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 Funding Supercell Launches Developer Grants Programme For African Studios Following in Google’s footsteps, Supercell has now also announced a programme to support studios in Africa. In its first cohort, Supercell plans to provide grants of between 20,000 and 200,000 dollars to companies. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Development Google Launches Games Fund for African Indie Studios For the first time, Google is launching the Google Play Indie Games Fund in Africa, a support programme for indie studios from Africa. In total, Google plans to invest $1 million in ten studios. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Ben Hunter, Senior Development Director for Core Technology at Fenris Creations, is announcing the open-sourcing of the Carbon engine (Fenris Creations) Products Fenris Creations Announces Open-Sourcing of EVE Online Engine Carbon Effective right now, EVE Online and EVE Frontier maker Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, has released their Carbon engine into open source. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read daily GamesMarket Daily – 06. July 26: Xbox Cuts, Paintbucket, Africa,Stop Killing Games on Sony, PS Charts & More At Microsoft Xbox, the new financial year has got off to a bad start. 3,200 jobs are set to be cut, half of them with immediate effect. Elsewhere, however, there is cause for hope: African studios can look forward to two funding programmes. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read Business Asha Sharma Wields the Axe, Cutting 3,200 Jobs at Xbox As announced, the new head of Xbox is turning Microsoft’s console unit on its head. 3,200 jobs are to be cut, 1,600 of them with immediate effect. Compulsion Games and Double Fine are being spun off via a MBO, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs are to be sold, and Arkane is working on a solution. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read (SWR X Lab, Paintbucket Games) Products "A Night in Moka Efti" is Paintbucket's Babylon Berlin Game Here's the German Disco Elysium: SWR X Lab and Paintbucket Games have revealed their Babylon Berlin game A Night in Moka Efti, a narrative psychological thriller RPG. It will release in September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Funding Supercell Launches Developer Grants Programme For African Studios Following in Google’s footsteps, Supercell has now also announced a programme to support studios in Africa. In its first cohort, Supercell plans to provide grants of between 20,000 and 200,000 dollars to companies. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Insights German Mobile Games Market Grew by 25% Over Last Four Years With detailed data on the mobile gaming market, game has further refined its market data for 2025, this time focusing on mobile games. The segment is a booming sector, as a long-term analysis also shows, and is dominated by in-game purchases. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Background: gamescom dev gamescom gamescom Week 2026: All Evening Events Never have a dull evening at gamescom 2026 with our party guide: Every sundown event, from Sunday to Sunday. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Funding Supercell Launches Developer Grants Programme For African Studios Following in Google’s footsteps, Supercell has now also announced a programme to support studios in Africa. In its first cohort, Supercell plans to provide grants of between 20,000 and 200,000 dollars to companies. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Development Google Launches Games Fund for African Indie Studios For the first time, Google is launching the Google Play Indie Games Fund in Africa, a support programme for indie studios from Africa. In total, Google plans to invest $1 million in ten studios. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Ben Hunter, Senior Development Director for Core Technology at Fenris Creations, is announcing the open-sourcing of the Carbon engine (Fenris Creations) Products Fenris Creations Announces Open-Sourcing of EVE Online Engine Carbon Effective right now, EVE Online and EVE Frontier maker Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, has released their Carbon engine into open source. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
daily GamesMarket Daily – 06. July 26: Xbox Cuts, Paintbucket, Africa,Stop Killing Games on Sony, PS Charts & More At Microsoft Xbox, the new financial year has got off to a bad start. 3,200 jobs are set to be cut, half of them with immediate effect. Elsewhere, however, there is cause for hope: African studios can look forward to two funding programmes. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
Business Asha Sharma Wields the Axe, Cutting 3,200 Jobs at Xbox As announced, the new head of Xbox is turning Microsoft’s console unit on its head. 3,200 jobs are to be cut, 1,600 of them with immediate effect. Compulsion Games and Double Fine are being spun off via a MBO, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs are to be sold, and Arkane is working on a solution. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
(SWR X Lab, Paintbucket Games) Products "A Night in Moka Efti" is Paintbucket's Babylon Berlin Game Here's the German Disco Elysium: SWR X Lab and Paintbucket Games have revealed their Babylon Berlin game A Night in Moka Efti, a narrative psychological thriller RPG. It will release in September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Funding Supercell Launches Developer Grants Programme For African Studios Following in Google’s footsteps, Supercell has now also announced a programme to support studios in Africa. In its first cohort, Supercell plans to provide grants of between 20,000 and 200,000 dollars to companies. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Insights German Mobile Games Market Grew by 25% Over Last Four Years With detailed data on the mobile gaming market, game has further refined its market data for 2025, this time focusing on mobile games. The segment is a booming sector, as a long-term analysis also shows, and is dominated by in-game purchases. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Background: gamescom dev gamescom gamescom Week 2026: All Evening Events Never have a dull evening at gamescom 2026 with our party guide: Every sundown event, from Sunday to Sunday. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
