This year, the Level Up Festival in Salzburg will have its own cosplay stage © Lina Jakobi Business Level Up Salzburg to Feature a Dedicated Cosplay Stage for the First Time The Level Up Gaming Festival will take place for the fifth time in Salzburg at the end of June. In addition to an e-sports and a community stage, the 10,000 or so visitors can look forward to a third stage dedicated to cosplay events and shows. More than 10, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Niantic Spatial/Scopely Business Scopely and Niantic Confirm Partial Acquisition and Split of Niantic Scopely and Niantic have officially confirmed plans for Scopely to acquire Niantic's gaming business and nearly all games. Not only assets but entire teams including their heads Kei Kawai and Es Wu will transfer. The geospatial AI business will be transferred to a new company called Niantic Spatial. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© GM/Capcom/Plaion Publishing Medieval and Monsters in German Games Charts February 2025 Four newcomers, two of them at the top – February has shaken up the German games charts. In the end, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II came out ahead of Monster Hunter Wilds. King Football has vacated his throne, at least temporally. February has not only brought the official German Games Charts a By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© PulluP Business Geoffroy Sardin Takes Over Operational Responsibility for PulluP as CEO On April 1, PulluP Entertainment is planning a change at the top. Former Deputy CEO Geoffroy Sardin will take over operational responsibility as CEO from Fabrice Larue, who will continue to define the company's strategy as Executive Chairman. Geoffroy Sardin has been with PulluP Entertainment, the French holding By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Krenkel Business Simon Krenkel Joins Public & Media Relations Team at gamescom Koelnmesse has further strengthened its communications team. Simon Krenkel has joined as Public & Media Relations Manager and will also support the gamescom team. Krenkel is moving from ININ Games, a Label of United Games Entertainment to the Koelnmesse, according to a post on LinkedIn. He previously worked for the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© btf Publishing btf and ByteRockers' Games Enter into Co-Publishing Agreement The award-winning production company btf and the indie developer and publisher ByteRockers' Games are cooperating. Together, they are releasing the titles Constance and The Berlin Apartment. For both companies, this is the second piece of good news today, as both have been accepted for funding by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt game Business German Games Market Shrank 2024 by 6 Percent to €9.41 Billion The German games market declined in 2024. According to the game - The German Games Industry Association, hardware and game sales in particular fell. However, game's Managing Director Felix Falk is optimistic about 2025. However, Felix Falk did not venture to say whether sales of games and game By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© devcom Business devcom Leadership Summit to Return in 2026 Over 100 industry leaders from the gaming sector gathered in Lisbon at the end of February for the devcom Leadership Summit. The event was such a success that the organizers have already announced the date for 2026. The summit, held from February 19 to 21, provided an environment that encouraged By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© A Maze. (Archive Picture) Business A Maze. Award Submissions Reach a Record High Two months before the event, the organizers of A Maze. have announced a record number of entries for this year’s award. The nominees will be revealed in the coming days. The shortlist for the A Maze. Festival is set to be announced on March 13. It was originally scheduled By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Prof Dr Dr Rudolf Thomas Inderst took a new role as Professor of Game Design and Game Studies at HNU © Rudolf Thomas Inderst/HNU Campus HNU Welcomes Rudolf Inderst as Professor for Game Design/Game Studies Prof Dr Dr Rudolf Thomas Inderst brings extensive experience in both the games industry and academic teaching to his new role as Professor of Game Design and Game Studies at HNU. Rudolf's career has taken him through various stations, including the publisher Plaion, where he was responsible for By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Cologne Games Lab Campus Cologne Game Lab Announces the Next Young Academics Workshop The next Young Academics Workshop (YAW) and Game Jam hosted by the Cologne Game Lab will take place on March 18 and 19. This time, the focus will be on Games, Politics & Psychology: Community Building in Games & Virtual Worlds. The Young Academics Workshop (YAW) was first organised in By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Kickstarter Business 441 Successful Video Game Kickstarter Campaigns Raised $26 Million in 2024 In its new The Creative report, Kickstarter takes stock of 2024. A total of $706 million was raised for creative projects, but only a fraction of that went to video games. Tabletop games received eight times that amount. Even if these figures are unlikely to determine the success or failure By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
