© Opera Esports Opera and Riot Games Launch Multi-year Partnership Ahead of the League of Legends World Championship, Opera and Riot have launched what appears to be a long-term partnership. This will see the Opera GX browser, designed specifically for gamers, become the preferred browser partner of Worlds 2024 and beyond. To kick off the partnership, Opera and Riot By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Florian Teuteberg, CEO of Digitec Galaxus © Galaxus Business Migros Backs Further International Expansion of Galaxus The Swiss online retailer Galaxus wants to expand further in Europe. The majority owner Migros has now approved the budget for this expansion over the next four years. Galaxus has big plans, especially in Germany. In Switzerland, Galaxus' market share is even higher than Amazon's. Its share By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
You had to be there very early to be able to take a photo in front of the gamescom sign without thousands of people on it. © Koelnmesse GmbH, Bernd Lauter Business Gamescom 2024 Ends Partly on a Record Hight and a Great Mood 335,000 visitors, including 32,000 trade visitors, 1462 exhibitors, 71 percent of whom came from abroad - gamescom 2024 closes with impressive figures, some of which are new records. More importantly, the industry left Cologne with renewed optimism and can look forward to a comeback in 2025. In the end, By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© Koelnmesse Business Gamescom Congress Celebrates New Records Like Devcom And the next records were set: As the gamescom congress draws to a close, it is clear that record numbers have been achieved here too. The gamescom congress 2024 was larger than ever before. 150 experts from all over the world demonstrated in 70 sessions on eight stages how social, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business Bandai Namco and Capcom Dominate Gamescom Awards Little Nightmares 3 and Monster Hunter Wilds picked up multiple awards at this year's gamescom awards. One award also went to Bavaria to Gentle Troll. Meanwhile, the Microsoft-Xbox-Bethesda-Blizzard mega-booth was named Best of Show Floor. At the closing hours of the business area at By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Steam Business RocketBeans Lauch Their First Own Game as Early Access RocketBeans Entertainment, a strong player in the influencer and media space, has released its first game. The Hamburg-based company released Backyard Beans as an Early Access title on Steam at gamescom. True to the motto "If HandofBlood can do it, so can RocketBeans", the Hamburg-based company By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Felix Falk, Managing director of game at the political opening of gamescom 2024 © Koelnmesse GmbH, Uwe Weiser Business Game Association Fears Worse Conditions for Games Funding At the political opening of gamescom, the German Federal Ministry for the Economy and Climate Protection presented the key points of the new subsidy guidelines, which will apply from the beginning of 2025. The industry association game does not like it at all. It fears setbacks. The big signal the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Hosts Uke Bosse and Katrin Bauernfeind speak on stage during the last DCP (Der Deutsche Computerspielpreis) at Eisbach Studios which took place on April 18, 2024 in Munich, Germany © Photo by Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications Business Hamburg and NRW Did Not Bid for the Deutscher Computerspielpreis It has been clear since the beginning of the week that Berlin has been chosen to host the DCP 2025. It is unclear how many German states had expressed an interest. Certainly not NRW and Hamburg. The process has also been criticised. Since its inception in 2009, the Deutscher Computerspielpreis By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Gerald Böse, President and Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse, Henriette Reker, Mayor of Cologne and Chairwoman of the Koelnmesse Supervisory Board, Robert Habeck, Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Felix Falk, Managing Director of game – The German Games Industry Association, Lars Janssen, Chairman of the Executive Board of game – The German Games Industry Association and Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action during gamescom 2024 at Koelnmesse on August 21, 2024 in Cologne, Germany. © Franziska Krug/game - Verband der deutschen Games-Branche via Getty Images Business German Games Industry's Wait for Tax Credits Continues At the political opening of gamescom, there was much praise for the importance of games as a cultural asset and economic factor. Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck addressed the elephant in the room, hoping that a tax-based funding model could become a reality next year. The guests of honour at By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© GamesMarkt Business Franziska Giffey Pledges Continued Support At the traditional Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg reception at gamescom, Franziska Giffey, Berlin's Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Affairs, pledged her continued support for the industry, especially for the Gameshouse project, which will not open until early 2026 at the earliest. The past year also shows Berlin' By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Felix Falk (MD game), Michael Kellner (BMWK) and Lars Janssen (Chairman game, from left to right) with Cosplayer at the DCP Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2024, which took place in Munich © Sebastian Reuter Business After EOI Process: Berlin Wins Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2025 The Deutsche Computerspielpreis (DCP; German Computer Game Award) will be held in Berlin in 2025. For the first time, the venue was put out to tender as part of an EOI process open to all German states, with the capital appearing to have prevailed. The DCP 2025 will be held By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Youre Family Business Youre Family Integrates LootBoy in Youre x GamesCoin Following the acquisition of Crayon, Youre Family has now also announced the purchase of LootBoy. In the interview, Alex Suarez talks about how LootBoy fits in with Youre x GamesCoin and the importance of organic and inorganic growth for Youre Family. LootBoy filed for bankruptcy in 2023. How did you By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
