© grownarts Products Paws and Leaves Breaks 150% Kickstarter Funding Before Campaign End With three days to go, grownarts from Brake has already successfully funded the Kickstarter of their narrative adventure Paws and Leaves – A Last Tale. Indie developer grownarts from Brake in Northern Germany enters the last stretch of its Kickstarter campaign with the game, Paws and Leaves – A Last Tale, already By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Heavy Hearts, the game by Dammitbird that wasn't allowed in Early Access © Dammitbird, Shady Corner Games Business Steam Denies Early Access Release for Adult Games Valve is no longer accepting Early Access games with sexually explicit content. The renewed pressure on adult games is part of the chain of demands that payment processors put through to storefronts like Steam and itch, but resistance from affected devs and users demanding free art has risen dramatically. In By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
© Nacon Products Hell is Us A horror soulslike from the makers of Mordheim and Necromonda: Underhive Wars – Hell is Us developer Rogue Factor know their way around horror and dystopian settings. If you thought the soulslike genre of games had reached the deepest diabolical reaches of dystopian game world, along comes Hell is Us. The By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Sony Interactive Entertainment Products Sony Reveals Two Ghost of Yōtei PS5 Bundles With the release of Ghost of Yōtei from Sucker Punch Productions for PlayStation 5 on 2 October 2025, Sony is offering two new PS5 limited edition bundles. The Ghost of Yōtei Gold Limited Edition Bundle will be available worldwide, while the Ghost of Yōtei Black Limited Edition Bundle will be By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© AirConsole Products Porsche Integrates AirConsole In-Car Gaming Porsche's Macan model later this year will feature in-car gaming powered by Zurich company AirConsole. The integration adds Porsche to the ranks of AirConsole's current in-car gaming customers VW, Audi and BMW. Just like BMW, VW and Audi before, Porsche is collaborating with Zurich cloud gaming By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Helge Jürgens, MD of the New Media Funding, will always be part of the new media committee. © MBB Business New MBB Funding System is Committee Based The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has announced its new funding system for movies and games. From now on, funding decisions will be held by a rotating committee. For games, experts on the committee include Daniel Budiman, Thomas Bedenk, Lena Gieseke, Binh Minh Herbst and more industry veterans from the capital region. To By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The new Witcher product line at gamescom 2025. © yvolve Products yvolve Launches New Label ellinger with Witcher Collection With a new fashion brand called ellinger, merchandising company yvolve is developing its clothing offerings. The label is starting out with a Witcher collection in collaboration with CD Projekt Red. Merchandising company yvolve from Wietmarschen-Lohne is launching a new label called ellinger, with a first appearance on this year’s By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
CEO Kevin Schulz (center) looks back on a successful gamescom 2025. © Black Screen Records Business Black Screen Records Breaks gamescom Sales Record For the third year in a row, games vinyl label Black Screen Records has broken its gamescom sales records. CEO Kevin Schulz attributes the growth to partnerships with Laced Records and Devolver, but especially to rising interest in anime vinyls. Once again, Cologne vinyl label Black Screen Records (BSR) has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Oliver Miescher (left) will head the programme, Stefan Schmidlin joins the foundation's board of trustees. © Miescher; Schmidlin Business Zurich Movie Foundation Starts Games Funding 4.5 million Francs over the next three years: In a timed experiment, the Swiss canton Zurich is now funding games and XR projects in the categories Prototype and Production through Zürcher Filmstiftung. For the first time ever, the Zurich Movie Foundation (Zürcher Filmstiftung) has started a games funding programme. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Konami Products Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a visual remake first and foremost, and although many have questioned the need for a the new version after 2023's Master Collection, Delta really shines when it comes to its audio fidelity. Over the last years, Konami has slowly inched its By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Physical card games such as the Pokémon TCG can be connected to gambling problems, the study claims. © Caleb Oquendo, Pexels campus Study Connects Loot Boxes and Trading Cards to Problematic Gambling Mechanisms A study by the City University of Hong Kong shows possible links of loot boxes and physical trading card games to gambling problems. Notably, the effectiveness of these mechanisms appear to be unrelated to buyers' overall state of mental health. An open-access study by the City University of Hong By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Student Games Festival campus First Student Games Festival Comes to Warsaw On 18 October, the first Student Games Festival will be organised in Warsaw. Submissions for the game awards run until 31 August. The event is hosted by Polish cultural and educational organisations in cooperation with Warsaw, the Cultural Ministry and 11 bit studios. The first international student game festival is By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
