Managing Directors Robert May, Florian Köhne as well as Matthias Murmann from btf at the founding ceremony of Blue Backpack in August 2025. © Blue Backpack Business Blue Backpack Signs Publishing Agreement with Parco Games for Asia Blue Backpack, formerly known as the games department of btf (bildundtonfabrik), has announced a strategic partnership with the Asian video game publisher Parco Games. Publishing rights have been granted for Constance and The Berlin Apartment. Under the terms of the partnership, Parco Games will be responsible for publishing and marketing By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
New Global Sport Conference 2025 © Esports World Cup / New Global Sport Conference Esports New Global Sport Conference 2025 Concludes Esports World Cup Following the Esports World Cup, the New Global Sport Conference 2025 took place in Riyadh. The event was attended by more than 1,500 delegates, including 500 CEOs from sectors such as gaming, esports, sports, technology and investment. The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) concluded the New Global Sport Conference By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Deadly Days: Roadtrip © PixelSplit and Sidekick Products PixelSplit and Sidekick Will Launch Deadly Days: Roadtrip in September On 22 September 2025, Pixelsplit and Sidekick Publishing will launch Deadly Days: Roadtrip in Early Access. The collaboration with Knabe Kola during gamescom will also be expanded. The newly founded label Sidekick Publishing (Instinct3) and developer Pixelsplit are set to launch Deadly Days: Roadtrip on 22 September 2025 via Early By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
David Lowey, Atari's Senior Director of Marketing and Wade Rosen, Chairman and CEO of Atari © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Atari Acquires Five Ubisoft IPs to Revive These Games Atari has acquired the intellectual property rights to five Ubisoft titles. These are Cold Fear, I Am Alive, Child of Eden, Grow Home and Grow Up. The publisher intends to re-release the games and is exploring ways to increase their visibility. Atari has acquired the intellectual property rights for five By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Game City 2024 © Andreas Tischler / Vienna Press Business Game City 2025 Sees High Demand From 10 to 12 October 2025, Vienna's City Hall and Rathausplatz will once again host Game City. According to the organisers, there is high demand. As usual, the Game City in Vienna is taking place this year, once again with free admission. According to the organisers, demand is By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Plaion X Pearl Abyss © Plaion Business Plaion Signs Worldwide Physical Distribution Partnership With Pearl Abyss Plaion will handle the worldwide physical distribution of the AAA action adventure game Crimson Desert from Pearl Abyss. The highly anticipated game is scheduled for release in early 2026. Plaion has announced a distribution partnership with Pearl Abyss for the upcoming launch of Crimson Desert. As part of this collaboration, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Gears of War: Reloaded © Xbox Game Studios Products Gears of War: Reloaded Next year, the Gears of War franchise will celebrate its 20th anniversary, which coincides with the likely release of Gears of War: E-Day, set fourteen years before the first instalment of the series. This is probably why the original game is being re-released. Gears of War: Reloaded is a remastered By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The eye of the voidstorm in Cologne. © Blizzard Entertainment / wetter Business Blizzard Collaborates With wetter.com for World of Warcraft: Midnight To promote World of Warcraft: Midnight, which was unveiled at gamescom 2025, Blizzard Entertainment collaborated with wetter.com to conjure up a voidstorm. At gamescom 2025, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled World of Warcraft: Midnight. This expansion to the MMORPG is scheduled for release in the first half of 2026, pitting players By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
From left to right: Carl Kuhn, Executive Director Gaming & E-Sports at JvM Sports, and Thanh Dao, Managing Director at JvM Nerd © Jung von Matt Business JvM Group Introduces New Cross-Agency Leadership Duo The JvM Group is expanding its gaming services and setting up an international agency team. Thanh Dao (JvM Nerd) and Carl Kuhn (JvM Sports) will lead this team. However, JvM Nerd founder Toan Nguyen and co-managing director André Price will be leaving the agency at the end of the year By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Nvidia GeForce Now © Nvidia Business Nvidia GeForce Now: RTX 5080-Class GPUs and 5G+ Partnership With Deutsche Telekom Nvidia has announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom for GeForce Now, focusing on 5G+ gaming in Germany, and revealed that RTX 5080-class GPUs will soon be available on the cloud gaming service. Deutsche Telekom has unveiled plans for a new 5G+ gaming offering in collaboration with Nvidia's GeForce By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister at the crowning ceremony of the Esports World Cup 2025 with (from right to left) Ralf Reichert, CEO of the Esports World Cup Foundation; HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal, Minister of Sport; Musaad Al Dossary, Co-Founder and Chairman at Team Falcons; Muhammed Almatairi, General Director at Team Falcons; Nikola Kovač, Counter-Strike 2 player at Team Falcons. © Esports World Cup 2025 Esports Esports World Cup 2025 Set New Viewership Records in Its Second Year The Esports World Cup 2025 came to a close on Sunday. After seven weeks of competition, Team Falcons were crowned club champions of the tournament. The EWC attracted a total of 750 million viewers, 350 million hours of online streaming, and 3 million visitors on site in Riyadh. The Esports By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Deutsche Bahn / esports player foundation Esports Deutsche Bahn Focuses on Gaming and Esports to Find Young Talent In its search for young professionals, Deutsche Bahn (DB) is turning to gaming and esports to attract young talent. The company aims to recruit around 20,000 new employees in operational roles this year, including over 5,000 young professionals. The DB Esports Scholarship is the centrepiece of the company& By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
