game Sales Award in December 2025 © game - Verband der deutschen Games-Branche Products No Fewer Than Seven Game Sales Awards Were Handed out at the End of 2025 Seven games received a game Sales Award in December 2025. No other month last year saw so many awards presented by game – the German Games Industry Association. Nintendo alone received four of these awards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Jeonghee "JJ" Jin, CEO of NC America & COO of NC West © Jeonghee "JJ" Jin, CEO, NC America People Jeonghee Jin of Ncsoft Reflects on 2025 and Looks Ahead to 2026 What are game industry executives' reflections on 2025, and what are their thoughts on 2026? We spoke to Jeonghee Jin, CEO of NC America and COO of NC West, to find out. This interview concludes our series. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check © Brigada Games and Devolver Digital Products Quarantine Zone: The Last Check It topped over 1.3 million wishlists and had two million players who tried the demo: Quarantine Zone: The Last Checkpoint. Released last week, it sold over 300,000 copies in three days. So, what is it about this rather unusual game from Brigada Games and Devolver Digital? By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
LEC Roadtrip 2026 © Riot Games Esports League of Legends EMEA Championship Roadtrips to Spain and France Riot Games is planning to host more League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) roadtrips in 2026. For the first time ever, the LEC will stop in Barcelona, before heading to Madrid and Évry-Courcouronnes, which is south of Paris. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Julian Gerighty © Massive Entertainment - A Ubisoft Studio People Julian Gerighty Leaves Ubisoft Massive and Joins Battlefield Studios Julian Gerighty, Creative Director and Executive Producer on Tom Clancy's The Division, is leaving Massive Entertainment - A Ubisoft Studio to join Battlefield Studios at Electronic Arts. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
New World: Aeternum © Amazon Games Products Amazon Shuts Down New World: Aeternum; Facepunch Interested in Takeover Amazon is continuing to wind down its internal games business. The company had already announced that New World: Aeternum, developed by Amazon Game Studios, would not receive any new content. Now, it has been confirmed that the MMORPG will be taken offline on 31 January 2027. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Geoffroy Sardin, Chief Executive Officer of Pullup Entertainment, formerly Focus Entertainment / RoadCraft © Sardin, Pullup Entertainment / Saber & Focus Business Pullup Capitalizes on Strong Back Catalog and Two Dotemu Releases Pullup Entertainment recorded a solid performance in Q3 of 2025/26, with the two Dotemu titles, Absolum and Marvel Cosmic Invasion, performing particularly well. The entire back catalogue also grew strongly. Financial targets for the full year were confirmed. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown © Bandai Namco Products Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Reaches Seven Million Copies Sold Seven years after the release of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment is celebrating seven million sales of the game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Focus Home Interactive (nor Pullup) acquired the studio in February 2022 © Focus / Pullup Business Pullup Entertainment Closes Leikir Studio Pullup Entertainment has announced the closure of Leikir Studio. The French studio's most recent projects were Rogue Lords, Metal Slug Tactics and Synergy, all of which were developed in Ivry-sur-Seine. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Marco Alessandro Minoli, Publishing Director of Slitherine © Slitherine People Marco Alessandro Minoli of Slitherine Reflects on 2025 and Looks Ahead to 2026 How do game industry executives look back at 2025 and what do they think about 2026? We spoke to Marco Alessandro Minoli, Publishing Director of Slitherine, to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
PUBG: Blindspot / PUBG: Battlegrounds / InZoi © Krafton Krafton: 26 Game Projects to Secure a Franchise IP Krafton has a development pipeline of 26 titles designed to secure franchise IPs through targeted early releases, which validate their potential before scaling up. Furthermore, the competitiveness of the PUBG franchise as a content platform should be enhanced. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Davy X Jones © Parasight Products Davy X Jones Arrrr?! In Davy x Jones, a pirate action-adventure game that's a little different, players control two halves of the legendary pirate. Davy (Head) commands the skies aboard a whale battleship in the roguelite Sky Hunts, while Jones (Body) engages in first-person combat across the shattered isles. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
