Simon Little (left) and Daren Tang signing the agreement. © Video Games Europe Esports VGE and WIPO Pledge to Cooperate in Esports Video Games Europe and the World Intellectual Property Organization have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on fostering the rights of IP holders like publishers in esports. Video Games Europe CEO, Simon Little, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director-General Daren Tang, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© PandaBee Products tilt frog With tilt frog, PandaBee Studios from Leipzig enter the commercial gaming market. While their next game Endzeit is already public thanks to the funding it received, with the rage game platformer tilt frog, the young studio wants to capture streamers and sidescroller enthusiasts alike. Rage games are all the… rage. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Luciana Viganò is the new Interim President of the Swiss Game Developers Association © SGDA Business Luciana Viganò New Interim President of the Swiss Game Developers Association Since September 3, Luciana Viganò has taken over from former president Alice Ruppert as interim president of the Swiss Game Developers Association (SGDA). Viganò has been a board member since April 2024. A leadership change in Switzerland: Since September 3, Luciana Viganò has taken over from former president Alice Ruppert By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nintendo Products Mario & Luigi: Brothership The newest Nintendo RPG Mario & Luigi: Brothership is the first native Switch title of the series. At the same time, it falls into a strong year for Mario RPG remakes of various series. Fans of the Super Mario RPG games had a good run on Nintendo Switch in recent By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Games/Bavaria Business GG Bavaria Moves To Olympiapark After growing out of the Alte Kongresshalle in 2023 and the Motorworld in 2024, the GG Bavaria will move into the Olympiapark in 2025. New fairground will be the Small Olympia Hall (Kleine Olympiahalle) in Munich’s olympia quarter in the west of the city. After the save the date By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© SwissGames Development SwissGames Opens Calls for gamescom and She Got Game 2025 SwissGames is opening their call for application for the delegation to gamescom 2025 in Cologne as well as for the mentoring programme She Got Game. The deadlines are in January for gamescom and in December for She Got Game. For the latter, women from outside Switzerland can apply as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Games/Bavaria Business GG Bavaria 2025 Announced, Now With Business Day The third edition of GG Bavaria will take place from 28 to 30 March 2025. This year, the Friday will be a business day for the first time, granting the industry members intimate access and the opportunity to network before the consumers conquer the halls on the weekend. The third By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Endeavouring for accessible gaming since 2020: Gaming ohne Grenzen, here at the award show 2023. © Gaming ohne Grenzen Business German Network Accessible Gaming Invites Participants from GSA Since yesterday, the Network Accessible Gaming by Gaming ohne Grenzen, the InclusiveGameLab and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is online. Anyone from Germany, Austria and Switzerland can participate to foster a more accessible gaming landscape. A new way to connect for more inclusion and accessibility in games: Since By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Electronic Arts Products Dragon Age: The Veilguard The newest Dragon Age release took ten years. Whether fans and new players alike will be hooked by the continuation of the story after such a long time remains to be seen. But the strengths of a BioWare RPG are all there. Almost to the day ten years after Dragon By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© SIN Events Educational Media Awards Honour Several GSA Indie Games With the Educational Media Awards 2024, SIN - Studio im Netz has honoured not only paedagogic apps, but also a range of titles from the GSA region and one from France. We congratulate Emergo Entertainment, Causa Creations, Microbird, HandyGames, Massive Miniteam and Focus Entertainment for the victory. On 30 October By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The board of the Cologne Game Syndicate, elected on 30 October 2024. © Cologne Game Syndicate Business Cologne Game Syndicate Founded, Looking to Grow Under the aegis of KölnBusiness, the Cologne Game Syndicate e.V. has consolidated yesterday. The first board election favored Dieter Schoeller (Headup GmbH), Stefan Schmidt (Indie Hub), Florian Köster (Critical Rabbit), Wolfgang Schmitz (Ahoiii Entertainment), Frank Obermaier (KölnBusiness Wirtschaftsförderung) and Thomas Rössig (former Flying Sheep Studios). As KölnBusiness had announced By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2024. © Rolf Otzipka Business Indie Arena Booth Gets 370,000 Euro Creative Europe Funding As part of the current Creative Europe Media round for market funding, the Indie Arena Booth by Super Crowd has received 370,000 euros in EU funds. In the current funding round of Creative Europe Media for European markets, 16.3 million euros have been allocated. 3.4 million euros By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
