© 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, 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 demands 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 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 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 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 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Alexander Freund is the new head of the Bochum Campus. © SAE Institute Campus Alexander Freund Becomes New Head of School at SAE Campus Bochum The former SAE Institute student and lecturer Alexander Freund is the new Campus Manager at his Alma Mater in Bochum. He follows on Christopher Seydholdt, who moves to the SAE Institute Germany central team as a Business Analyst. Alexander Freund is the new Campus Manager at the SAE Institute in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Open Air Kino Köln Business Open Air Gaming Event Opens in the gamescom Evenings Keep the party going - will be the motto of the Open Air Gaming Event by Open Air Kino Köln, Netgear, Nvidia, Systemtreff, Palit and Youcook. Each gamescom consumer day after 18:00, the Rheinauhafen will be transformed into a gaming party with play stations, influencers and a big cinema screen. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nexus Business Nexus Nerd Rock Festival 2025 Combines Rock Concerts and Gaming Expo for the First Time With a new concept in July 2025, the Nexus Nerd Rock Festival wants to bring rock and metal concerts, gaming and a Medieval market together in Leipzig. The festival emerged from the Nexo - Nerd Expo in 2022, then without the music aspect. Leipzig's gets a new event that By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The game design course at HBK Essen. © Patrick Schnorbus Campus HBK Essen Becomes Unreal Academic Partner As only the third institution in Germany and the fourth in the GSA region, the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK) Essen gets accepted into the Academic Partner programme of Epic Games. A representative of the company will test the students' games at gamescom as well. The Hochschule der bildenden By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Bitfall Studios are the winners of the evening. © GDD Business Bitfall Wins Big at German Dev Days Indie Awards 2024 Four prices go to Bitfall Studios and joint-copublishers Instinct3 and Stray Fawn at the German Dev Days. Dieter Schoeller, CEO of HeadUp, gets introduced into the Hall of Fame. More awards go to Munich and Düsseldorf. Yesterday’s ceremony of the German Dev Days Indie Awards at the German By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
