© Fem Devs Meetup Game Jam events Fem Devs Meetup Game Jam Held at School of Games From 24-26 October, the Fem Devs Meetup Game Jam will be held at School of Games in Cologne. From 24-26 October, the Fem Devs Meetup Game Jam will be held at School of Games, Sachsenring 79, in Cologne. Registration closes on Sunday, 12 October at midnight. Interested participants from all By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Keir Starmer, prime minister of the UK since 2024. © UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor Business UK Government: Payment Processors Can Ban What They Want After a petition reached the necessary signatures, Starmer's UK government commented on the NSFW bans payment processors pressured storefronts into. According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the government has no plans to step in. This puts the government in direct contrast to By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The guide was made by René Otto, Deviant Legal. © Deviant Legal Business Guide to Publishing Agreements Seeks to Empower Game Developers A recently released guide to publishing agreements wants to empower game developers to get a better position in negotiation with publishers. The guide was released by attorney René Otto and Deviant Legal and is free to access. Video game company attorney René Otto and his firm Deviant Legal have released By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Sbarter Business Sbarter Looks for Investors In "Skill-Based" Pay-to-Earn Wager System New Swiss on the block(chain): Sbarter wants to bring investors on board for their new pay-to-earn system for video games. Player are supposed to bet money in the form of tokens against each other in ingame competitions, with the company and publishers opting in taking a cut. Swiss company By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Xbox Business German Game Pass Users Keep Their Prices For Now Xbox has announced another revamp of the Game Pass subscription model. Core is now called Essential and Standard is now called Premium. While the Premium tier gets more expensive, the price is raised for the Ultimate tier especially: In exchange for Fortnite and Ubisoft cooperations, subscribers have to pay a By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© game; company logos: respective company Business 24 New Members Join German game Association The game association grows: 24 new members have joined in recent weeks, from universities and civil society associations to young studios to industry stables like Acer. The game grows: The German games industry association has welcomed 24 new members in recent weeks. The following studios and institutions are joining as By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Assemble/ZoroArts Products Paddle Paddle Paddle Reaches 100,000 Unit Milestone The cooperation between Mateo Covic alias ZoroArts and Assemble Entertainment is bearing fruits: After the initial month, chaos coop game Paddle Paddle Paddle had reached the 50,000 sales milestone. Now, 10 weeks after release, the game has breached 100,000 sales. Update from 06 October 2025: As developer Covic By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© ExP campus ExP Returns with HFF München Expert Talks and Pretzels returns in a new venue, with the CreatiF Center of HFF München. On 8 October Musfira Naqvi of Siemens and Marcel-André Casasola-Greiner of Jumpy Bit will speak in front of and using the big cinema screen. Expert Talks and Pretzels (ExP), the Munich talk format organised By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© PlayBern Business PlayBern Festival 2025 Brings Game Music Into the Spotlight The 7. PlayBern Festival from 31 October to 2 November features game music as a spotlight topic. Apart from game concerts and composers on stage, accessibility in music takes center stage. Research collective CH Ludens will also be part of the program. From 31 October to 2 November, the PlayBern By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Bloy, BlueBottle People Sandra Bloy Becomes New Marketing Lead at BlueBottle Former MYI Communications expert Sandra Bloy is the new Marketing Lead for Munich esport streaming tool company BlueBottle by Irox Games co-owner Marcel Zurawka. After her last big project HeroFest Bern on 3-5 October 2025, Sandra Bloy, current Project Owner Marketing & Communications at MYI Entertainment, is changing ships: In By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© SIE Products New PlayStation Rewards Program Lets You Buy Merch for Platinum Trophies With their new Rewards Program, PlayStation makes ordering certain merch items exclusive to players who earned Platinum trophies or played through prestige PlayStation games. Starting out is Ghost of Tsushima with an exclusive pin and t-shirt who completed the game. The merchandise still costs money as well, however. PlayStation has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© DiGRA campus DiGRA 2026 Conference Takes Place in Maynooth, Ireland The DiGRA 2026 Conference will take place in Ireland from 14-18 June 2026. Paper submission opens are open right now. The conference revolves around the ways in which games are pleasurable. The DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) 2026 conference will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
