© Koelnmesse Campus Immersion, Responsibility and Well-Being Shape gamescom congress 2025 gamescom congress reveals its big three focus tracks with the reveal of the first speakers. Industry experts such as Jukka Laakso, Johanna Pirker, Eric Vezzoli and Celia Hodent will present their thoughts and methods on Immersion, Responsibility and Well-Being in and around games. On Thursday, 21 August, the gamescom congress By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Just this May, Ukie CEO Nick Poole urged the British gouvernment to invest in the games industry with the Press Start on Growth campaign. © UKIE Business Ukie: "Payment Providers Should Trust in Age Rating Systems" In a statement to GamesMarkt in response to recent adult game delistings, UK industry association Ukie urges payment processors and store platforms to trust in existing age rating systems. The UK games industry association Ukie has issued a statement to GamesMarkt about the recent adult game delistings on Steam and By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Marek Brunner, Chief of Testing at USK, gives tipps and information for exhibitors not yet familiar with German Minor Protection requirements. © USK, Marek Brunner Business How to Avoid Trouble with Germany's Minor Protection as a Games Exhibitor By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Petition "Save games from censorship" comes out of Germany. © Save games from censorship Business German-Spearheaded Petition Joins Critique of Adult Game Delistings A new petition spearheaded by prominent German journalists, game developers and DEI advocates has gathered over a thousand signatures in the first day. Like other emerging protests, it aims at payment processors to take the pressure from store fronts selling adult games. After the recent delistings of adult games on By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
From left to right: Prof. Dr. Sebastian von Mammen, Chair of Games Engineering at the University of Würzburg; Prof. Dr. Anja Schlömerkemper, Vice President of the University of Würzburg; Prof. Dr. Marc Erich Latoschik, Head of the Chair of Human-Computer Interaction; Dr. Fabian Mehring, Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs; Felix Freiherr von Zobel, Member of the Freie Wähler; Prof. Dr. Jörn Hurtienne, Head of the Chair of Psychological Ergonomics © XR Hub Bavaria Campus Additional Funds: XR Hub Würzburg's Funding Breaches 2.5 Million Euros With an additional funding of 760,000 euros, the Bavarian Digital Ministry under Fabian Mehring has pushed the public budget for XR Hub Würzburg to 2.5 million euros until 2026. The newest cheque was presented at University of Würzburg's Summer Expo. At yesterday’s Summer Expo at By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Assemble/ZoroArts Products Paddle Paddle Paddle by ZoroArts and Assemble Entertainment Releases Today ZoroArts alias Mateo Covic and publisher Assemble release the coop rage game Paddle Paddle Paddle today. The game marks Covic's first cooperation with a publisher, but the young developer has been very active before as well. Publisher Assemble and developer Mateo Covic alias ZoroArts have announced that the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Q2 earnings call page showing the highlights of © Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast Business Final Fantasy Cooperation Skyrockets Revenue of Magic: The Gathering Publisher With the highest revenue in the first 24 hours of any set to date, Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy has driven up Hasbro's quarterly revenue significantly. The digital gaming segment, especially Monopoly Go!, played another big part as well. In yesterday's Q2 earnings call at By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© bpb Campus bpb Launches Handbook Gaming & Rightwing-Extremism German Federal Agency for Civic Education bpb has officially released their Handbook Gaming & Rightwing-Extremism today in a presentation hosted by the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. The German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, bpb) has officially launched their anthology called Handbook Gaming & Rightwing-Extremism today in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Categories like 'erotic' have rapidly emptied on itch.io, loosing most explicit games. © Itch.io Business Itch.io Delists NSFW Games, Indicates Guidelines from Payment Processors After similar proceedings on Steam, indie game storefront itch.io now begins delisting adult games. Founder Leaf Corcoran lays open that the site has been urged by payment processors to do so. A new content creator guideline will be implemented in the near future that follows the demanded standards. Several By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The next game in Chimera Entertainment's Songs of Silence game world has received prototype funding. © Chimera Entertainment Business FFF Bayern Funds 13 Games With Almost a Million Euros The next game in the Songs of Silence world by Chimera, the successor to EcoGnomix and more: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern has released their current funding round decisions, allocating money to two productions, five prototypes and six concepts. The allocation committee for FFF games funding met yesterday and decided to recommend 13 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Narranauten/Narradiver Business New Narrative Design Conference InErGa to Premiere in Leipzig With an exclusive event for Narrative Design workers, the association Narranauten is announcing their own conference. InErGa will take place in September in Leipzig. For keynotes, Dom Schott, Falko Löffler and Tim Schuchert have already been confirmed. The Saxonian Narrative Design association Narranauten has announced a new conference: InErGa, short By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Game Dev Days Graz Business Game Dev Days Graz Announce Date for Tenth Anniversary The tenth Game Dev Days Graz will take place on 4 October at the Technical University of the Austrian city. This year, the Austrian developer meetup Game Dev Days at Technical University Graz is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Before the full programme, the organisers around TU Graz and newly appointed By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
