© Super Crowd Business Polaris Convention Announces Business Day The third Polaris Convention by Super Crowd and Hamburg Messe this October will now feature a business day for the first time. Tickets are currently available for 71 euros, just below double the price of a consumer ticket. The Polaris Convention in Hamburg, which will take place for the third By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© 1Up Business German Indie Showcase With Gronkh Announced The influencer agency 1Up Management cooperates with influencer Erik "Gronkh" Range for the "Deutsche Indie Showcase", where more than 30 games from the GSA region will be shown, 26 among them for the first time or with exclusive material. The German influencer agency 1UP Management will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© MFG Campus Universities and Their Gaming Endeavours in BW Baden-Württemberg has one of the most involved university landscapes when it comes to games and Extended Reality in Germany. From futuristic XR booths to special programmes, here are some of the strongest examples. At gamescom, the academic side of gaming has been presented by MFG at their booth in the By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© BSR Business Black Screen Records and Gronkh Cooperate for gamescom Vinyl Release Black Screen Records is cooperating with Gronkh in bringing a vinyl album of the streamer to gamescom. Apart from this and it's cooperation with the Indie Arena Booth, the label is also providing musical acts for the new social stage in hall 11.3. The Cologne vinyl label By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Instinct3/Stray Fawn Business TerraScape Reaches 100,000 Sold Copies Since Release Exactly one month after release, the co-publishers Instinct3 and Stray Fawn announce that Bitfall Studio's TerraScape has sold 100,000 copies. The game since won big at the German Dev Days Award as well. One month after the release on 17 July 2024, TerraScape by Bitfall has sold By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Spellgarden Games, Team17 Digital Development Spellgarden Games and Team17 Digital announce Ritual of Raven Spellgarden Games has revealed their next project, together with Team17 Digital: Ritual of Raven is a farming game with magic. The game had first been shown at the Franco-German Games Night at devcom 2022, now it will be playable in this year's Indie Arena Booth. Spellgarden Games, the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Felix Falk, Managing Director of game, has issued demands. © game Business game Association Issues Political Demands Along Annual Report Along its annual games industry report, published today, the game association also issued ten demands to politicians. They include the need for stronger funding, location marketing, cybersecurity and more. game - The German Games Industry Association today presented ten demands to politicians for strengthening Germany as a games location. The By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Maschinen-Mensch Development Maschinen-Mensch Announces new Game Mother Machine Maschinen-Mensch from Berlin have revealed their new project: The disturbing alien cave exploration RPG Mother Machine for one to four players. It is supposed to release in 2025. Berlin development studio Maschinen-Mensch, the recently grown indie darling behind The Curious Expedition and The Curious Expedition 2, has announced their new By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Early footage from the Deadlock playtest. © GamesMarkt Publishing Valve Shadowdrops Playtest for new Hero Shooter Deadlock Through private playtest invites, Valve is letting players test out its newest game Deadlock. It's the first new Valve title since Half-Life Alyx in 2020. About 18,250 people seem to currently be able to play the game through Valve's playtest programme. More than four years By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Indie Arena Booth Business Indie Arena Booth Premiers App, New Vinyl in 2024 With a new app to better get around the mega stand, the Indie Arena Booth organisers at Super Crowd are taking what they learned from the Polaris app and applying it to gamescom. Apart from a plan, the app features sticker collection and the possibility to win prizes, like a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Caroline Flesch joins Marcel Zurawka and Lars Eble at Bluebottle. © Cindy Ngo Esports Caroline Flesch Joins Bluebottle as Senior Business Developer Esports expert Caroline Flesch joins esports data start-up Bluebottle in Berlin as a Senior Business Developer. She is the first hire of the two founders Marcel Zurawka and Lars Eble. Esports expert Caroline Flesch is joining Bluebottle, the esports data visualisation agency by Marcel Zurawka and Lars Eble, as a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Hi-Fi Rush now belongs to Krafton. © Krafton Business Krafton Buys Tango Gameworks From Microsoft It was on track to be shut down, now it is saved: Korean publisher Krafton has bought Japanese studio Tango Gameworks from Microsoft and ZeniMax. The deal includes the Hi-Fi Rush! IP, but not others that Tango worked on. Tango is saved: As Krafton has announced tonight, the Korean publisher By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
