WIP Screenshot of "Ultimate Indie Racing" featuring Smushi from "Smushi come Home". © ZoroArts Development How a German Dev Came to Build an Indie Crossover Racer In just a week, Mateo Covic alias ZoroArts, developer of “Maki’s Adventure”, has brought indie devs together for a crossover indie cart racer project. With “Ultimate Indie Racing”, the young dev combines IPs like “Frogun”, “Smushi come Home” and more and is still looking for devs that want their By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
The anime ‘Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’ is set to go live on 10 October. © Netflix Business Netflix Invests in Animated Video Game Adaptations With the announcement of a Minecraft series and the start date for a Tomb Raider anime, Netflix invested heavily in animated video game adaptations last week. While the production of Minecraft is currently starting at WildBrain, Tomb Raider from Powerhouse is already coming on 10 October 2024. The US streaming By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Amanda Förtsch is transferring from Hamburg to Berlin. © Gamecity Hamburg / Oliver Reetz Business Amanda Förtsch joins Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Since 2022, Amanda Förtsch had been an invaluable asset to Hamburg's funding agency Gamecity Hamburg. Now she changes to the capital region: As Funding Officer for Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, starting today. When Amanda Förtsch became Project Manager at Gamecity Hamburg in 2022, she came from Super Crowd Entertainment, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Bold Head's Andre Wilimzig-Scholz in his territory: physical game releases. © Bold Head Interactive Publishing G+ Bold Head Interactive and Collector's Editions: "It Doesn't Always Have to be the 300€ Starfield Watch" By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Lucina Hum will stream for devcom from Xperion Cologne. © Hum / Xperion Business esports player foundation and devcom's Streaming Format Team Up In today's devcom stream hosted by speedrunner Lucina "Bisalina" Hum, the esports player foundation will introduce a spotlight on the sport with foundation member Patrick Decker and athlete Sarah "Sahrii" Lesch participating. In its most recent recurring streaming format, devcom Developer Conference is putting By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Divestment completed. Just in time for the company's 15th anniversary. © Headup Business Headup Successfully Divests from Thunderful Headup has officially seceded from Thunderful. The publisher from Düren is now its own independent agent again. With yesterday's 23 May, publisher Headup Games from Düren has successfully cut ties with its former Swedish parent Thunderful. "Happy re-birthday to us! Yesterday, we've officially completed By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© IMAGO / Björn Trotzki Business G+ How Challenging is Online Hate Crime Prevention? By Pascal Wagner • 8 min read
© DevGamm Business DevGamm Lisbon Returns From 14-15 November 2024 DevGamm's luxurious autumn edition in Portugal returns: From 14-15 November 2024, the investor focused conference at the western edge of Europe is back. First speakers include Arno Schmitz from Guerrilla and Viktor Blanke from Mojang. After the Winter edition of DevGamm in Gdansk and the summer edition By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© UBA Publishing Federal Environment Agency Releases Serious Game Little Impacts The Federal Environment Agency has released an Impact or Serious Game called Little Impacts, developed by Oldenburg studio Quantumfrog. The game is based on scientific findings by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems and is available for free on Mobile devices. The German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Waters of Sal Naména is a new Metroidbrainia by Distant Meadows from Nuremberg. © Distant Meadows Distant Meadows Shows Exclusive First Impressions of Waters of Sal Naména With an exclusive reveal on GamesMarkt, Nuremberg studio Distant Meadows is sharing the first screenshots of in-development game Waters of Sal Naména. The game in the wake of Outer Wilds and The Witness wants to bring the genre of 'Metroidbrainias' further along. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Denise Bieber, Founder and CEO of Content Affairs. © Content Affairs Business G+ An Agency for Diversity By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
