Kritzelkratz 3000: Back in the Game with Remasters and Ports Marcel Kleffmann May 21, 2024 – 4 min read Share this post Team picture (from left to right): Martin Zimmer, Benjamin Schmidt (in the front with hat), Simon Koch, Nico Faltermeier, Odin Seiffert, Andreas Scholl, Michael Müller and Pascal Heiler, who took the picture. © Pascal Heiler Business GDD Indie Awards 2026 Open for Submission Now Indies can now submit their game made in 2025 for the GDD Indie Awards at German Dev Days 2026. The award show will take place on 22 July, a total of 10,000 euros is on the line. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Oliver Deslandes is Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side People Side – The Hidden Champion of a Dozen BAFTA Nominations With Ambitions to Grow A year after rebranding as Side Oliver Deslandes, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side, talks about studio openings, why Side is like an invisible engine, and why the external development company keeps its fingers crossed for nearly a third of all BAFTA Game Awards nominations. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read Development PAX East Will Return Later As Usual in 2027 With over 100,000 visitors, PAX East was a resounding success, according to the organisers. They also announced the dates for 2027, which are scheduled for the end of April – around four weeks later than usual. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read The organising team of 27th DemoDay TUM, the keynote speaker and a prominent streamer: Among them Johanna Pirker (center front), David Plecher (second from left), Josh Sawyer (center back) and Maurice Weber (third from left) (GamesMarket) People Josh Sawyer Opens 27th DemoDay at TU Munich (Update) New 'games professor' Johanna Pirker at TUM opens her first DemoDay with a bang: Josh Sawyer from Obsidian held the keynote about working in small teams in front of a full hall of students. The keynote is now free to watch online as well. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read Venice After Dark, Cralon and Corsair Cove were the stars of the show (Artex/Pithead/Limbic) Products Limbic's New City Builder Corsair Cove Debuts at FYNG, Two German Games Shadowdrop After Friday evening's FYNG show at caggtus Leipzig 2026, Cralon by Pithead and Venice After Dark by Weltenwandler, Artex and Sebastian Grünwald were spontaneously released. Limbic Entertainments new pirate city builder Corsair Cove has been newly announced as well. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Corsair Cove © Limbic Entertainment & Hooded Horse Products Hooded Horse Signed Limbic Entertainment's Corsair Cove Specialist strategy and tactics publisher Hooded Horse has partnered with German studio Limbic Entertainment on their latest project: The game is the pirate-themed city-builder titled Corsair Cove. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Patricia E. Vance © ken jones photography People ESRB President Patricia Vance Retires Later This Year Patricia Vance, who has been the president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) for nearly 24 years, will be retiring later this year. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read The CH Ludens crew regularly meets up for research and workshops (Pfister) People Confoederatio Ludens: Researching Swiss Game History A team of researchers from four universities has been researching the entire history of Switzerland as a games production and publication market for three years now. We spoke to the team about entering the project’s last year, and how Switzerland’s past formed its present indie boom. By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read Metro 2039 © Deep Silver and 4A Games Products Deep Silver and 4A Games to Release Metro 2039 This Winter At the Xbox First Look Showcase, Deep Silver and 4A Games announced the story-driven, single-player first-person shooter (FPS) Metro 2039. Plaion: "While told from a distinctly Ukrainian perspective, Metro 2039 remains an authentically Metro story." By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business GDD Indie Awards 2026 Open for Submission Now Indies can now submit their game made in 2025 for the GDD Indie Awards at German Dev Days 2026. The award show will take place on 22 July, a total of 10,000 euros is on the line. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Oliver Deslandes is Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side People Side – The Hidden Champion of a Dozen BAFTA Nominations With Ambitions to Grow A year after rebranding as Side Oliver Deslandes, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side, talks about studio openings, why Side is like an invisible engine, and why the external development company keeps its fingers crossed for nearly a third of all BAFTA Game Awards nominations. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Development PAX East Will Return Later As Usual in 2027 With over 100,000 visitors, PAX East was a resounding success, according to the organisers. They also announced the dates for 2027, which are scheduled for the end of April – around four weeks later than usual. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The organising team of 27th DemoDay TUM, the keynote speaker and a prominent streamer: Among them Johanna Pirker (center front), David Plecher (second from left), Josh Sawyer (center back) and Maurice Weber (third from left) (GamesMarket) People Josh Sawyer Opens 27th DemoDay at TU Munich (Update) New 'games professor' Johanna Pirker at TUM opens her first DemoDay with a bang: Josh Sawyer from Obsidian held the keynote about working in small teams in front of a full hall of students. The keynote is now free to watch online as well. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Venice After Dark, Cralon and Corsair Cove were the stars of the show (Artex/Pithead/Limbic) Products Limbic's New City Builder Corsair Cove Debuts at FYNG, Two German Games Shadowdrop After Friday evening's FYNG show at caggtus Leipzig 2026, Cralon by Pithead and Venice After Dark by Weltenwandler, Artex and Sebastian Grünwald were spontaneously released. Limbic Entertainments new pirate city builder Corsair Cove has been newly announced as well. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Corsair Cove © Limbic Entertainment & Hooded Horse Products Hooded Horse Signed Limbic Entertainment's Corsair Cove Specialist strategy and tactics publisher Hooded Horse has partnered with German studio Limbic Entertainment on their latest project: The game is the pirate-themed city-builder titled Corsair Cove. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Patricia E. Vance © ken jones photography People ESRB President Patricia Vance Retires Later This Year Patricia Vance, who has been the president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) for nearly 24 years, will be retiring later this year. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The CH Ludens crew regularly meets up for research and workshops (Pfister) People Confoederatio Ludens: Researching Swiss Game History A team of researchers from four universities has been researching the entire history of Switzerland as a games production and publication market for three years now. We spoke to the team about entering the project’s last year, and how Switzerland’s past formed its present indie boom. By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read
Metro 2039 © Deep Silver and 4A Games Products Deep Silver and 4A Games to Release Metro 2039 This Winter At the Xbox First Look Showcase, Deep Silver and 4A Games announced the story-driven, single-player first-person shooter (FPS) Metro 2039. Plaion: "While told from a distinctly Ukrainian perspective, Metro 2039 remains an authentically Metro story." By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
