© Nintendo Business "Princess Peach: Showtime!" and its Marketing fit the Time By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Minister of Family Affairs Lisa Paus roused the anger - and soothed it. © Ministry of Family Affairs Esports How Gaming and eSports fell in Political Conflict in Germany By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
"Venbas" devs Visai Games from Canada wins big at IGF and GDC awards. © GDC Business "Venba" Wins Big at IGF Awards 2024, Bonte Avond and thecatamites Bring Gold to Europe Winner of the evening at this year's Independent Games Festival Awards was Visai Games with "Venba", but with Bonte Avond, thecatamites and other innovative and experimental indie game developers, a lot of great titles were lauded at yesterday's ceremony. This year’s Independent Games By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Yoko Shimomura received the award for the musical work of a lifetime. © GDC Business Yoko Shimomura wins Lifetime Achievement, Fawzi Mesmar Ambassador Award at GDC While Larian came on stage for four "Baldur's Gate 3" trophies at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2024, among them Game of the Year, two industry people were awarded prices for their work: Japanese composer Yoko Shimomura won Lifetime Achievement, Fawzi Mesmar of Ubisoft the Ambassador By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Paintbucket Development "The Darkest Files" Breaks Kickstarter Goal in 12 Hours Paintbucket Games has not only reached their initial Kickstarter goal for "The Darkest Files" in less than half a day, but also the first stretch goal. The game will now be optimised for Switch and Steam Deck. Additional content is coming when the next stretch goal is reached. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Paintbucket Games Development Kickstarter for "The Darkest Files" has launched Paintbucket Games from Berlin has gone live with the Kickstarter campaign for historical Noir thriller "The Darkest Files". More than a thousand people had already wishlisted the campaign site 24 hours before the crowdfunding launched. The campaign will run until 18 April. Update from 19 March 2024: The By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Mona Brandt Development Mona Brandt: Using Games to Improve the Culture of Remembrance First at the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur, now at Paintbucket Games, Mona Brandt's passion for critical reception of the past burns through and with games. As lead game designer, she is responsible for the important "The Darkest Files". To commemorate the launch of Paintbucket Games' Kickstarter By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
© astragon Publishing astragon announces new Mobile "Construction Simulator 4" At PAX East in Boston, astragon Entertainment from Düsseldorf, Germany announced their newest Mobile "Construction Simulator" title. Developed by Independent Arts Software from Hamm, "Construction Simulator 4" features coop multiplayer for the first time on Mobile and Switch. After announcing a Gold Edition for their console By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Impression from last year's Bisalina Speedrun at Xperion Cologne, with founder Lucina Hum (second from left). © Xperion Esports Bisalina Speedruns Roadshow Debuts at Caggtus 2024 The charity Event Bisalina Speedruns goes on tour with a first stop Caggtus Leipzig in April: In a duelling format, the content creators Vanessa "Shorty" and Leon Kress from Bonjwa battle on stage, commented on by founder Lucina "Bisalina" Hum and influencer Tjan Geiger. At this By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Lorenzo von Petersdorff from the USK and media educator Melanie Endler from FragFINN will be in the talk format #gamechanger with game association MD Felix Falk. © game Business Next #gamechanger Talk Format Discusses Loot Boxes Together with Lorenzo von Petersdorff from the USK and media educator Melanie Endler from FragFINN, game association MD Felix Falk will discuss the topic of loot boxes in this Thursday's talk format #gamechanger. In its recurring talk format #gamechanger, the German games industry association game discusses relevant topics By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© LuYang, Foto: Rob Battersby Business Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen starts German Gaming Exhibition "Choose your Player" The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, gamelab.berlin of the Humboldt University and RPG channel Orkenspalter TV are curating a big gaming exhibition in southern Germany. "Choose your Player" features RPG elements for visitors and a lot of Zeppelin games. The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen in the southwestern German state of By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
DevGamm's CEO Maria Chyrvona in the interview with GamesMarkt editor Pascal Wagner. © DevGamm Business Maria Chyrvona: Connecting Markets and Tapping into Communities with DevGamm The first DevGamm after a change of leadership in the team brought the Eastern European developer community together in solidarity. We spoke to the new CEO Maria Chyrvona on site in Gdansk about the DevGamm brand, Ukraine and what makes each event special. Enjoy this interview? GamesMarkt is available entirely By Pascal Wagner • 12 min read
