© 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
The Orion AR goggles and family. © Meta Business Meta Announces Orion AR Glasses, Meta Quest 3S and More At Meta Connect 2024, Meta has shown its new AR glasses called Orion, currently in prototype stage, and as expected the Meta Quest 3S. Several updates to AI software and Meta's Ray-Ban cooperation have also been announced. At the current Meta Connect 2024, Facebook mother Meta has announced By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Microids crew at gamescom 2024, from the left: Alvin Rabary, Head of Digital; Julien Renzaho, VP Sales & Business Development; Stephane Longeard, CEO; Alexandre Breas, Managing Director France & VP Operations; Boris Hong, VP Publishing Games. © Microids Business Alexandre Breas & Julien Renzaho: »Our DNA is Based on Family Titles« By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read
700 visitors attended the first iteration of NerdiCon. © Nerdic GmbH Business First NerdiCon Defies Schedule Chaos with Solid Visitor Numbers The first NerdiCon in Leipzig had its share of challenges before it began, with a sudden venue change and a very spontaneous schedule announcement. Nevertheless, over 700 people attended the first event, with 160 showing up to the adjunct conference format at the MacroMedia. The NerdiCon event took place in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Twin Sails Interactive Products Bloomtown: A Different Story With a mix of eerie horror, social sim and monster catching, Bloomtown: A Different Story brings big potential to the cosy gaming space. Many, many social and farming simulations have entered the market in the eight years since Stardew Valley brought back the classic Harvest Moon a.k.a Story By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Paladin Charity Events Paladin Charity Team Starts Off With New Donation Stream for Deepwave The new German charity network Paladin Charity by Manasoup, organised with partners from Gamesground, Games Academy and several gamedev studios, starts of with a charity stream for maritime conservation group Deepwave on 5 October. The indie gamedev network Manasoup Network from Germany has presented a new charity programme together with By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Kind of Art Business Kind of Art Copenhagen Connects Animation, Game Art & VFX From 25-26 October at the Palads Theater in Copenhagen, the second edition of Kind of Art brings experts from Animation, Game Art and VFX together. The event consists of talks and panels, demonstrations of new technology, networking, portfolio reviews and more. The games industry is especially strongly represented in the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Abylight, SciFunGames Products Exographer A game based on the science of particle physics: Made real by SciFunGames, a new studio emerged from Ecole polytechnique in France. Published by Barcelona stable Abylight, Exographer tries something unique in the metroidvania genre. In a Franco-Spanish cooperation, Barcelona publisher Abylight Studios and Paris studio SciFunGames are releasing Exographer, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Square Enix Business Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour Fills Olympiahalle Munich The official Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour by Square Enix had one stop in Germany, at Olympiahalle in Munich on 14 September. Over 4,000 people attended the concert. The only German stop of the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour has taken place on 14 September By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© SIE Publishing Sony Airs State of Play Today at Midnight PlayStation's next State of Play showcase will air at midnight in the Central European Timezone. It is expected to be around thirty minutes long. The next State of Play by Sony Interactive Entertainment is broadcast today at midnight CET. The showcase is supposed to be around thirty minutes By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Digital Minister Fabian Mehring has initiated the Funding Finder. © Andreas Gebert Development Funding Finder: Why Games Funding Isn’t in the New Bavarian Search Engine – Yet The new Funding Finder search engine of the Bavarian Digital Ministry doesn't index game funding. At least not yet: According to a Ministry answer to a GamesMarkt query, later updates will incorporate Bavaria's games funding programmes as well. Today, the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© ExP Development ExP Talks Bring VFX Artists to Munich On the next event from ExP – Expert Talks and Pretzels, Sophie Kordes from KingArt games and Florian Smolka from Maschinen-Mensch are sharing their knowledge. The theme of the event on 8 October at the Medien.Bayern offices: VFX. With the second round of their new event series ExP – Expert Talks By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
