Older gamers in particular are much less interested in the young handheld PC device category © game Business High Interest in Handheld PCs in Germany One third of all gamers in Germany are at least interested in handheld PCs or plan to buy one. This is the result of a survey conducted by the industry association game. The trend towards mobile gaming computers is arousing great interest among German gamers. At least that is what By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Gunzilla Games' CEO and co-founder Vlad Korolov © Gunzilla Games Development Gunzilla Games Secures 30 Million Dollar Funding In the run-up to the launch of the battle royale shooter Off the Grid and the blockchain platform Gunz, Gunzilla Games has secured 30 million dollars in fresh capital. The German-Ukrainian studio raised a third, 10 million dollars, by issuing tokens. CoinFund and Avalanche's Blizzard Fund are leading By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The CS:GO team from Sprout won a total of seven times at the ESL Championship. The picture shows them at the award ceremony of the 2019 Winter Championship, which was played in Magdeburg © Stephanie Lieske/ESL (Archive picture) Esports Berlin-based Esports Organisation Sprout Ceases Operations Sprout has ceased operations with immediate effect. This was announced by the Berlin-based e-sports organisation on its website. Sprout is one of the founding members of the German e-sports organisation ESBD. It is a surprising end. Berlin-based e-sports organisation Sprout has announced on its website that it is to be By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
VGFB's General Manager David Verbruggen © Video Games Federation Belgium Business Belgian Games Market Grows to 708 Million Euros EA Sports FC 24 is the best-selling game and the PS5 the best-selling console in Belgium in 2023. This is according to market data recently published by the Video Games Federation Belgium. The total market grew by more than 20 percent. This means that the Belgian games market has experienced By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© kr3m Publishing kr3m Internationalises Online Games Platform Playground For the first time, kr3m has signed up French daily Le Monde as an international partner for its Playground online games platform. Further international deals are expected to follow. kr3m has long been an established partner for media companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The online games platform Playground, developed By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© DCP Business DCP Continues to Develop as a Brand with a New Look The German Computer Game Award (Deutscher Computerspielpreis; DCP) has been given a new look this year without attracting too much attention. The trophy has not changed, so the branding and the physical prize are separate. A new logo for the German Computer Game Award has been used on the website By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Jonas "Jonny" Wirth and Jamie "Chaser" Bartel from SC Paderborn were delighted after the win against RB Leipzig © ESL Esports SC Paderborn Wins Virtual Bundesliga Team Competition SC Paderborn are German champions for the first time. The second division club's e-sports team beat RB Leipzig, the winners of the last two years, in the final. The players' final will take place at the end of April. It's a minor sensation: SC Paderborn By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Only if you know which social media platform to use to reach hypercasual gamers (red), casual gamers (green) and core gamers (blue) can you target them. The chart from Sensor Tower shows the average impression rate compared to the general US population. © Sensor Tower Business Sensor Tower: Europe's Mobile Gaming Market Bucks the Trend In mid-March, Sensor Tower released its "The State of Gaming 2024" report, which forecasts a two per cent decline in global mobile gaming revenues in 2023 and analyses a number of trends. In Europe, revenues outperformed the global average. 2023 was a challenging year for the mobile gaming By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Symbolic image © Luis Quintero/Pexels Esports Two Esports Research Conferences Announced for October October in Europe will be dominated by esports and gaming research: while the Esports Research Network will hold this year's interdisciplinary conference in London at the end of October, researchers will gather in Berlin in mid-October for the second Gaming & Esports Summit, which will focus more on By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Outline Development Publishing Outline Development Launches Digital Version of "Noch mal so gut!" With Noch mal so gut!, German indie studio Outline Development has converted another Schmidt Spiele board game into an app. Its predecessor is one of the studio's top titles. Almost six years after the launch of the "Noch Mal!" app, Outline Development has also realised and By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Michael Graf is the New Head of Video Publishing at Webedia Gaming Germany © Alexander Klebe Business Michael Graf to Internationalise Formats as New Head of Video Publishing Michael Graf, most recently a member of the editorial team at "GameStar" and Head of Podcast, will be responsible for all editorial video content at Webedia Gaming in Germany as Head of Video Publishing. Oliver Stannius will take on new responsibilities as Head of Studios & Events. With By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Martin Pitzl joins Mifcom as Senior Marketing Manager © Pitzl Business Martin Pitzl joins Mifcom Former Activision Blizzard and Sony Interactive Entertainment manager Martin Pitzl has joined Mifcom as Senior Marketing Manager. Martin Pitzl is the new Senior Marketing Manager at German high-end PC manufacturer Mifcom. Founded in 2003 as a pure distributor, Mifcom expanded in 2005 to include the production of computers, focusing on By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
