© Esports World Cup Foundation, Riot Games Business Esports World Cup Foundation Signs Partnership With Riot Games Valorant will debut at the Esports World Cup 2025 alongside the return of League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics. The agreement between the Esports World Cup Foundation and Riot Games will run for the next three years. The Esports World Cup Foundation and Riot Games have announced a three-year partnership By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Xsolla Business Xsolla and AppsFlyer Present Custom Integration for Web Shops Xsolla has announced a partnership with AppsFlyer to provide game developers with improved insights and simplified activation for its Web Shop solution, addressing the challenges of cross-platform measurement and attribution. Video game commerce company Xsolla has partnered with mobile marketing analytics provider AppsFlyer in a 'first-of-its-kind' industry web By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Behold Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in European video games start-ups, founded in 2021 by Magnus Kenneby, Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir and Karl Magnus Troedsson (from left to right). © Behold Ventures Business Dead Astronauts Secures €4 Million in Seed Round Led by Behold Ventures Sweden-based game developer Dead Astronauts has raised €4 million in its first seed funding round led by Behold Ventures. Klaas Kersting has also invested in the team and their open-world action-adventure game, codenamed Veil. Founded in 2024 by Tobias Nyman, Erik Morin, Robert Moschos and Thomas Tedemalm with industry experience By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
from left: Dolores Bakos (Wienxtra Board Member), Vanesh (Mayor of Game City), Moderator, Vice Mayor Christoph Wiederkehr © Andreas Tischler Events Game City 2025 to Take Place in Vienna in October Austria's largest gaming event will return to Vienna's City Hall and the Rathausplatz from 10 to 12 October 2025. The date for the 16th Game City in Vienna has been set, once again with free admission. Vienna's Vice Mayor Christoph Wiederkehr: "From 10 By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tyler Sigman, Red Hook Studios Co-Founder; Chris Bourassa, Red Hook Studios Co-Founder; Remi Racine, Behaviour Interactive Co-Founder and CEO © Behaviour Interactive, Red Hook Studios Business Red Hook on Darkest Dungeon II, Long Time Support Strategies and the Takeover by Behaviour By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Sid Meier's Civilization VII © Firaxis Games, 2K Games Products Sid Meier's Civilization VII One of the most successful and longest-running series of strategy games is Sid Meier's Civilization. After more than 30 years, more than 73 million copies sold and more than 1 billion hours played, it is still the same: just one more turn. The seventh mainline title in the By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
© Jump over the Age / Fellow Traveler Products Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector One of the most successful games from narrative games specialist Fellow Traveler is Citizen Sleeper, which has over a million players. Now the dice-based role-playing game, developed by Jump Over the Age, is entering the next round. In Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, players control an amnesiac android, a Sleeper, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© game Business Dorothee Bär Joins the #gamechanger Talk on the 2025 Elections With the Bundestag elections just around the corner, the game association is pushing ahead with its #gamechanger livestream format. Dorothee Bär, CSU Vice Party Leader and Vice Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, has been announced as the next guest. The talk will take place on 11 February. On By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Take-Two Interactive Management © Take-Two Interactive IR Business Take-Two: Solid Holiday Season and Record Year Ahead Thanks to Mafia, GTA 6 and Borderlands The calendar year 2025 will be an "inflection point" for Take-Two Interactive. Grand Theft Auto VI is still scheduled for fall 2025, not to forget Mafia: The Old Country and Borderlands 4. The last holiday season was also more than solid. Take-Two Interactive has delivered 'solid results& By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Kalypso Media Publishing Kalypso Media to Release Commandos: Origins in Early April Not in March, but in April 2025. Kalypso Media and Claymore Game Studios will release Commandos: Origins a little later. The retail release will follow in May. On 9 April 2025, Commandos: Origins will be released digitally for PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. The latest instalment in By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Interactive Innovation Conference © ESA Business ESA Hosts Interactive Innovation Conference in Las Vegas The inaugural Interactive Innovation Conference, or iicon, will take place in Las Vegas at the end of April 2026. The Entertainment Software Association's event will bring together leaders from industries related to interactive entertainment. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced the Interactive Innovation Conference (iicon), an event By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 © Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel Products Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (PC) Almost a year and three months after Marvel's Spider-Man 2 launched on PlayStation 5, the action-adventure game is swinging its way to PC. Although Sony only revealed the PC features shortly before release. After Marvel's Spider-Man (PS: 2018; PC: 2022) and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
