© Girls'Day Development German Game Studios Open Doors for Girls' Day 2024 German game studios Deck13, Kalypso, Well Done Games & Pixel Maniacs and Gameforge are inviting teens in for Girls' Day 2024 on April 25. Several universities with gaming relations are also participating in showing girls the games industry and its learning processes. For this year’s Girls’ Day on By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Giovanni (l.) and Davide Cocchiara at the notary, having founded their studio. © Benjamin Lochmann Development Italian Game Studio Abduct Media Founded in Nuremberg Today Davide Maria Emanuel Cocchiara and Giovanni Cocchiara have founded their indie studio Abduct Media in Nuremberg today. The brothers moved to Bavaria for funding opportunities, and indeed are funded with €20,000 by the FFF Bayern. The studio is moving into the Nuremberg co-working space of Benjamin Lochmann' By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Last year's FYNG programme was held at Webedia's showfloor both, now the FYNG Show inhabits the main stage. © Webedia Business Webedia Brings Game Reveals to Caggtus Main Stage With a new show, Webedia is bringing developer talks and the FYNG Indie Awards onto the main stage of caggtus Leipzig tomorrow. The media company teases exclusive game reveals and new, so far unseen trailer material as well. Games media company Webedia, mother of GameStar, GamePro and MeinMMO, is attending By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Assemble Development Assemble and Tainted Pact Announce Massacre at the Mirage Publisher Assemble and horror dev Tainted Pact team up for the third time. Massacre at the Mirage will release this year for PC, a demo is online already. Publisher Assemble Entertainment and solo developer Tainted Pact announce their third horror game cooperation, Massacre at the Mirage. The first-person indie By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Oerding (l.) interviews game composer and concert curator Süß on stage. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Publishing Game Music Concert Sells out LMU Grand Aula With a game concert full of strategy titles, German games and classics, amateur emsemble MünchenKlang successfully filled one of Munich's most prestigious venues. The concert was curated by Yannick Süß, game composer for THQ Nordic, and moderated by BR's Henrik Oerding. The Game Music - Live in By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
"Echoes of the Waves" left and "Lucky Tower Ultimate" represent Switzerland and Germany respectively at the London Games Festival. © Oneira Games / Studio Seufz Events London Games Festival showcases Studio Seufz and Oneira Games Two games from GSA are part of the upcoming London Games Festival showcase on-site and on Steam in April: "Lucky Tower Ultimate" by Studio Seufz from Stuttgart, Germany and "Echo of the Waves" by Oneira Games from Geneva, Switzerland. To the B2B gathering Games Finance By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Impression from DevGamm Gdansk 2024. © DevGamm Development DevGamm brings Summer Festival to Vilnius in June This year's DevGamm Vilnius wants to bring summer festival vibes to the Lithuanian capital on 14 and 15 June. With the announcement, Super Early Bird ticket discounts will run until 1 April. After it’s Gdansk event at the end of February, the DevGamm travels to Vilnius for By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nintendo Business G+ "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 G+ 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
