Caroline Stage Olsen, Minister for Digital Affairs of Denmark, and Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy © Screenshot press conference stream Business EU Presents Guidelines for Protection of Minors and Blueprint for Age Rating Apps The EU has presented its guidelines on youth protection under the DSA and a blueprint for an age verification app. Denmark, France, Spain, Italy and Greece are leading the way as pilot markets for the project, which will also be relevant for the games industry. The EU and youth protection By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Swissgames GM Business SwissGames Brings 17 Games from Switzerland to Cologne In 2025, Pro Helvetia's SwissGames booth will once again be one of the main points of contact for all Swiss games companies and their potential business partners. Fourteen titles will be available to play there, with further titles hosted by SwissGames at the Indie Arena Booth. Four of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Sultan Darmaki, CEO and Creative Director of Red Dunes Games, and Takuma Endo, CEO of Acquire Corp (from left to right) © Red Dune Games/Acquire Business Red Dune Games and Acquire Co-Develop Original IPs Japanese Tenchu developer Acquire and Red Dune Games, a publisher and developer from the UAE, have big plans. Together, they intend to create new IPs for PC and current consoles that will be marketed worldwide. Three projects are already in development. This means that the newly announced partnership will not By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Nintendo Products Mario Kart World Starts with Platinum and Reveals Limitations of GSD Charts Only one title met the criteria for a game sales award in June, but this highlights a glaring weakness in the Game Sales Data charts: Mario Kart World sold 200,000 copies but did not even make it into the top ten in the sales rankings. It's a By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Do you have the next top game in the works? The Harold team at Slow Bros. can look forward to prototype funding for their new title Livestream (working title). © Slow Bros. Products NRW is Funding 14 Projects with Around €800,000 At its most recent funding meeting, the Film and Media Foundation awarded ten games with around €660,000 and four projects in the pilot programme Serious Games/Gamification with just under €150,000. The serious games/gamification projects demonstrate how broad the range of applications for interactive media is, even By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The winner and nominees of GDD Indie Awards 2025 © GermanDevDays Business Over 1,100 Participants at GemanDevDays 2025 The organisers are satisfied with GermanDevDays 2025. Over 1,100 participants attended the event, which had its own Steam Event Page and a main feature on the German Steam page for the first time. The Saalbau Gallus in Frankfurt was well attended. 1,100 participants followed the approximately 50 programme By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Triple Espresso Products Triple Espresso Wants to Expand Copa City with Kickstarter Campaign Polish developer Triple Espresso wants to expand the scope of its football tycoon game Copa City with a Kickstarter campaign. At the same time, the release date was announced for March 2026. According to the company, the development of Copy City is fully financed. As Triple Espresso also announced at By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Thomas Riedel © Thomas Riedel People Riedel: A Place to Meet is Important for the Ecosystem Thomas Riedel is organising two events for gamescom that are important for the German and international XR scene. In this interview, he talks about XR at gamescom and what other businesses are important besides games. Once again this year, gamescom will not only bring together the international gaming industry in By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© My.games Business My.Games and Crazybit Establish Joint Venture As equal shareholders, the joint venture between My.games and Crazybit will develop PC and console games. A first title is already in the early stages of development. My.Games secures additional resources in the field of PC and console game development through its participation in the 50-50 joint venture By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Krafton Business Krafton's Dispute with Unknown Worlds Founders Turns into a Feud The dispute between Krafton and the apparently ousted management team at Unknown Worlds is escalating. The publisher has issued a statement containing allegations, and those affected have said they are taking legal action. The atmosphere between Krafton and the former management team at Unknown Worlds, Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland and By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Hamann People Joshua Hamann Becomes New Marketing Director GSA at Plaion Plaion has a new head of marketing for Germany, Switzerland and Austria: Joshua Hamann, who was previously Head of Marketing, has been promoted to Director of Marketing GSA. Joshua Hamann joined Plaion, formerly Koch Media, in April 2023, initially as Senior Channel Manager Marketing, but soon took on more responsibility. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Krafton/Aerosoft Business Krafton and Aerosoft Present a Wide Range of Simulations and Beyond With Krafton and Aerosoft, two more publishers have unveiled their line-up for gamescom. While Aerosoft shows how diverse the genre can be, Krafton is bringing its young life simulation brand inZOI alongside its classic PubG. Visitors to gamescom can check out the new inZOI DLC at the Krafton booth, which By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
