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
Dr Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Director for Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, and Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe. © IMAGO / CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl Business European Teenager Spend too Much Time on Social Media and Playing Games The WHO has issued an alarming report on the problematic use of social media and digital games by young people in Europe. Although the trend appears to be true, the incomplete data basis for the gaming statements does not make them universally valid. The European office of the World Health By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Eva Stemmer, Managing Director of Brandmate, and Christian Ulrich, also Managing Director of Brandmate and Spokesman of the Board of Spielwarenmesse eG © BRANDmate GmbH / Foto: Christof Kreutzer Business Brandmate Will Take Place in a New Location in Essen in 2025 Next year, Brandmate will take place for the fourth time, but no longer in Frankfurt. The brand festival is moving from Frankfurt to the Grand Hall of the Kokerei at the disused Zeche Zollverein in Essen. New location, new event – the organisers have now revealed the first details of Brandmate By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Kicki Wallje-Lund and Brian Ward © Embracer/Savvy Games Business Brian Ward Elected as Director and Kicki Wallje-Lund Confirmed as Chairwoman There were no major surprises in terms of personnel at the Embracer Group's 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Board of Directors was reduced to seven members as planned. The reduction by one position had been proposed by the Nomination Committee and was expected at the AGM. As By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Team Falcon was named the first Esports World Cup Club Champion at the first Esports World Cup © Esports World Cup Foundation/EWC 2024 Business Spobis Analyses Sponsorship Spending for Esports World Cup Spobis, a German media company specialising in the sports business, has analysed the sponsorships of the Esports World Cup (EWC) and presents the approximate sums that the partners paid for the sponsorship rights. Since official information on the EWC's total revenue is not available, it is difficult to By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The products in the PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection © Sony Interactive Entertainment Publishing Sony Celebrates PlayStation Anniversary with Limited Special Edition PS5 On 21 November, Sony Interactive Entertainment will release a limited special edition of current PlayStation products. The occasion is the 30th anniversary of the brand. Pre-orders start in September. The design of the so-called PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection is reminiscent of the early days of the console brand. It was By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Helge Jürgens, Nandita Wegehaupt and Fernanda Pagani (From Left to Right) © Friederike Werner / Die Hoffotografen / Fernanda Pagani Business Berlin Games Ground to Host AI Conference as a Side Event The Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur (Digital Game Culture Foundation) is organising a conference together with Games Ground on the topic of AI, which will not only focus on the use of AI in game development, but also on AI utopias and dystopias in games. The conference is supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
