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 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 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 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
© IllFonic Products Halloween: Stealth Horror Game by IllFonic and Gun Interactive Halloween, developed and published by IllFonic and co-published by Gun Interactive in partnership with Compass International Pictures and Further Front, will be released for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2026. This was announced at Future Game Show Live from gamescom. IllFonic honours the iconic 1978 film By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori © Aesir and Mindscape Products Aesir and Mindscape Let Windstorm Ride out in November In early November, developer Aesir Interactive and publisher Mindscape will release their open-world action-adventure game, Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori in Early Access. The full version will be available on PC and consoles. Munich-based developer Aesir Interactive and Amstelveen-based publisher Mindscape have announced the release date By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Esports Decade Awards © Esports Awards Esports Esports Decade Awards Presented in Riyadh The Esports Awards held a one-off Decade Awards ceremony alongside the Esports World Cup. These celebrated a decade of excellence in esports and gaming. The Decade Awards ceremony, held alongside the Esports World Cup, saw 9.8 million votes cast by fans in celebration of esports, its players, teams By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
gamescom 2025 © Koelnmesse GmbH, Thomas Klerx Business gamescom 2025 Closes With 357,000 Visitors and a New Trade Visitor Record With more than 357,000 visitors, gamescom 2025 saw an increase of over 22,000 visitors compared to last year. gamescom is therefore maintaining its momentum and setting new records, especially regarding internationality, trade visitors, and the number of exhibitors. Gamescom 2025 set numerous new records, particularly in terms of By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
