© Blizzard / Helvepic Business Blizzard and Helvepic Bring World of Warcraft Concerts To Switzerland With four concerts in the Théatre de Beaulieu in Lausanne at the end of September, Blizzard and Helvepic are celebrating the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft in Switzerland. To mark the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment and the Swiss music production group Helvepic have teamed up By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Amazon Studios Business Fallout Series Universe Wins Two Creative Arts Emmys 16 Nominations, but only one award: Fallout, the only gaming series in the nominees of 2024's Creative Arts Emmys wasn't the big winner of the evening. That one was FX's Shogun. But: With another Emmy for Fallout: Vault 33, the interactive media experience going By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Dutch Game Garden Business Incubator and Cluster Dutch Game Garden Closes After 17 Years Due to Funding Issues After 17 years and 130 incubated companies, game cluster and Indigo Showcase host Dutch Game Garden closes due to budget issues. The future of the Indigo Showcase indie festival in Utrecht is as of yet unsure. Dutch game incubator, support cluster and organiser of the Indigo game festival, Dutch Game By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The teams of the first publishing meeting, with Mythwright Publishing Director Stuart Morton (left) and David Kuri crossing swords. © Mythwright / Sun and Serpent Creations Publishing Sun and Serpent Creations Signs UK Publisher Mythwright for Bladesong The Digital Vikings Awards winners Sun and Serpent Creations from Braunschweig have signed Mythwright from the UK as publisher for their upcoming, nordmedia funded bladesmithing simulator Bladesong. Studio founder David Kuri uses the support to increase the team size working on the game. Studio Sun and Serpent Creations from Braunschweig, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The German PUBG team. © Krafton Esports Krafton Hosts PUBG Nations Cup 2024 in Seoul Again Like last year, Krafton will host the PUBG Nations Cup as part of Game eSports Seoul, from 6 to 9 September. The German team is one of the established participants, featuring René ‘Braexco’ Rehling, Tim ‘Myca’ Bodenseh, Christian ‘Itzz_ChrizZ’ Blank, Jan ‘PaiinZ’ Kösters and Ivo ‘Kowo’ Schenk. Norway joins By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Microsoft / Anna Spindelndreier Business Melanie Eilert and Dennis Winkens Join fjmk as Project Staff Inclusive Gaming The Fachstelle für Jugendmedienkultur NRW (fjmk) has hired Dennis Winkens and Melanie Eilert as Project Staff Inclusive Gaming. Both had already lent their expertise to the fjmk’s project and award show Gaming ohne Grenzen before. The Specialist Center for Youth Media Culture NRW (Fachstelle für Jugendmedienkultur NRW, fjmk) has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Denk / Super Crowd Business Christian Denk Joins Polaris Team as Brand Partnership Consultant PlayStation GSA veteran Christian Denk joins Hamburg company Super Crowd as Brand Partnership Consultant for the Polaris Convention 2025. Denk has consulted about event and esport related topics for many companies, among them Tencent's Level Infinite and Capcom Germany. Super Crowd is getting reinforcement for its Polaris Convention: By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The German Pavilion on GDC 2024. © BMWK / game Business German Pavilion Brings 12 Game Studios to Tokyo Game Show 2024 The German Pavilion of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is hosting twelve German companies at Tokyo Game Show. Among them are indies like BAD Spiele and ByteRockers', publishers like Kalypso and Daedalic and even service providers like 4-Real Intermedia and Black Screen Records. The German By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Antstream Business Antstream Arcade Comes To PlayStation Subscription service Antstream is coming to PlayStation on 6 September. The retro streaming platform includes 1,300 games from a range of old consoles as well as Arcade. It will be the first time old Nintendo console versions of games will ever be available on a Sony platform. Subscription streaming By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Made with Massive Linx. © Youre Publishing Youre x GamesCoin Releases Massive Linx Youre x GamesCoin has founded and released Massive Linx, a backbone platform that can integrate into several engines and be used for mobile and AR apps as well. The platform can be used by anyone andwants to fulfil the promise of interoperability of web3 games and apps. The web3 ecosystem By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Sony Interactive Entertainment Products Astro Bot Astro Bot's third game is the first without direct connection to a hardware product, and it's going to be the biggest: With Astro Bot, Team Asobi and Sony are bringing back the platformer age, with a hefty dose of PlayStation nostalgia and franchise attachment. Once upon By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Tobias Kopka is CEO & Interaction Designer at Curatomic and Program Director of the games congress. © Alessandro de Matteis Campus Tobias Kopka: "Ideas and Action Flow Swiftly" gamescom congress 2024 has been the biggest so far – not least because of the new location at the Confex and a bigger cast of speakers. We talked to program manager Tobias Kopka about this year's challenges and successes, as well as the direction change in the big political By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
