© devcom/Jennifer Pitton Events Devcom: More Speakers and News From the Side Event Program devcom is fast approaching and the conference programme is filling up. In addition to new speakers, the devcom team has also provided an update on the side events. Recent speakers on the list include Jason Latino, Cinematic Director at Larian Studios, Mihir Sheth, Game Director at SIE Santa Monica Studio, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Xsolla Business Xsolla Strengthens Management and Appoints Cathleen Nilson as CFO Xsolla has brought an experienced financial executive on board to drive further growth and expansion. The company has appointed Cathleen Nilson as its new CFO. Cathleen Nilson is an experienced top manager in the tech sector. She has over a decade of Finance executive experience at brands like Samsung and By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© game Business Game Grows and Represents Over 500 Members Since its foundation, game - The German Games Industry Association has been a success story. As announced on social media today, game has now welcomed its 500th member. From game companies with several thousand employees worldwide to indie studios with a handful of developers to esports organisers, educational facilities and By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Stefan Marcinek and Stephan Reichart were the hosts of the GDD awards 2023 © GDD/Ulrich Schepp Events TerraScape With Four Nominations at the GDD Awards The jury has voted and announced the nominees for the GermanDevDays Awards 2024. In addition to TerraScape by Bitfall Studios, Fourexo Entertainment, Active Fungus Studios, Twisted Ramble Games and spielschreiber are also pleased to have received more than one nomination. Prior to gamescom, some of the German games industry will By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© IOC/Greg Martin Esports IOC Session Votes in Favour of the First Olympic Esports Games As expected, the General Assembly of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has voted in favour of the organisation of the so-called Olympic Esports Games, as proposed by the Executive Board. They will be held for the first time in 2025 in Saudi Arabia. It was no surprise. The signs were By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Lars Werkmeister, Founder and CEO of Werkmeister Media © Werkmeister Media Business Werkmeister Media's New CI Reflects Its Values and Plans for Growth On its 15th anniversary, Werkmeister & Company becomes Werkmeister Media. The new CI represents the values of the agency, with which founder and CEO Lars Werkmeister is aiming for further internationalisation and growth. In this interview, he looks back on 15 years of Werkmeister Media, talks about the development of By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Founder Torsten Oppermann and Markus Oeller (from left) © 1SP Business 1SP Agency: Happy, Thankful and Still Ambitious Just over a year ago, Torsten Oppermann and Markus Oeller founded the 1SP Agency with great vigour and ambitious goals. Oppermann‘s review after the first year is more than satisfactory. This interview was first published in the 06/2024 print edition of GamesMarkt. You founded the 1SP Agency just By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Pierre Pfeiffer, owner and CEO of alpha trading solutions and COO and General Counsel Tim Mörtl (Right) © alpha trading solutions GmbH Business Alpha Trading Solutions and BuchPartner Start Strategic Cooperation Sales specialists alpha trading solutions and BuchPartner are joining forces as partners. As a result, alpha trading now supports around 6,500 retail outlets in Germany, which have access to alpha's portfolio of over one million books and 250,000 entertainment products. It is a cooperation between two By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Fabian Mehring © Andreas Gebert Campus Mehring: World-Class Research and Development At the opening of the Summer Expo 2024 at the Julius-Maximilians University in Würzburg, Bavaria's Digital Minister gave a positive review of the XR Hubs in Würzburg and Nuremberg, which were initiated and funded by his ministry. They would help secure Bavaria's competitiveness in the future. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Nintendo/GamesMarkt Publishing Two Gold Awards for Nintendo in June Despite the summer lull and the European Football Championship, two games met game's Gold Sales Award criteria in June. Both games are from Nintendo. Everyone knows that June is not the best month for game sales. And with the European Football Championship Euro 24 taking place at the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Freddie Sandström Development Reactional Music Becomes Unity Verified Solution Provider Game studios using Unity can now more easily integrate the Reactional Music platform. This gives them access to a growing catalogue of rights for interactive or personalised music and the ability to offer music as an in-game purchase. Although Unity's reputation has suffered somewhat following an unfortunate adjustment By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
One of the Games/Bavaria projects is the GG Bavaria event © Picture: Games/Bavaria Business Medien.Bayern Expands Capacities and Seeks New Team Lead for Games/Bayern Medien.Bayern is expanding its capacities in the field of games for its major project Gamerei. The search for a new team lead for Games/Bavaria has begun. Further changes are planned for Games/Bavaria in the coming weeks. Medien.Bayern is launching a search for a new team leader By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
