The latest direct successor to Super Mario Bros is Super Mario Wonder. © Nintendo Products Nintendo Direct Announced A Day Before Mario Anniversary This Friday, a new Nintendo Direct has been spontaneously announced. The timing is special and could hint at the content: On Saturday, the first Super Mario Bros. is celebrating 40 years of existence. A day before the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros, which came out on 13 September 1985 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© 2025 © Marcel Haupt / creative athlete Esports CGN Esports and Xperion Cologne Cooperate With two dedicated event spaces in Cologne, CGN Esports is entering MediaMarktSaturn's Xperion. The spaces will host weekly esports events. MediaMarktSaturn and Cologne association CGN Esports announce a joint strategic partnership to make gaming and e-sports more accessible in the DACH region. Two dedicated CGN experience booths will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Benedikt Grindel and Katharina Weiss, spokespeople for games.nrw. © games.nrw Business games.nrw Commends New NRW Funding Guideline With the new funding guidelines in August, NRW became the first Federal state to change production funding from credit to a grant. Now, games.nrw is commending the decision as a "smart transitions to federal funding". The new funding guidelines for Federal state NRW had been announced by By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Game City Wien 2024 © Andreas Tischler / Vienna Press Business MediaMarktSaturn Sponsors Game City Wien With Austria's biggest gaming fair coming from 10 to 12 October, the first details are now public. MediaMarktSaturn will be main sponsor, while Nintendo and Square Enix have been confirmed as exhibitors. From 10 to 12 October, the 16. Game City Vienna comes back to Austria’s capital By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Hasbro's digital gaming and tabletop branch is driving their business. The corresponding office is unaffected by the move. © Hasbro Business Hasbro Relocates to Boston Hasbro is relocating their headquarters from Rhode Island to Boston. The West Coast office in Renton, where digital gaming and the Wizards of the Coast brands Magic and Dungeons & Dragons sit, is unaffected. Toy maker and tabletop company Hasbro relocates their HQ from Rhode Island to Boston. This new By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nina Kiel is a journalist, game dev and adult game expert. Their games, like Don't Make Love, often deal with intimacy and sexual encounters. © Nina Kiel / Maggese People Nina Kiel: "It is Crucial to Keep Protesting" The current campaign against adult games is only the tip of the iceberg. We talked to game developer, journalist and NSFW game expert Nina Kiel about their petition, protest against payment processors and the right of 'obscenity' to exist within culture and art. Nina Kiel ist a journalist, By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
© Game Two Business Checkpoint by Game Two and Xperion is Live Rocket Beans' gaming format Game Two was first set to be discontinued, then integrated into existing channels. Now, Xperion by MediaMarktSaturn and Beans Entertainment have entered into a long-term agreement to continue the show together. The first issue of Checkpoint has aired on Friday. Update from 08 September 2025: By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Horse Club Adventures by Wild River Games gets a federal funded sequel. © Wild River Games Business Wild River, Just2D and Dev Cooperation for Bibi and Tina Get Four Million Euros Funding The German Federal games funding round for July 2025 sees Wild River Games, Just2D, ByteRockers' and several other getting a total of 4.098.467 euros. The Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy has published the newest federal games funding confirmations. These run from July 2025 and give out By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Games like Forbidden Fantasy are under scrutiny by payment processors. This petition, like many other efforts, are trying to get lawmakers to step in and reign in the the credit card providers. © OppaiMan Studios Business UK Gouvernment Petition Demands Steps Against Payment Processors A new petition by James Baillie demands action of the UK gouvernment against payment processor's hold on adult games. The petition reached 50 per cent of its needed signatures in the first days. If it succeeds, UK gouvernment will have to respond. A new gouvernment petition in the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
According to the IDW evaluation, dissatisfied game workers are highly sought-after in other industries. © IWD / Andrea Piacquadio Business Two Thirds of Job Listings Looking for Game Dev Skills Come From Other Industries An evaluation by the German Economic Institute (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft) shows that two thirds of German job listings referencing game dev skills in 2024 came from companies outside the games industry. The German Economic Institute (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft) has released an evaluation of almost 5.000 job offerings By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Impressions from the 2025 auction. © Gdbay, Games from Ukraine and Games Gathering Business Ukrainian Charity Auction 2025 Reaches New Donation Record With 27000 euros in donations, this year's Ukrainian Charity Auction by Burny Games, Gdbay, Games from Ukraine and Games Gathering has reached a new donation record. At the event, signed game artifacts and frontline memorabilia had been auctioned off for humanitarian help in Ukraine. This year’s Ukrainian By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Habeck opening gamescom 2023 in his function as Minister for Economy and Climate Action. © Koelnmesse GmbH, Uwe Weiser Events Former Games Minister Joins IFA Gaming Stage Former 'Games Minister' Robert Habeck will join this week's IFA on a gaming and technology stage by Webedia. Whether discussions will stay on the announced topics of global politics and climate economy after Habeck's big exit interview from politics remains to be seen. Robert By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
