© Kalypso Publishing Kalypso Media Moves Commandos: Origins to March 2025 Commandos: Origins will not be released this year. Kalypso Media and Claymore Game Studios have delayed the game until March 2025. The additional development time will allow more time to improve and optimise the game. Kalypso Media and Claymore Game Studios are postponing the release of Commandos: Origins until March By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Impressions from DevGamm Lisbon 2024. All p © ictures: GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 Sees Considerable Increase in Attendance The second edition of DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 saw a considerable increase in attendance compared to its premiere last year. The organisers are pleased with the results of the event. The organisers of DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 summed up the event. More than 770 attendees from 45 countries and 394 companies attended By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© eosAndy / Andreas Krupa für Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2023 Business German Developer Award 2024 Ceremony to Take Place Tonight At the German Developer Award in 2023, the big winner was the then defunct studio Mimimi Games with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew. This year, Osmotic Studios with Closer the Distance, Keen Games with Enshrouded and Sven Ahlgrimm and Mathilde Hoffmann with Oddada have the best chances of receiving awards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Resident Evil 2 (Remake) © Capcom Products Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 7 biohazard (PS5 Retail) Capcom is bringing three Resident Evil games to retail stores with 'next-generation updates' for PlayStation 5. These are the two remakes of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, as well as Resident Evil 7 biohazard. All have sold millions of copies for the Japanese publisher. The latest By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Elena Grigorian, CEO of My.Games © My.Games Business My.Games Sells Hyper-Casual Publisher Mamboo My.Games is selling its hyper-casual publisher Mamboo Entertainment as the company strategically focuses on mid-core games. Mamboo Entertainment was acquired by My.Games in 2021. My.Games has announced the sale of Mamboo, a publisher in the hyper-casual gaming sector, to its founding team. This strategic decision is in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© game Business Games and Games-Based Media on Millions of Christmas Wish Lists Around nine million people in Germany are wishing for computer and video games this Christmas, according to the game Association, based on a YouGov survey. Other items on the wish lists include consoles, gaming hardware and vouchers, as well as books, music and films based on games. Christmas is just By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The award ceremony on 26 November preceded the "Forum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft 2024" of the federal government and gave the award winners a big stage at the WECC in Westhafen in Berlin. © William Veder Business Torpor Games, Mucks! Games and Realities.io Among the Winners of the Cultural and Creative Pilot Awards For the 15th time, innovative entrepreneurs in the field of cultural and creative industries in Germany have been honoured as Culture- and Creative Pilots aka Kultur- und Kreativpilot*innen in German. Among the winners are Torpor Games, Mucks! Games and Realities.io. The prize, awarded on behalf of the German By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© ESBD Esports German Esports Summit Takes Place on 6 and 7 December The German Esports Summit returns at the beginning of December. Organised by the German Esports Federation (ESBD), the summit will take place as part of the Gamevasion powered by DreamHack event in Hanover. The line-up for the German Esports Summit has been confirmed. With 40 speakers and hosts, the German By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
At the end of the 2023 fiscal year, GameStop had more than 4,000 stores worldwide. © Archive Picture Business All GameStop Stores in Germany Apparently Facing Closure Following the sale of all GameStop stores in Italy to Cidiverte (GameLife), the fate of the German GameStop stores has apparently been decided. According to unconfirmed reports, all GameStop stores in Germany will close at the beginning of January. The news is currently spreading like wildfire across the internet: GameSpot By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Anno 117: Pax Romana © Ubisoft Publishing Anno 117: Pax Romana - Day One Release on Steam and First Screenshots Ubisoft will release Anno 117: Pax Romana in 2025. As part of the latest changes to its publishing strategy, the game, developed by Ubisoft Mainz, will also be released on Steam on day one. The first screenshots have been shown as well. After the underwhelming launch of Star Wars Outlaws, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© René Rother / Devolver Digital Business René Rother on Children of the Sun, Being an Indie Developer, and His Failed but Successful Publisher Pitch German indie developer René Rother is behind the creative shooter Children of the Sun. Over the course of the year, we had the opportunity to talk to him about the game, the challenges of being an indie developer, and the failed pitch that led to a deal with Devolver Digital. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
© Dreamlit Products Towers of Aghasba Recovering flora and fauna is at the heart of Towers of Aghasba, an open-world sandbox recently released in Early Access on PC and PlayStation 5 by Dreamlit Games. It introduces some fresh ideas compared to other survival games, while also drawing on exploration, combat, crafting and more. Towers of Aghasba By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read