Portside Game Assembly 2025; Bruna Guerra Business Portside Game Assembly Will Welcome Back Indie Studios in June 2026 Following its successful premiere, Portside Game Assembly, the B2B conference for established indie studios, will set sail again through the Hamburg Harbour on 26 June 2026. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Marcel van der Steen, Commercial Director at Mindscape (the Netherlands); Photo Credit: Xifotografie Business Marcel van der Steen (Mindscape) on Europe as a Gaming Location How do industry executives rate Europe's position in the global market? We spoke to Marcel van der Steen, Commercial Director at Mindscape, to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Fellowship; Chief Rebel & Arc Games Products Fellowship All dungeon runs, all the time! Chief Rebel and Arc Games' Fellowship transforms the endgame dungeon runs of typical MMOs into a standalone multiplayer co-op adventure, making this aspect more accessible and condensed than ever before. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
Amazon Game Studios is set to focus more on its Luna streaming service and AI; Amazon Business Amazon Changes Its Games Strategy and Almost Completely Scraps Inhouse AAA Development Amazon Games is restructuring its games division. As a result, the company is halting the development of most of its in-house AAA games, particularly MMOs. New World is already being placed in maintenance mode. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Simon the Sorcerer Origins, Smallthing Studios & Inin Games Products Simon the Sorcerer Is Returning Today Inin Games and Smallthing Studios are releasing Simon the Sorcerer Origins today. Over 30 years after the original game was released, the wizard is returning to PCs and consoles. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Geoffroy Sardin, Chief Executive Officer of Pullup Entertainment, formerly Focus Entertainment; Sardin/Pullup Business Geoffroy Sardin (Pullup) on Europe as a Gaming Location How do industry executives rate Europe's position in the global market? We spoke to Geoffroy Sardin, Chief Executive Officer of Pullup Entertainment, formerly Focus Entertainment (France), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Decktamer, Horizon Edge and Assemble Entertainment Products Decktamer Is Assemble Entertainment's Third Best Launch Assemble Entertainment and Horizon Edge have released Decktamer. For the publisher, it is the third-best launch on Steam so far. Decktamer draws inspiration from a love of strategic deckbuilding games and creature-collection mechanics. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The Outer Worlds 2; Obsidian Entertainment & Xbox Game Studios Products The Outer Worlds 2 The sci-fi role-playing game The Outer Worlds has matured: The Outer Worlds 2 from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox takes things up a notch in almost every area, especially in terms of its core RPG elements. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Elena Grigorian, Chief Executive Officer of My.Games; Grigorian Business Elena Grigorian (My.Games) on Europe as a Gaming Location How do industry executives rate Europe's position in the global market? We spoke to Elena Grigorian, Chief Executive Officer of My.Games, to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Super Fantasy Kingdom; Super Fantasy Games & Hooded Horse Products Super Fantasy Kingdom Reached Nearly 13,000 Concurrent Players on Steam Super Fantasy Kingdom, developed by Hanover-based one-man studio Super Fantasy Games, reached almost 13,000 concurrent players on Steam alone during its Early Access launch. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The four founders of Future Friends Games: Paul Nadin, Alex Fairwood, Thomas Reisenegger and Kris Winters; Future Friends Games TR Products Friedemann's Slots & Daggers Gets off to a Strong Start Slots & Daggers, the latest game from Berlin-based independent developer Friedemann, was the second strongest launch to date for publisher Future Friends Games. It is a retro mini-roguelike set inside a slot machine. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Almost the entire Tiny Roar team; Photo credit: Tiny Roar (archive picture) Business Tiny Roar Received €201,365 of Federal Funding The Hamburg-based studio Tiny Roar has received €201,365 in funding from the Federal Government's Games Funding Programme for "TR4 Prototype: A Coming-of-Age Story in a Green Post-Apocalypse". By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
