2025 Esports Awards Business The Winners of the Esports Awards 2025 The Esports Awards returned yesterday evening to mark their 10th anniversary. It was hosted at the HyperX Arena in Las Vegas. The night celebrated winners across 24 categories. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Business Xsolla: "Players are spending more on fewer, higher-quality titles" Xsolla has released its "State of Play" report for Q3 2025, which highlights the following, among other things: "Players are spending more on fewer, higher-quality titles, while live-ops, premium casual, and short-form content are boosting retention and monetization." By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault; Digital Sun & 11 bit studios Products Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault With a blend of risky dungeon adventures and clever price management, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault emerges as an action RPG roguelike, retaining the charm of the original while forging new paths. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Team photo of the Gaming Zone organisers at CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart 2024 © BXDXO Business Largest Gaming Zone so Far at CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart 2025 Spanning 1,000 square metres, the gaming zone at CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart will feature over 50 video games. There will also be celebrity guests, panel discussions and a digital Steam event. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Matt Bromberg, President and CEO, Unity / Tim Sweeney, Founder and CEO of Epic Games @ Unite 2025 - ©Unity Business The Engine Giants Epic Games and Unity Are Collaborating At Unite 25, Unity and Epic Games announced their partnership. This means that Unity developers will be able to bring their games to Fortnite, and that Unity's enhanced commerce platform will be available on Unreal Engine. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Battlefield 6 / EA; Pokémon Legends: Z-A / Nintendo; Ghost of Yotei / SIE - © game Products Another Multi-Platinum Award for EA, More Sales Awards for Nintendo and Sony In October 2025, Electronic Arts received another Multi-Platinum game sales award. Nintendo and Sony Interactive Entertainment also won awards for their best-selling games in Germany. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business Anno 117: Pax Romana Sets Records at Launch Boasting the fastest sales of any game in the series, Anno 117: Pax Romana, developed by Ubisoft Mainz, also has the highest number of daily players in the series' history. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Kirby Air Riders; Nintendo Products Kirby Air Riders Probably no one expected Kirby Air Riders for Switch 2 to be announced. We take a look at this action-packed game in which players can take part in fast-paced races featuring Kirby and other familiar characters on land, at sea, and in the air. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Rue Valley; © Owlcat Games and Emotion Spark Studio Products Rue Valley In Rue Valley, from Owlcat Games and Emotion Spark Studio, players must escape a time loop. Although it looks very similar to Disco Elysium at first, it is actually more of a narrative adventure with light RPG elements. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Dino Patti, CEO and co-founder of coherence; © coherence Business Coherence 2.0 For Multiplayer Game Development Launched Coherence has announced coherence 2.0, the next major release of its multiplayer engine and hosting platform. This release continues coherence's mission to help developers create more multiplayer games that connect people through play. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Wolfgang Ebert (PR Marketing Manager) and Boris Stefan (Head of Publishing) @ Giants Software; © GamesMarkt MK Products Giants’ Farming Simulator 25 Sold 4 Million Copies Since its launch one year ago, Farming Simulator 25 has sold four million copies worldwide. The game's publisher and developer, Giants Software, also announced further growth of the game with the Year 2 Season Pass. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Nominees - Game of the Year 2025 - The Game Awards 2025 Products The Game Awards 2025 Nominees Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has received a record-breaking 12 nominations at The Game Awards 2025. Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2 have also received multiple nominations. Plaion, from Germany, has been nominated three times. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
