© Sega Products Metaphor ReFantazio A new game from the Persona team, bringing all that's good from the games without the restriction's of the game's universe and high school setting: Metaphor ReFantazio has been awaited eagerly by JRPG fans and newcomers alike. You never saw that coming: The development By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Zurich Pop COn Business Zurich Pop Con & Game Show Reaches Visitor Record With 43,500 visitors, the Zurich Pop Con & Game Show has peaked over its predecessor year. Important stations were Nintendo's exclusive gaming booth and star appearances, such as those connected to Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine 2. Seven halls full of 450 exhibitors brought a record of By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Munetaka Aoki as Goro Majima in the new series. © SEGA / Amazon Business Amazon Prime and RGG Studio Drop "Like a Dragon" Live-Action Trailer "Like a Dragon" developer Ryu Ga Gotoku and Amazon have dropped the trailer for the TV series of the same name. The lead role of Kiryu Kazuma will be played by "Kamen Rider" star Ryoma Takeuchi, with Masaharu Take as director and Munetaka Aoki as Goro By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© www.HelenNicolai-BusinessPortraits.de Business Parents Rely On Labels: Germany's Regulatory Body USK Presents Study For its 30 year anniversary, the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body USK presents a study among parents, conducted by YouGov. The results see the age labels and the new classification system find massive support with German parents. For its 30 year anniversary, the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body USK isn’ By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Kalunga, the serial format Mesut Özil: Zu Gast bei Freunden, Flick Shot Rogues © MBB Development Medienboard Funds 13 Games and XR Titles With A Million Euros The current funding round of the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg included 1,6 million euros, more than a million of it for games and XR titles. Grand profiteers are Realities.io with 250,000 euros for Puzzling Places 2D and Aldamami Games with 160,000 euros for Bloodletter. The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The current D&D handbook is topping the franchise sales. © Wizards of the Coast Business 2024 Player's Handbook Becomes Fastest-Selling Dungeons & Dragons Product Ever The recently released rulebook is the fastest selling Dungeons & Dragons product of all time. It had been pre-sold on selected events like gamescom before the official release on 17 September. Wizards of the Coast hasn't released the exact sales numbers, however. The 2024 Player's Handbook, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Impressions from Play 2023. © Bente Stachowske Business Play Festival Looking for Speakers, Award Nominees Now Online Until 13 October, the Play - Creative Gaming Festival in Hamburg is looking for speakers on the Topic "You got the Power". The award nominees for the festival from 11 to 16 November are also online now: Oddada by Sven Ahlgrimm & Mathilde Hoffmann from Germany and A By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Raw Fury Publishing Dome Keeper by Bippinbits Reaches One Million Units Bippinbits first commercial game Dome Keeper has reached one million players on its two-year-anniversary, reports publisher Raw Fury. To celebrate, the companies are holding a live stream today. Exactly two years after its launch on 27 September 2022, Swedish publisher Raw Fury and Saxonian developer bippinbits have revealed that Dome By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
From left to right: Sebastian Först, Sebastian Gsänger and Andreas Olf. © paladin.charity Business Paladin.Charity: »Our Goal is to Bridge the Gap Between Gamers and Devs« By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
© Spoonful Games Development Spoonful Games Announces Next Fest Demo for Bauhaus Bonk Spoonful Games had revealed their first commercial game release at Gronkh's German Indie Showcase during gamescom. Bauhaus Bonk will release in spring 2025. After much praise, the title from Cologne will get a demo in the coming Steam Next Fest. Update from 27 September 2024 After Spoonful Games By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Creative Europe Media Business Creative Europe Media Funding Calls for 2025 Are Now Online Creative Europe has just published the first new calls for the coming funding year: a total of 338 million euros will go to the cultural and creative sectors in Europe in 2025, of which 196 million euros will go to the audiovisual sector alone. The video game call has a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© HeadUp Products Aerial_Knight's We Never Yield The afro-futurist traversal action game by Aerial_Knight and BetaJester is one of HeadUp’s publishing projects. It impresses with BIPOC actors and artists as voices and composers and a fresh story. Now, the game is also available on PS5. Since May 2024, there is a new, old independent indie By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
