Humankind, now back in independent hands. © Amplitude Business Amplitude Studios Buys Itself Out of Sega Europe The French studio Amplitude, makers of the Endless saga and other strategy games, has bought itself back from Sega Europe. It had been acquired in 2016. Sega has thus given up two strategy game studios this year. Amplitude Studios, French studio and makers of the Endless series and other strategy By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Jarrod Yahes, former CFO of Shutterstock, joins Unity as CFO from January 2025 onward. © Unity Business Unity Hires Jarrod Yahes as New CFO Unity continues to hire for the management team: Jarrod Yahes, former CFO of Shutterstock, joins the engine maker as CFO from January 2025 onward. Unity is continuing its ongoing restructuring with a new face in the management suite: Jarrod Yahes will join as SVP and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
from left: Wolfgang Koller (IWI), Reanne Leuning (Außenwirtschaft Austria), Alfred Harl (UBIT) and Martin Filipp (PGDA). © Strasnik/FV Ubit Business New Study Shows Growth and Baseline of Austrian Game Industry 71.3 per cent more game companies than 2018, a turnover of 188.7 million euros in 2023 and a massively important academic game landscape: A new study by the Austrian WKO's association for IT (UBIT) shines a spotlight on the Alpine republic's game industry. There By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Games Ground Business Games Ground Berlin 2024 Schedule is Online The full business schedule and exhibition programme for Games Ground Berlin 2024 are now online. More than 120 speakers will participate, with various side events, a games exhibition full of 70 titles as well as student showcases, and the conference "AI Utopia and Dystopia" of Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Simon Little (left) and Daren Tang signing the agreement. © Video Games Europe Esports VGE and WIPO Pledge to Cooperate in Esports Video Games Europe and the World Intellectual Property Organization have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on fostering the rights of IP holders like publishers in esports. Video Games Europe CEO, Simon Little, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director-General Daren Tang, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© PandaBee Products tilt frog With tilt frog, PandaBee Studios from Leipzig enter the commercial gaming market. While their next game Endzeit is already public thanks to the funding it received, with the rage game platformer tilt frog, the young studio wants to capture streamers and sidescroller enthusiasts alike. Rage games are all the… rage. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Luciana Viganò is the new Interim President of the Swiss Game Developers Association © SGDA Business Luciana Viganò New Interim President of the Swiss Game Developers Association Since September 3, Luciana Viganò has taken over from former president Alice Ruppert as interim president of the Swiss Game Developers Association (SGDA). Viganò has been a board member since April 2024. A leadership change in Switzerland: Since September 3, Luciana Viganò has taken over from former president Alice Ruppert By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nintendo Products Mario & Luigi: Brothership The newest Nintendo RPG Mario & Luigi: Brothership is the first native Switch title of the series. At the same time, it falls into a strong year for Mario RPG remakes of various series. Fans of the Super Mario RPG games had a good run on Nintendo Switch in recent By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Games/Bavaria Business GG Bavaria Moves To Olympiapark After growing out of the Alte Kongresshalle in 2023 and the Motorworld in 2024, the GG Bavaria will move into the Olympiapark in 2025. New fairground will be the Small Olympia Hall (Kleine Olympiahalle) in Munich’s olympia quarter in the west of the city. After the save the date By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© SwissGames Development SwissGames Opens Calls for gamescom and She Got Game 2025 SwissGames is opening their call for application for the delegation to gamescom 2025 in Cologne as well as for the mentoring programme She Got Game. The deadlines are in January for gamescom and in December for She Got Game. For the latter, women from outside Switzerland can apply as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Games/Bavaria Business GG Bavaria 2025 Announced, Now With Business Day The third edition of GG Bavaria will take place from 28 to 30 March 2025. This year, the Friday will be a business day for the first time, granting the industry members intimate access and the opportunity to network before the consumers conquer the halls on the weekend. The third By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Endeavouring for accessible gaming since 2020: Gaming ohne Grenzen, here at the award show 2023. © Gaming ohne Grenzen Business German Network Accessible Gaming Invites Participants from GSA Since yesterday, the Network Accessible Gaming by Gaming ohne Grenzen, the InclusiveGameLab and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is online. Anyone from Germany, Austria and Switzerland can participate to foster a more accessible gaming landscape. A new way to connect for more inclusion and accessibility in games: Since By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
