Tales of Legendary Lust: Aphrodisia developer Crimson Delight Games has reported on the DLC content ban first. © Crimson Delight Games Products Valve Reportedly Banning DLC with Adult Content To the bans of Early Access adult games on Steam come further crackdowns on adult content in DLC for existing games, developers report. Some devs have even put their game on hiatus because of the insecurity of further guideline changes. In a further crackdown agains sexually explicit material on Steam, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Impressions from Franken Game Jam 2024. © Franken Game Jam Business Tickets for Franken Game Jam 2025 Now Available In six cities through Franconia, the yearly Franken Game Jam by Games Bavaria Munich will take place again from 7 to 9 November. Tickets are now available. The yearly Franken Game Jam has started selling tickets for its six locations around Franconia in Bavaria. Students and young game developers can By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2025 Business Tickets for German Developer Award 2025 Now Available The ticketshop for the 2025 German Developer Award is now open. The show takes place on 2 December at Gürzenich in Cologne. On 2 December 2025, this year’s Deutscher Computerspielpreis (German Developer Award, DEP) will once again take place at the Gürzenich in Cologne. Tickets for the events can By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© VIECC Events Indie Game Submissions for Vienna Comic Con Open Until 20 October The indie area at Vienna Comic Con, organised by Hamburg company Super Crowd, is accepting submissions until 20 October 2025. Games can also be submitted if the studio is not on-site at the conference. Vienna Comic Con will take place 22 and 23 November 2025 at Messe Wien expo center. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Degrees of Lewdity by Vrelnir is a pixel and text based, visually abstract adult game. © Vrelnir Products SubscribeStar Joins Adult Game Bans SubscribeStar, one of the main channels of commerce for independent adult media content, has banned the NSFW game Degrees of Lewdity from sales and updates. It is as of yet unclear, but likely, if the cause is SubscribeStar being pressured by payment processors, developer Vrelnir says. Vrelnir, developer of the By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Digital Minister Fabian Mehring (left) and Hof County Councilman Oliver Bär (second from right) together with two of the LFG organisers, Ariane Pollak and Johannes Wurm, on-site LFG Hof 2025. © LFG Business LFG Con Hof Announces New Date Announcing a new date for next year, the third LFG Con in Hof is now set for Sunday, 24 May 2026. A stronger attendance of regional and local firms from analogue and digital game spaces is expected. Formerly announced for the 20 June of 2026, the LFG Con in Hof By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© AlliertenMuseum, Computerspielemuseum Campus Allied Museum and Computer Game Museum Cooperate on Cold War Games Exhibition In a cooperation, the Computer Game and Allied Museums Berlin are presenting an exhibition on gaming during and games about the Cold War. The exhibition will run from Oktober to June in the Allied Museum, a press tour takes place on 30 September. From 2 October 2025 to 30 June By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Metaroot Products Swiss Automation Game The Farmer Was Replaced Launches 10 October Coming out of a successful Early Access phase, the programming game The Farmer was Replaced by Swiss dev Timon Herzog and Swiss publisher Metaroot launches on 10 October. In its Early Access phase on Steam, farming automation and programming game The Farmer Was Replaced has garnered 150,000 sales since By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© EA / Andy Walsh People Andrew Walsh Joins EA As Senior Narrative Director Game writing expert Andrew Walsh is joining Electronic Arts as Senior Narrative Director. Walsh has written on the Horizon series, Fable, Prince of Persia and many others before and will work with Dice and Criterion from now on. The award winning video game author Andrew Walsh is joining Electronic Arts By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nuuvem CEO and Co-Founder Fernando Campos (front). © Nuuvem PR Team Products Square Enix Invests in Nuuvem's Spawnd In their first Brazilian investment ever, Square Enix has bought shares in spawnd, the now-launching web games platform by Nuuvem. The platform especially wants to solve discoverability problems on platforms like Steam. Square Enix has made its first investment in Brazil by partnering with game publisher Nuuvem, creators of web By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Tim Hopmann (left) has joined Dieter Marchsreiter's Munich agency this September. © Marchsreiter Communications People Tim Hopmann Joins Marchsreiter Communications Marchsreiter Communications has hired Tim Hopmann as new PR Consultant. The media designer was previously attending PlayStation and Konami as clients at ToLL Relations. Tim Hopmann is joining the Munich-based PR agency Marchsreiter Communications. Hopmann previously worked at ToLL Relations, where he attended clients PlayStation and Konami and was involved By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The latest direct successor to Super Mario Bros is Super Mario Wonder. © Nintendo Products Nintendo Direct Announced A Day Before Mario Anniversary This Friday, a new Nintendo Direct has been spontaneously announced. The timing is special and could hint at the content: On Saturday, the first Super Mario Bros. is celebrating 40 years of existence. A day before the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros, which came out on 13 September 1985 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read