Annapurna just recently signed a deal with Remedy. © Remedy Business Annapurna Interactive Staff Leaves Company Over Spin-Off Dispute As reported at Bloomberg, the entire team of Annapurna Interactive under President Nathan Gary has resigned after spin-off talks with company ownership have failed. The new President Hector Sanchez and the mother company ensure that current games projects as well as the film rights for Alan Wake are unaffected. As By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
On the same day Focus Entertainment's record launch of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine happened, Focus parent PulluP appointed Aurélien Briand as new CFO. He succeeds Laure d’Hauteville. © PulluP Business PulluP Appoints Aurélien Briand as CFO and Executive Committee Member On the same day Focus Entertainment's record launch of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 happened, Focus parent PulluP appointed Aurélien Briand as new CFO. He succeeds Laure d’Hauteville. Focus Entertainment parent PulluP Entertainment has appointed a new CFO: Aurélien Briand enters the Executive Committee of the French By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt/Pascal Wagner Business Dreamlight Labs Tours Piano Gaming Concert Series Through Germany The young gaming and anime concert event agency Dreamlight Labs has recently filled the Künstlerhaus in Munich with 900 people listening to gaming classics on piano. More gaming concerts are planned in Stuttgart this week. With their Gaming Dreamlight piano concert series, young event agency Dreamlight Labs has brought together By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Focus Publishing Space Marine 2 Becomes Focus’ Best Launch Ever With two million players in the first 24 hours after launch and the best concurrent user rate of all Warhammer games ever, Space Marine 2 has become Focus Entertainment's best launch ever overnight. Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 was well on its way to be a big success By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Oliver Schoß (left), Head of Marketing at Original Wagner Pizza, and Henning Wegter, Director Partnerships & Sales at DFB GmbH & Co. KG are looking forward to the future collaboration. © Mbella Ngom/DFB Business Wagner Pizza Sponsors DFB-ePokal The German Football Association's esports competition has a new sponsor: frozen pizza manufacturer Original Wagner Pizza has acquired the advertising rights for the DFB-ePokal powered by ERGO. Henning Wegter, Director Partnerships & Sales at DFB and Oliver Schoß, Head of Marketing at Original Wagner Pizza announced the deal By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Last year's Africa Games Week took place in Cape Town as well. © Africa Games Week Events Africa Games Week in Cape Town Takes Place in December At the start of the Southern Hemisphere's summer months, Africa Games Week comes to Cape Town from 2-4 December 2024. The event aims to foster understanding of Africa’s gaming scene internationally in its seventh year. Africa Games Week, the continent's most important games industry event By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Logitech Business Logitech Holds Logi Play 2024 Showcase Next Week Logitech's own Logi Play 2024 showcase will commence on 17 September. The periphery manufacturer promises new product launches, partnership announcements and community activities. On 17 September 2024, Logitech G is airing its own digital showcase Logi Play 2024. The event will include product launches, partnership announcements and announcements By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Blizzard / Helvepic Business Blizzard and Helvepic Bring World of Warcraft Concerts To Switzerland With four concerts in the Théatre de Beaulieu in Lausanne at the end of September, Blizzard and Helvepic are celebrating the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft in Switzerland. To mark the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment and the Swiss music production group Helvepic have teamed up By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Amazon Studios Business Fallout Series Universe Wins Two Creative Arts Emmys 16 Nominations, but only one award: Fallout, the only gaming series in the nominees of 2024's Creative Arts Emmys wasn't the big winner of the evening. That one was FX's Shogun. But: With another Emmy for Fallout: Vault 33, the interactive media experience going By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Dutch Game Garden Business Incubator and Cluster Dutch Game Garden Closes After 17 Years Due to Funding Issues After 17 years and 130 incubated companies, game cluster and Indigo Showcase host Dutch Game Garden closes due to budget issues. The future of the Indigo Showcase indie festival in Utrecht is as of yet unsure. Dutch game incubator, support cluster and organiser of the Indigo game festival, Dutch Game By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The teams of the first publishing meeting, with Mythwright Publishing Director Stuart Morton (left) and David Kuri crossing swords. © Mythwright / Sun and Serpent Creations Publishing Sun and Serpent Creations Signs UK Publisher Mythwright for Bladesong The Digital Vikings Awards winners Sun and Serpent Creations from Braunschweig have signed Mythwright from the UK as publisher for their upcoming, nordmedia funded bladesmithing simulator Bladesong. Studio founder David Kuri uses the support to increase the team size working on the game. Studio Sun and Serpent Creations from Braunschweig, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The German PUBG team. © Krafton Esports Krafton Hosts PUBG Nations Cup 2024 in Seoul Again Like last year, Krafton will host the PUBG Nations Cup as part of Game eSports Seoul, from 6 to 9 September. The German team is one of the established participants, featuring René ‘Braexco’ Rehling, Tim ‘Myca’ Bodenseh, Christian ‘Itzz_ChrizZ’ Blank, Jan ‘PaiinZ’ Kösters and Ivo ‘Kowo’ Schenk. Norway joins By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
