© EAO Business European Audiovisual Observatory Releases First Report in Games Industry The European Audiovisual Observatory, a body of the Council of Europe, has for the first time released a massive report on the European games industry's regulatory and market challenges. It can be accessed for free. The European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO), part of the Council of Europe and fact By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Jens Lauritzson's Flexion specialises in alternative app stores - long before the Apple case. © Flexion; Apple Business Interview with Jens Lauritzson: New Chances in Mobile – Not Just on Apple‘s Devices By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Became almost meme-worthy due to its aggressive YouTube ad strategy: Raid: Shadow Legends by Plarium © Plarium, MTG Business MTG Buys Raid: Shadow Legends Maker Plarium The Modern Times Group, holder of InnoGames and Snowprint Studios, has acquired Israelian game maker Plarium, developer of Raid: Shadow Legends. The acquisition has cost 620 million dollar. The InnoGames mother Modern Times Group (MTG), situated in Stockholm, has bought another developer: Plarium, the Israelian studio behind Raid: Shadow Legends, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Höferlin Business Esports Group Leader Manuel Höferlin Won't Candidate for Federal Parliament Again Manuel Höferlin, leader of the Federal parliamentary working group Esports & Gaming, won't candidate again after the current gouvernment period. The decision coincides with his party's fallout from the gouvernment. Founder and speaker of the German Federal parliamentary group esports and gaming, Manuel Höferlin, will not By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
PandaBee founders Gustav Mehner (left) and Julien Schillinger at GDC. © PandaBee Business PandaBee Studios: From Leipzig with Love – and Rage By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
© Nintendo Business Super Nintendo World Direct Comes Tomorrow A short Nintendo Direct without games and hardware will go online tomorrow in the morning. Topic of the ten minute showcase will be the Super Nintendo World entertainment park at Universal Studios Japan and its new Donkey Kong area. Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., a short Nintendo Direct will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Czech & Slovak Games Week Business Czech & Slovak Games Week Kicks Off With Showcase This Evening The fifth Czech & Slovak Games Week starts today, with a digital showcase presenting games from both European countries. Together with partners, the Czech Game Developers Association (GDACZ) and the Slovak Game Developers Association (SGDA) are organising the fifth Czech & Slovak Games Week, a celebration of games from the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Pachinko business, here the 2023 hit Smart Pachislot Hokuto No Ken, stabilised Sega's business this half year. © Sega Sammy Business Sega Posts Losses in Game Business, but Pachinko Stabilises the Company Correcting their expectations down by around 20 per cent for the rest of the fiscal year, Sega has suffered losses in the gaming department since 2023, not least because of the sales of Amplitude and Relic. The Pachinko gambling business however manages to stabilise the company's half year By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Humankind, now back in independent hands. © Amplitude Business Amplitude Studios Buys Itself Out of Sega Europe The French studio Amplitude, makers of the Endless saga and other strategy games, has bought itself back from Sega Europe. It had been acquired in 2016. Sega has thus given up two strategy game studios this year. Amplitude Studios, French studio and makers of the Endless series and other strategy By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Jarrod Yahes, former CFO of Shutterstock, joins Unity as CFO from January 2025 onward. © Unity Business Unity Hires Jarrod Yahes as New CFO Unity continues to hire for the management team: Jarrod Yahes, former CFO of Shutterstock, joins the engine maker as CFO from January 2025 onward. Unity is continuing its ongoing restructuring with a new face in the management suite: Jarrod Yahes will join as SVP and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
from left: Wolfgang Koller (IWI), Reanne Leuning (Außenwirtschaft Austria), Alfred Harl (UBIT) and Martin Filipp (PGDA). © Strasnik/FV Ubit Business New Study Shows Growth and Baseline of Austrian Game Industry 71.3 per cent more game companies than 2018, a turnover of 188.7 million euros in 2023 and a massively important academic game landscape: A new study by the Austrian WKO's association for IT (UBIT) shines a spotlight on the Alpine republic's game industry. There By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Games Ground Business Games Ground Berlin 2024 Schedule is Online The full business schedule and exhibition programme for Games Ground Berlin 2024 are now online. More than 120 speakers will participate, with various side events, a games exhibition full of 70 titles as well as student showcases, and the conference "AI Utopia and Dystopia" of Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
