© Axon Flux Business G+ Under the Hood: Early Prototype of Axon Flux's Cactus In our regular GamesMarkt series In Development, game studios present pictures of what's going on under the hood in their game making process. This time, Axon Flux shows an early prototype of Cactus and explains their process of finding the fun in a game project. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
The business lounge was once again sponsored by Munich agency Marchsreiter Communications and brought warm food to the starved business attendees. © All pictures of not otherwise stated: GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business G+ Impressions from Game Industry Conference 2024 By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
The 11 bit team on site announced more content for This War of Mine coming for the 10 year anniversary. The money will go to charity. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business CEEGA & Amnesty International Honour 11 bit, Larian and Indies At yesterday's Central & Eastern European Game Awards on Game Industry Conference, Croteam won Best Game for Talos Principle 2 and took home the Design award as well. Amnesty International partnered with the award show to honour Larian and 11 bit for effort and representation of human rights By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Bandai Namco, Giants Software, Ubisoft: The big ones of the industry are all at PGA, playable for consumers. © All pictures: GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business G+ Impressions from Poznan Game Arena 2024 By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The German delegation to Poland: After a stop in Katowice, they held the German-Polish Summit at GIC 2024. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business G+ GIC Industry Summit Brings German and Polish Game Companies Together By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The organisation board of the Legal Summit and GIC. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business G+ Game Industry Conference Law Summit Brings EU Commission and AI Into Focus By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Son and father, developer duo: Charles Cecil (right) and his son David, game designer at Revolution Software. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business G+ Charles Cecil: "From a Simple Interface, Complexity Emerges" By Pascal Wagner • 14 min read
Codecks by Riad Djemili, one of the funded tools. © Codecks Business Creative Europe Media: 2.9 Million Euros Funding for Tools From the Game Industry In the current ‘Innovative Tools and Business Models’ funding line, 8.5 million euros are given to ten companies across Europe. 2.915 million euros are going to tools and innovations from the German games and film industry: To Codecks, K5 Media & Investments and Malao. With the ‘Innovative Tools By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© devcom Business Sonia Wojciechowska joins devcom as Business Development Manager The game events GmbH has a new Business Development Manager for devcom: Sonia Wojciechowska has joined the department. She was one of the organisers behind Digital Dragons in Krakow. From Krakow to Cologne: Business Development Manager Sonia Wojciechowska is joining the devcom team at game events GmbH. Wojciechowska was one By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Video Game Area at Frankfurt Book Fair 2024. © Nerdic GmbH Business Successful Start of Gaming Area at Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 This year's Frankfurt Book Fair included a Video Game Area for the first time, including a consumer experience and a Business Centre. The two parts were organised by Nerdic and Spielfabrique, respectively. This year's Frankfurt Book Fair attracted around 230,000 visitors by Sunday evening. More By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Sony's PlayStation Portable. © Sony Interactive Entertainment Business Cheating Software: Sony Loses Against Datel at European Court Under German law, Sony had sued the cheating software provider Datel for damages. The Bundesgerichtshof had enquired at the European Court, now both courts have decided: The software isn't illegal because it doesn't change Sony's operating system, it merely runs along games. In a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The developers and the service providers of AudioCreatures on the recording day. © Markus Zierhofer (CineTronic Music) Development Second Live Score Berlin Records Orchestral Game Music For the second time, AudioCreatures has brought game studios and the Film Orchestra Babelsberg together to record live versions of the studios' game soundtracks. Part this year were Ghostwhale Games, Hidden Titan, Chimera Entertainment and Spaceflower, but also studios from USA and Brazil. Last Friday, the second edition of By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
