Cassie Flynn, Global Director of Climate Change at UNDP, and Rhea Loucas, CEO at PlanetPlay © Meredith Zinner, PlanetPlay Business Study: Bringing Sustainability Topics to Games Shows Positive Effects Over 181,000 players from 189 countries took part in a UN-supported survey by Play2Act, which analysed the impact of sustainability content in games. The results show that the messages in games are effective. The surveys were conducted on games like Subway Surfers, Pokémon GO!, Beatstar, and Avakin Life from By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Exclusible / Belvedere Business Belvedere Celebrates On Site Game Party After Roblox Success Since its launch in December, At Leap, the Roblox game created by Austria’s Belvedere Museum, has attracted an impressive 1.5 million players. That’s reason enough to celebrate this unique approach to art with a special game party at the Belvedere including a live Twitch stream on 12 By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Slow Bros Products Harold Halibut Wins Animated Games Award Germany A few days before the DCP, Cologne-based studio Slow Bros. had reason to celebrate winning the Animated Games Award Germany. The award was presented at the successful Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film The International Festival attracted a total of 30,000 visitors this year. A further 40,000 came By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© AEVI Business Spain's Games Market Grows to 2.41 Billion Euros in 2024 The Spanish gaming market continues to grow. According to new data from the Spanish video game association AEVI, the overall market grew despite a decline in hardware sales, as seen in other key markets. For the first time, there were more female gamers than games in Spain. The data comes By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© GM Products New Month, New Number 1 in the German Games Charts April 2025 The PlayStation charts predicted it just as the Steam charts did: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivision Remastered is storming every hit list in no time and the German game association charts are no exception. Other new releases miss the top 10. In fact, Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls IV: By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Kickstarter Business Kickstarter Makes Pledge Manager Available for Creators Kickstarter is now supporting creators with a new tool called the Pledge Manager, designed to help manage backers after a successful campaign—without requiring them to leave the platform. The newly launched Pledge Manager offers a range of features aimed at simplifying post-campaign tasks. One notable addition—likely influenced by By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Gustavo Steinberg, Henriette Reker and Oliver Frese at gamescom latam 2025 © Koelnmesse Business Gamescom Latam Concludes With Broken Records and Above Expectations Following the visitor numbers, the organisers of gamescom latam have now presented the final report with further data. Koelnmesse and the City of Cologne are also satisfied with the partnership, as was reported on site by the Mayor of Cologne Henriette Reker and Oliver Frese, COO of Koelnmesse, who had By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Applovin-CEO Adam Foroughi © AppLovin Business Tripledot Studios Acquires AppLovin's Mobile Games Business As part of its Q1 financial results, AppLovin confirmed its plans to sell its games business, which had already been announced in February, and named British company Tripledot Studios as the buyer. Tripledot Studios acquires AppLovin's mobile games business As part of its Q1 financial results, AppLovin confirmed By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© A Maze. Business A Maze Finalises Programme and Presents Highlights The 14th A Maze Festival for Games and Playful Media will start next week alongside the German Computer Game Award. The organisers have now finalised the programme and presented some highlights. The opening performance will be Afterlife by Online Slime AFTERLIFE by Only Slime, a performance duo from Norway that By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Activision/Blizzard; FTC Business FTC Likely to Drop Its Opposition to Microsoft's Activision Blizzard Takeover According to US media reports, a US appeals court has upheld the rejection of an appeal by the US competition regulator, the FTC, against Microsoft's takeover of Activision Blizzard. Although the FTC has other legal options, observers say this is unlikely given the change in leadership at the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
UKIE CEO Nick Poole and the Press Start on Growth campaign © UKIE Business UKIE Urges for Political Support and Publishes More Market Data UK consumers spent £7.6bn on video games in 2024 according to new data published by UKIE today. The British association presented this and other data at the launch of the new Press Start on Growth campaign. The British government must act quickly to capitalise on growth opportunities and create By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© GM Business Microsoft is PlayStation's Top Third-Party Publisher By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
