© Nvidia Development New Nvidia Plugins for Better AI-Powered MetaHuman Development Nvidia used the Unreal Fest 2024 to present a range of new plugins for Unreal Engine 5. These are designed primarily to improve AI-supported control of MetaHuman characters. At Unreal Fest 2024, Nvidia unveiled new ACE Plugins for Unreal Engine 5, like Audio2Face-3D, which streamline the process of generating realistic By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Thorsten von Killisch-Horn von Goldbeck Südwest, Digitec Galaxus COO Michael Stolle, Neuenburg Mayor Jens Fondy-Langela, Nikolai Alexander Mader von Hansainvest Real Assets, Andreas Fleischer von DFI Real Estate, Hannes Kissling von Goldbeck Südwest (from left to right) © DFI Business Galaxus Sets the First Stone of Its New Logistics Centre The first warehouse is scheduled for completion in summer 2025. The online retailer Galaxus also wants to start recruiting for the new logistics centre, which will employ up to 1,000 people, at that time. It is the largest commercial development in Neuenburg am Rhein since the 1960s, according to By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Steam Business Steam Stops Displaying Games Without Age Ratings in Germany As already announced in March, Steam will in future only show German users games that have an age rating. Now, there is a definite date for it. From 15 November, German Steam users will only be able to view games that have a German age rating. To obtain such a By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Jens Lauritzson, CEO of Flexion © Publishing Flexion is Set to Open up New Revenue Opportunities for My.games With My.games, Flexion has gained another well-known customer. Flexion specialises in publishing mobile games in alternative markets, thereby tapping into new users and new sources of revenue. In the fourth quarter, War Robots, the first mobile game from My.Games, is to be published on alternative marketplaces with the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© EA Publishing Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe Co-Composed Dragon Age Soundtrack Oscar-winner Hans Zimmer and Grammy-award winner Lorne Balfe have both contributed to the soundtrack of the new Dragon Age game, The Vailguard. The official soundtrack album is being released to coincide with the game's release. Electronic Arts is enlisting the help of some big names to convince gamers By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Big Fan Games is not about triple-A games but about indie implementations of well-known IPs that have a style all their own. © Big Fan Games/Steam/Screenshots Publishing Big Fan Games Seeks Partners for Indie Games Based on Media Brands With Big Fan Games, Devolver Games already presented a label in August that focuses on indie games adaptations of films, comics, TV shows and cult heroes. Now they are intensifying the search for partners. Specifically, Big Fan Games is currently introducing itself as a new Devolver Digital label via a By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Jukka Saarelainen, Co-founder and CTO at couchplay © LG Electroinics Development German Developer Wins LG's webOS.TV-Hackathon As part of LG webOS, LG Electronics has also announced the winners of this year's webOS TV hackathon. A total of $230,000 in prize money will go to three European studios. Couchplay from Munich came in first. As the top-ranked company, Couchplay received prize money of 100, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Team17 Digital Development FusionPlay Realises Viva La Dirt League Game for Team17 Digital FusionPlay is part of an unusual collaboration. The Leipzig studio is working together with the New Zealand YouTube channel and studio Viva La Dirt League on a game for Team17 Digital. The web video production company Viva La Dirt League (VLDL), founded by Rowan Bettjeman, Alan Morrison, and Adam King, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
REDxBLUE is one of the funded companies. There is currently no official image material available for the funded projects. © RotXBlau Development MDM Funds Two Games and an XR Production At its third meeting for 2024, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung funding committee also considered two games and an XR production. A total of 180,000 Euros will be divided equally among the projects from Leipzig and Dresden. This means that the current round of funding was, at least in the new By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The German pavilion at the Tokyo Game Show 24 © IMAGO / NurPhoto Business Nearly 13% Increase in Attendance at Tokyo Game Show The organisers of the Tokyo Game Show counted 274,729 visitors, a good 30,000 more than last year. This is the second-best result for the trade fair. Data on online use will be provided at a later date. It is an impressively good result and proof that the Tokyo By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tero Virtala, CEO Remedy © devcom Business Remedy and Tencent Enter Into Convertible Loan Agreement Remedy's search for fresh capital has been successful with Tencent. The Chinese publisher is providing a loan of 15 million Euro, which can be converted into an equity stake. Remedy Entertainment is seeking to raise fresh capital via Tencent. As Remedy announced, the company has entered into a By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Thomas Schade and Stefan Sommer (right) © AOC/MMD Business Stefan Sommer Succeeds Thomas Schade as VP Europe at MMD and AOC There has been a change in leadership in the European operations of monitor manufacturers MMD and AOC: On 1 September, Stefan Sommer took over from Thomas Schade, who was previously Vice President Europe. The handover will continue until the end of the year. The Amsterdam-based European headquarters of the monitor By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
