David Darling, founder of Kwalee © Kwalee Business Kwalee Acquires Stake in Devolver Digital UK-based hyper-casual games publisher Kwalee has acquired a minority stake in Devolver Digital. This is a strategic investment in a market that Kwalee is keen to conquer. Kwalee announced a year ago (in German) that it was looking to increase its efforts in classic PC and console games. The British By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The image is from the cover artwork of the Keyword Annual Report for 2023 © Keyword Studios Business Investment Company Wants to buy Service Provider Keywords Studios Swedish investment company EQT Private Equity has announced plans to acquire Keyword Studios through a new subsidiary. The deal values Keywords, which also has two companies in Germany, at around £2.2 billion, or about €2.6 billion. It would be the next billion-dollar deal in the games industry, but By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© lvlup!HR Business lvlup!HR gets Andrea Nahles to Play At the training camp organised by the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) in Oberhausen, lvlup!HR showed how career counselling can be combined with esports. BA-Chairwomen Andrea Nahles was also present. The Flensburg-based company lvlup!HR specialises in combining gaming and esports with HR topics. At the beginning of July, lvlup! By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Founder of Artana (from Left zu Right): Prof. Dr. Christian Rauda, Sebastian Paul and Dr. Jan-Peter Ewert © Artana Business Experienced Industry Lawyers Found Artana Artana is a new law firm in Hamburg with an unusually high level of gaming expertise. Artana was founded by Valve's legal advisor Dr Jan-Peter Ewert, Sebastian Paul and Dr Christian Rauda. In an interview, Dr Rauda explains the background to Artana's founding. GamesMarkt: How did By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Fabian Mehring and Lina Timm, Managing Director of Medien.Bayern. © Games/Bavaria Business Bavaria and Games/Bavaria Open 'Gamerei' in Munich on 26 July The Bavarian Ministry for Digital Affairs and Games/Bavaria have announced the opening of a central office space for the Bavarian games industry at the end of July. Called "Die Gamerei - The Bavarian House of Game Changers", it will be located in the east of Munich and By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Sandra Friedrichs makes it to the final of the Miss Germany competition in 2023 © Friedrichs/Miss Germany Studios Business Sandra Friedrichs Becomes Teamlead Influencer Marketing at Viralwunder Sandra Friedrichs is now responsible for influencer marketing as Teamlead at the in-house agency for web media publishing, viralwunder. The new position is not a completely new job for Sandra Friedrichs. She has been working as a freelancer as Senior Influencer Marketing Manager for viralwunder for the past few months. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The gamescom LAN celebrated its successful premiere in March 2024 © Koelnmesse Business Date for gamescom LAN 2025 Revealed Following its successful debut this March, Dennis Gehlen, Managing Director of co-organiser TaKeTV, has set the date for 2025. The gamescom LAN will then take place in February. To be more precise, the next gamescom LAN will take place from 21 to 23 February. The organisers from TaKeTV and MYI By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The winners and nominees of the Gaming Ohne Grenzen Award 2023 on the congstar stage at gamescom. © Archive picture by Martin Scherag Business Gaming Ohne Grenzen and Congstar Continue Inclusion Award The Gaming ohne Grenzen (Gaming without Borders) Award will once again be presented on the trade visitor day at gamescom. Mobile operator congstar is on board as a partner, and the award ceremony will take place on their stand. Inclusion is a major issue at gamescom, and not just in By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Hyper Dive Game Studio won the category Best Pitch from Regional Game Development Associations © gamescom latam Business Slow Bros. & Food for Thought Media Successful at BIG Festival Awards Two German studios, Slow Bros. and Food for Thought Media, won at the gamescom latam Big Festival Awards. The main category went to Chants of Sennaar from Rundisc and Focus Entertainment. These were the first ever gamescom latam BIG Festival Awards, and of the numerous nominations with GSA participation, two By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Marco Süß, Head of Communications GSA Bandai Namco Entertainment © Thomas Gessner Business Bandai Namco appoints Marco Süß as Head of Communications GSA Marco Süß, previously Senior PR Manager GSA, has been promoted to Head of Communications GSA at Bandai Namco Entertainment on 1st July. Together with his team, where Lena Splettstößer will take over from Lisa Schellenberg in August due to parental leave, he will be responsible for influencer marketing and social By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Sebastia Goldt succeeds Felix Janzen as CMO of InnoGames © Picture: InnoGames Business Sebastian Goldt Succeeds Felix Janzen as InnoGames' CMO InnoGames has appointed the former Director of Growth Sebastian Goldt as its new CMO. Goldt has been with the Hamburg-based publisher since 2012 InnoGames has a new Chief Marketing Officer. The Hamburg-based company has appointed Sebastian Goldt to this position. Goldt was most recently Director of Growth and now replaces By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Pictures of the GermanDevDays 2023 with Stefan Marcinek and Stephan Reichart as presenters of the GDD Awards © Ulrich Schepp/GermanDevDays/Assemble Entertainment Events GermanDevDays Unveils Preliminary Programme and Exhibitors Although there may be some changes before the start of GermanDevDays, the preliminary programme for the unusual conference is now online. The organisers have also announced which eight indies will be able to exhibit for free. This year's GermanDevDays will be particularly exciting, as the new timing means By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
