© 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 G+ 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
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 G+ 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
