Genshin Impact Miliastra Wonderland - Popular Stages © HoYoverse Products Genshin Impact Debuts UGC System in October It is well known that user-generated content (UGC) promotes community engagement, creativity and long-term player retention. HoYoverse's hugely successful game, Genshin Impact, will also be banking on UGC from 22 October onwards. The "Lune II" update for Genshin Impact will be released on 22 October, adding By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Daimon Blades © Streumon Products Daimon Blades The first game from Streumon since they parted ways with Pullup Entertainment in 2024 is Daimon Blades, which the French studio is also publishing itself. The game is a first-person slasher with roguelike progression. Daimon Blades can be played solo (offline) or with a group of up to four players By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Andrin von Rechenberg, Founder of N-Dream; Anthony Cliquot, CEO of N-Dream © N-Dream Business Swiss In-Car Gaming Start-up AirConsole Acquired by KPIT KPIT Technologies has announced the acquisition of N-Dream's AirConsole in-car gaming platform. AirConsole is used by BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche. In just three years since entering the automotive space, N-Dream's AirConsole is used by BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche. It now joins KPIT to accelerate By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Julian Migura, COO at VaultN © VaultN, Take-Two Business VaultN and Take-Two Partner to Centralize and Optimize Digital Distribution VaultN, a digital distribution platform, has partnered with Take-Two Interactive Software to enhance the publisher's management and distribution of games through third-party channels. This partnership with VaultN, which is based in Amsterdam, will enable Take-Two to centralise its digital distribution strategy. This will ensure full control, automation and By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
EA Sports FC 26 / Borderlands 4 © EA / 2K Products Take-Two Dominates the German Games Charts in September 2025 Electronic Arts' new football game naturally debuts at number one in the German September 2025 games charts, but another publisher is also making its mark at the top of the rankings. Take-Two Interactive has five games in the top ten. Unsurprisingly, EA Sports FC 26 secured the top spot By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds © Sega Products Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Sega has launched Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, the latest addition to the long-standing Sonic Racing franchise, on PC and consoles. Featuring races across land, sea, air and space, this classic-style fun racer is surprisingly strong. While Mario Kart has made the leap to an open racing world on the Switch 2 By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Virtual production at SWR. The Südwestrundfunk (SWR) is a regional broadcasting corporation covering the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. © SWR/Christian Koch Business SWR Launches New Pen-and-Paper Format Live on Twitch SWR is launching a new interactive pen-and-paper format called "Fehler im System" (Errors in the System), which will be broadcast live on Twitch. From 7 p.m. on 24 and 25 October, twitch.tv/ard will be the place to be for dice rolling and puzzle solving with By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Spindle © Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost Products Spindle Released by Wobble Ghost and Deck13 Spotlight Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost have released Spindle for PC and Switch. This old-school action-adventure game explores the many ways we deal with death. And yes, there is a pig companion. In July 2021, Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost announced the action-adventure game Spindle, which is being released today for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Thomas Reisenegger, co-founder and ceo of Future Friends Games / CloverPit © Thomas Reisenegger / Panik Arcade, Future Friends Games Business How CloverPit Completely Beat Future Friends' Best-Case Predictions CloverPit, an indie game by Panik Arcade and Future Friends Games, went up against Hades II, EA Sports FC 26, and Silent Hill f. It exceeded the publisher's best-case sales predictions by achieving over 750,000 sales. We spoke to CEO Thomas Reisenegger about this outstanding success. Amidst By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Absolum © Dotemu Products Absolum Hades 2, Megabonk, CloverPit, Rotwood, Deadly Days: Roadtrip and Abyssus demonstrate the variety of roguelites, to name but a few. Dotemu also proves with Absolum that this extremely popular concept works brilliantly with arcade-style brawling action. Absolum is often referred to as 'Hades meets Streets of Rogue 4' By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Paul Nguyen - Warding Witches (Solo-dev) & Sonorode (EDM and video game music composer/producer) / Alexandra Batty - Headup (Senior Communications Manager) / Dieter Schoeller - Headup (CEO) / Robin Rottmann - Games/Bavaria (Teamlead) © Alexander Hartung for Games/Bavaria / Schoeller Headup Business How Headup Signed Warding Witches at GG Bavaria At GG Bavaria 2025, Paul Nguyen, a solo developer and game music composer, presented his current hobby project in an impromptu performance. Headup discovered the project there and signed it up. It's a local Munich indie success story. Paul Nguyen is the sole developer of Warding Witches, which By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
Tattoo Tycoon © CrazyBunch and HandyGames Products CrazyBunch and HandyGames to Release Tattoo Tycoon in Two Weeks HandyGames and CrazyBunch will release the tattoo shop management game, Tattoo Tycoon, in October 2025. The project has received almost €300,000 of federal funding. Publisher HandyGames and developer CrazyBunch (Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry & Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice) will release Tattoo By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
