Data by Values Value and InGame Job © GamesMarkt Business European Game Workers Want More Equality, Money and Protection In a big survey of 1,832 participants, job agencies InGame Job and Values Value collected anonymous data from game workers over all of Europe. The numbers on salary, satisfaction and discrimination aren’t positive, but they show what needs to improve. This report presents the results of a targeted By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Ver.di main associate representatives from the Federal level supported the effort of the game worker's roundtable and demands. © GamesMarkt Development Gamedevs’ Roundtable at Ver.di Formulates Demands for Fair Conditions in the Games Industry Next to devcom, the game worker group Gamedevs’ Roundtable has held a press conference with six demands for better working conditions in the games industry. Apart from improved salaries, a collective agreement and contract standards, the group is asking for gender equality and an end to the penalisation and stigmatization By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The winners of the 2024 devcom Indie Awards. © devcom Events devcom Indie Awards go to Germany, USA and Saudi Arabia At yesterday's opening dinner event for devcom, the Indie Awards have been given to four studios, among them Munich professor Christoph Minnameier for Dungeons of Dreadrock and Starvania from Saudi Arabia. The results of the speaker's survey have also been revealed. The devcom Developer Conference 2024 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Leadership of GetHero will go to the former flow:fwd CEO Tim Krause-Murroni. © Webedia Business Webedia Merges allyance and flow:fwd into GetHero Webedia has merged its two influencer agencies allyance and flow:fwd into one: Named GetHero, it will now encompass the 22 people working in Hamburg and Berlin. Leadership will go to the former flow:fwd CEO Tim Krause-Murroni. Webedia has merged its two influencer agencies allyance and flow:fwd into By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Super Crowd Business Polaris Convention Announces Business Day The third Polaris Convention by Super Crowd and Hamburg Messe this October will now feature a business day for the first time. Tickets are currently available for 71 euros, just below double the price of a consumer ticket. The Polaris Convention in Hamburg, which will take place for the third By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© 1Up Business German Indie Showcase With Gronkh Announced The influencer agency 1Up Management cooperates with influencer Erik "Gronkh" Range for the "Deutsche Indie Showcase", where more than 30 games from the GSA region will be shown, 26 among them for the first time or with exclusive material. The German influencer agency 1UP Management will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© MFG Campus Universities and Their Gaming Endeavours in BW Baden-Württemberg has one of the most involved university landscapes when it comes to games and Extended Reality in Germany. From futuristic XR booths to special programmes, here are some of the strongest examples. At gamescom, the academic side of gaming has been presented by MFG at their booth in the By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© BSR Business Black Screen Records and Gronkh Cooperate for gamescom Vinyl Release Black Screen Records is cooperating with Gronkh in bringing a vinyl album of the streamer to gamescom. Apart from this and it's cooperation with the Indie Arena Booth, the label is also providing musical acts for the new social stage in hall 11.3. The Cologne vinyl label By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Instinct3/Stray Fawn Business TerraScape Reaches 100,000 Sold Copies Since Release Exactly one month after release, the co-publishers Instinct3 and Stray Fawn announce that Bitfall Studio's TerraScape has sold 100,000 copies. The game since won big at the German Dev Days Award as well. One month after the release on 17 July 2024, TerraScape by Bitfall has sold By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Spellgarden Games, Team17 Digital Development Spellgarden Games and Team17 Digital announce Ritual of Raven Spellgarden Games has revealed their next project, together with Team17 Digital: Ritual of Raven is a farming game with magic. The game had first been shown at the Franco-German Games Night at devcom 2022, now it will be playable in this year's Indie Arena Booth. Spellgarden Games, the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Felix Falk, Managing Director of game, has issued demands. © game Business game Association Issues Political Demands Along Annual Report Along its annual games industry report, published today, the game association also issued ten demands to politicians. They include the need for stronger funding, location marketing, cybersecurity and more. game - The German Games Industry Association today presented ten demands to politicians for strengthening Germany as a games location. The By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Maschinen-Mensch Development Maschinen-Mensch Announces new Game Mother Machine Maschinen-Mensch from Berlin have revealed their new project: The disturbing alien cave exploration RPG Mother Machine for one to four players. It is supposed to release in 2025. Berlin development studio Maschinen-Mensch, the recently grown indie darling behind The Curious Expedition and The Curious Expedition 2, has announced their new By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
