The new Witcher product line at gamescom 2025. © yvolve Products yvolve Launches New Label ellinger with Witcher Collection With a new fashion brand called ellinger, merchandising company yvolve is developing its clothing offerings. The label is starting out with a Witcher collection in collaboration with CD Projekt Red. Merchandising company yvolve from Wietmarschen-Lohne is launching a new label called ellinger, with a first appearance on this year’s By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
CEO Kevin Schulz (center) looks back on a successful gamescom 2025. © Black Screen Records Business Black Screen Records Breaks gamescom Sales Record For the third year in a row, games vinyl label Black Screen Records has broken its gamescom sales records. CEO Kevin Schulz attributes the growth to partnerships with Laced Records and Devolver, but especially to rising interest in anime vinyls. Once again, Cologne vinyl label Black Screen Records (BSR) has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Oliver Miescher (left) will head the programme, Stefan Schmidlin joins the foundation's board of trustees. © Miescher; Schmidlin Business Zurich Movie Foundation Starts Games Funding 4.5 million Francs over the next three years: In a timed experiment, the Swiss canton Zurich is now funding games and XR projects in the categories Prototype and Production through Zürcher Filmstiftung. For the first time ever, the Zurich Movie Foundation (Zürcher Filmstiftung) has started a games funding programme. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Konami Products Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a visual remake first and foremost, and although many have questioned the need for a the new version after 2023's Master Collection, Delta really shines when it comes to its audio fidelity. Over the last years, Konami has slowly inched its By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Physical card games such as the Pokémon TCG can be connected to gambling problems, the study claims. © Caleb Oquendo, Pexels Campus Study Connects Loot Boxes and Trading Cards to Problematic Gambling Mechanisms A study by the City University of Hong Kong shows possible links of loot boxes and physical trading card games to gambling problems. Notably, the effectiveness of these mechanisms appear to be unrelated to buyers' overall state of mental health. An open-access study by the City University of Hong By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Student Games Festival Campus First Student Games Festival Comes to Warsaw On 18 October, the first Student Games Festival will be organised in Warsaw. Submissions for the game awards run until 31 August. The event is hosted by Polish cultural and educational organisations in cooperation with Warsaw, the Cultural Ministry and 11 bit studios. The first international student game festival is By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The cinema at the Filmforum NRW was the location of Indie Reveal. © Indie Hub Business Indie Reveal Connects NRW and Quebec During gamescom In an initial cooperation, Quebec and NRW met up at the first Indie Reveal during gamescom to show indie games in a cinema before publishers. The event was co-organised by NRW and Quebec funding organisations as well as Indie Hub and Indie Asylum. On the occasion of gamescom in Cologne, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
From left: Benjamin Hillmann (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur), Nandita Wegehaupt (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur), Elisabeth Secker (USK), Melanie Endler (USK) © Luna Grüsgen for Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur Campus USK and Game Culture Foundation Release Updated Parents' Guide to Games Right in time for gamescom, the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (USK) and the Digital Game Culture Foundation (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur) have released their updated Parents' Guide to Games. The German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (USK) and the Digital Game Culture Foundation (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur) have published their new By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Panic Products Okomotive and Panic Release Herdling Herdling, the newest title of Swiss game Studio Okomotive behind the Far series, has released Herdling. Publisher is avantgarde indie house Panic. The newest game of Zurich dev studio Okomotive has released on 21 August on all platforms. Publisher is Panic, the avantgarde publisher behind Firewatch. Okomotive has made atmospheric By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© KoelnMesse/zweilux Business Both devcom and gamescom congress 2025 Break Their Record Attendance Both important side events of gamescom, the devcom on Monday and Tuesday and the congress on Thursday, have broken their attendance record. This year’s gamescom has already broken some record before it started, and side events are no exception. Both the former devcom, now gamescom dev, and the gamescom By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Kosche (right) is the new CEO of PietSmiet. © PietSmiet, Kosche Business EA's Former Europe Commercial Director Is PietSmiet's New CEO Jens Kosche, former Senior Director Commercial Europe at Electronic Arts, is the new CEO of German streaming and media company PietSmiet. Jens Kosche, Director Commercial Europe for Electronic Arts until Mai 2025, has started as CEO for German media company and streaming empire PietSmiet. “Content creation is such a vibrant By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Fabian Döhla and Carolin Wendt opening the concert. © GamesMarkt Business Witcher Concert Tour Debuts at gamescom With the first stop of their Ten Years of The Witcher 3 Concert Tour, CD Projekt Red have closed the first day of gamescom. With the first stop of their Ten Years of The Witcher 3 Concert Tour, CD Projekt Red have rocked the Event Area in Hall 1. More By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
