now operate under the name keySquare. Nils Ehring joins the team as Senior Project Manager. The new name is the old name, because the company was officially founded under this name in 2013. Visibility served as the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© SIE Publishing Midnight Black Collection of PS5 Accessories Grows Sony Interactive Entertainment is launching the Midnight Black Collection of PlayStation Portal remote player and other accessories on 20 February 2025. The galaxy-inspired colour scheme has already been released for the DualSense wireless controller and PS5 console cover and will be expanded for the PlayStation Portal remote, DualSense Edge By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Ride with Mavuika in Berlin on 12 January. © HoYoLove Events HoYoLove Organises Bike Safety Event in Berlin HoYoLove e.V. has joined forces with the ADFC Berlin and other partners to raise awareness about the visibility of cyclists in traffic. The event 'Ride with Mavuika' will take place on 12 January. On Sunday 12 January 2025, fans of Genshin Impact and other HoYoverse games will By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Nintendo Products Donkey Kong Country Returns HD The apes are back! Almost 15 years after the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii, Nintendo is releasing an HD version for Switch. The levels from the later 3DS version are also included, but that's not all that's new. Although the life cycle of By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Tales of the Shire: A Lord of The Rings developed Weta Workshop © Weta Workshop / Private Division Publishing Private Division Portfolio Reportedly Finds New Owner According to a media report, the Private Division portfolio has found new owners in private equity firm Haveli Investments and former Annapurna Interactive employees. Take-Two Interactive announced in November 2024 that it had sold Private Division and its portfolio, but didn't disclose the buyer. According to a By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Lenovo Legion Go S © Lenovo Publishing SteamOS on First Third-Party Handheld as Microsoft Looks to Improve Windows Handheld Gaming The first third-party handheld running SteamOS has been unveiled at CES 2025. More are expected to follow. Microsoft has also confirmed that it is working to improve the Windows handheld gaming experience. Lenovo unveiled the Legion Go S at CES 2025. The gaming handheld will be available in two By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Klemens Kundratitz, CEO and co-founder / Phil Rogers, Deputy CEO of Embracer Group © Plaion / Fredrik Karlsson solstafoto Business Phil Rogers Named New CEO of Plaion, Klemens Kundratitz Becomes Strategic Advisor to Embracer Leadership change at Plaion: CEO and co-founder Klemens Kundratitz hands over the CEO position to Phil Rogers, Deputy CEO of Embracer Group. Kundratitz wishes to step back from day-to-day operations and become a strategic advisor to Embracer. After 31 years with Plaion, CEO and co-founder Dr By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
gamescom LAN 2024 © TaKeTV and MYI Entertainment Events First Look at Gamescom LAN 2025 Creator heavyweights such as MckyTV, NoWay4u_Sir and HandOfBlood have announced their attendance at gamescom LAN 2025. In addition, the Trading Card Game & Fighting Games area will be expanded and esports tournaments with up to €32,000 in prize money will be held. The Press Play B2B event will By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
ERA CEO Kim Bayley © ERA Business UK Games Market Down 4.4% in 2024 Unlike in 2022 and 2023, the largest entertainment market in the UK in 2024 was no longer games, but video. Physical games have fallen particularly sharply, by almost a third. The Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA) has released its full year UK market data for 2024. Total entertainment sales By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Jack Huynh, senior vice president and general manager, Computing and Graphics Group, AMD © AMD Business AMD Announces New Gaming CPUs, and Somehow RDNA 4 Too At CES 2025, AMD announced new CPUs for desktop, mobile and handheld gaming. GPUs based on the RDNA 4 architecture were also unveiled, although they were missing from the keynote. AMD announced new gaming products for desktop, mobile and handheld gaming at CES 2025. The company unveiled new Ryzen 9900X3D By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
