Bitkom: IT-Ausstattung deutscher Schulen mangelhaft Tim Pototzki December 09, 2014 – 1 min read Share this post Achim Berg, Vize-Präsident Bitkom © None Business Microsoft Is Testing Ad-Supported Game Streaming According to Microsoft, the company has launched a trial of ad-supported game streaming. The feature is available to the Xbox Insider Community for testing with select Xbox games. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business The First Quarter of Ubisoft's Transition Year Ubisoft's first quarter was slightly above expectations in a year that is seen as a transition period, with sales down 9% year-on-year. However, Assassin's Creed Black Flag exceeded its annual targets in just 14 days. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Business The Playground Manifesto: Can Nex Capture the Post-Inflation Family Gaming Market? In his latest Zoran's Update, gaming marketing expert Zoran Roso analyzes Nex Playground's strategy of positioning itself as an affordable family console featuring motion controls in the tradition of the Wii in a market where consoles are increasingly becoming luxury items. By Zoran Roso • 3 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 27. July 26: Magic-Interview, Funding, GDD Awards, RLP, Minnameier, Square Enix, NullRef Whether it’s the Final Fantasy Fan Fest in Berlin or GermanDevDays in Frankfurt – there’s plenty going on outside of gamescom too. Although, of course, this Monday also brought new exhibitors, new games and new events for gamescom. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read Products Christoph Minnameier Unveils New Project Monster Mash The multi-award-winning German solo developer Christoph Minnameier has unveiled a new project, Monster Mesh. Minnameier, also known as Pig Knight Games, will also be speaking at the Open House at Gamerei on 13 August about puzzle games like his Dungeons of Dreadrock series. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Products NullRef Entertainment Reaches Wishlist Milestone With Chop Chop Inc. NullRef Entertainment’s debut game, Chop Chop Inc., is maintaining its momentum: over the past two months or so, the number of wishlist entries has doubled to over 100,000. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Arknights: Endfield @ gamescom 2026 © Gryphline gamescom Gryphline Confirms Bigger gamescom 2026 Presence Publisher Gryphline has announced that Arknights: Endfield will debut at Anime NYC in New York from 20 to 23 August, before returning to gamescom in Cologne with an expanded booth. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager (left), Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations (right) and one of the community tour stops in 2025 at Hochschule München (center, photo by GamesMarket) Tabletop Interview: Magic: The Gathering University Clubs in Germany The university clubs for Magic: The Gathering have been running since November 2025, introducing the club program. We spoke to Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager and Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations at WotC about this program that is unique to Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read It is likely that Sandbox Interactive's Albion Online will be ported to the PlayStation 5 © Sandbox Interactive Funding Federal Funding Goes to Sandbox Interactive and stillalive studios Two more studios are receiving funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. The beneficiaries are Sandbox Interactive in Berlin and stillalive studios in Munich. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Business Microsoft Is Testing Ad-Supported Game Streaming According to Microsoft, the company has launched a trial of ad-supported game streaming. The feature is available to the Xbox Insider Community for testing with select Xbox games. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business The First Quarter of Ubisoft's Transition Year Ubisoft's first quarter was slightly above expectations in a year that is seen as a transition period, with sales down 9% year-on-year. However, Assassin's Creed Black Flag exceeded its annual targets in just 14 days. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business The Playground Manifesto: Can Nex Capture the Post-Inflation Family Gaming Market? In his latest Zoran's Update, gaming marketing expert Zoran Roso analyzes Nex Playground's strategy of positioning itself as an affordable family console featuring motion controls in the tradition of the Wii in a market where consoles are increasingly becoming luxury items. By Zoran Roso • 3 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 27. July 26: Magic-Interview, Funding, GDD Awards, RLP, Minnameier, Square Enix, NullRef Whether it’s the Final Fantasy Fan Fest in Berlin or GermanDevDays in Frankfurt – there’s plenty going on outside of gamescom too. Although, of course, this Monday also brought new exhibitors, new games and new events for gamescom. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Products Christoph Minnameier Unveils New Project Monster Mash The multi-award-winning German solo developer Christoph Minnameier has unveiled a new project, Monster Mesh. Minnameier, also known as Pig Knight Games, will also be speaking at the Open House at Gamerei on 13 August about puzzle games like his Dungeons of Dreadrock series. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Products NullRef Entertainment Reaches Wishlist Milestone With Chop Chop Inc. NullRef Entertainment’s debut game, Chop Chop Inc., is maintaining its momentum: over the past two months or so, the number of wishlist entries has doubled to over 100,000. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Arknights: Endfield @ gamescom 2026 © Gryphline gamescom Gryphline Confirms Bigger gamescom 2026 Presence Publisher Gryphline has announced that Arknights: Endfield will debut at Anime NYC in New York from 20 to 23 August, before returning to gamescom in Cologne with an expanded booth. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager (left), Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations (right) and one of the community tour stops in 2025 at Hochschule München (center, photo by GamesMarket) Tabletop Interview: Magic: The Gathering University Clubs in Germany The university clubs for Magic: The Gathering have been running since November 2025, introducing the club program. We spoke to Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager and Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations at WotC about this program that is unique to Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
It is likely that Sandbox Interactive's Albion Online will be ported to the PlayStation 5 © Sandbox Interactive Funding Federal Funding Goes to Sandbox Interactive and stillalive studios Two more studios are receiving funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. The beneficiaries are Sandbox Interactive in Berlin and stillalive studios in Munich. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
