Krafton Appoints Jin Oh as Chief Global Publishing Officer. © Krafton Business Krafton Appoints Jin Oh as Chief Global Publishing Officer The Korean publisher and holding company Krafton has appointed Jin Oh as Chief Global Publishing Officer. Oh had formerly filled various leading roles at Riot, Blizzard and Garena. He is supposed to strengthen the company's presence in global markets and promote IP discovery. The Korean publisher Krafton Inc By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
As in the last years, and again in cooperation with the Saarland like 2023, Rhineland-Palatinate will be in the Exhibition Area. © GameUp! Business Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland bring 20 Games to Joint gamescom Booth With 20 games and four research institutions, the joint gamescom presence of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, organised by GameUp! and saaris, will occupy 200qm in Hall 10.2. Apart from studios like DigiTales, Binary Impact and Radical Fish, the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence and three universities as well By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Lucina Hum (2. from left) is responsible for the Bisalina brand and the speedrun shows. © Hum / Xperion Business Day-Long Speedrun Marathon Fills gamescom's Newest Stage on Friday With a six-hour charity event on gamescom's newest Social Stage, Bisalina Speedruns, Bonjwa, Huebi, several esports organisations and many more are collecting money for gamescom forest, DKMS, Save the Children and Unicef in Hall 11.3. The new Social Stage on gamescom honours its name: With a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Stop Killing Games Publishing EU Citizen’s Petition Launches to Stop Video Games From Disappearing The EU citizen's petition by Stop Killing Games asks publishers to be required to keep games accessible even if they are no longer supported. In the first five days, over 158,000 of one million required people have already signed. An EU Citizen’s Petition registered by the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Sophia Henning is joining Lessmore. © Sophia Henning Business Lessmore Hires Sophia Henning as Junior Operations Manager Sophia Henning, formerly Project Manager at Nerdstar and one of the co-founders of Game:in e.V., has changed positions to Junior Operations Manager at mobile game studio Lessmore. Henning has been Project Manager for Nerdstar, Producerin for Monokel studio and in her spare time built up the award- By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Communications expert Mai-Vy Thach is Capcom's new PR Manager Europe. © Capcom Business Mai-Vy Thach is Capcom's Newest PR Manager Mai-Vy Thach, communications expert formerly at Ubisoft for over five years, has taken the position of PR Manager Central Europe for Capcom, joining the team of Claas Wolter. Her first project: Monster Hunter Wilds, premiering at gamescom. Starting in August, Mai-Vy Thach has begun the position of PR By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© 2K Business 2K Premieres Civilization VII at gamescom Opening Night Live The world premiere of Civilization VII gameplay will happen at gamescom. With a slot at Opening Night Live, a gameplay panel after the show on 2K's own Twitch channel and a demo in gamescom Hall 6, European players get a headstart on the game before it's By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nitrado CEO Raphael Stange now also head Multicraft. © Nitrado, Stange Business Nitrado Acquires Multicraft Game server hoster Nitrado has acquired Swiss company Multicraft from Burgdorf. With that, the Karlsruhe company of CEO Raphael Stange enhances its B2B sector to rent out services to other game server hosters. Multicraft founder Daniel Hofer will stay on board after the acquisition. Karlsruhe server hoster and renter Nitrado By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Schmidt, Fischer and Burkhardt (f.l.t.r.) opening the event. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Development G+ New Event Series ExP Premiered in Munich By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
© DevGamm Development Game Submissions for DevGamm Lisbon Open Until 30 September, developers can submit their games for the floor, Steam event, award show and pitch show at DevGamm's Lisbon edition from 14-15 November 2024. Until 30 September, DevGamm accepts game submissions for its Lisbon venue. The event in Portugal takes place from from 14-15 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© k3d Business k3d Publishes Position Paper for the Next Federal Government The lobby organisation Koalition Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in Deutschland (k3d) has published a position paper with demands for the next federal government, whose demands are intended to improve the existence and creativity of companies in the sector. The lobby organisation Koalition Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in Deutschland (k3d) has presented a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
