Pascal Wagner
Business

Madeira Games Summit 2025 Publishes Full Schedule

The leadership event Madeira Games Summit on 3-4 November before DevGamm Portugal has released the full speaker lineup. Key highlights include fireside chats with Maria Sayans (CEO, ustwo games) and Mariina Hallikainen (CEO, Colossal Order), a keynote by Chris Petrovic of FunPlus and more.

16. October 2025 14:02

Business

Hamdorf and Rössig Aim to Found “Indie Studio Builder”

Playing Mantis CEO Thomas Rössig and marketing veteran Thorsten Hamdorf are looking to found a "butler" company for indies, helping bring games from concept to release as fractional CxOs for these studios. They are currently seeking a third founder.

16. October 2025 13:26

People

AppMagic CEO Max Samorukov: "PC Market Lacks a True, Unified Analytics Solution"

With data company AppMagic's new Steam Analysis launching this month, we talked to CEO Max Samorukov about the difficulties of breaking into data acquisition on different platforms, the history of AppMagic and developer's needs for consistent data for their platforms of choice.

16. October 2025 10:27

Business

Amigo's US Subsidiary Shuts Down Due to Tariffs

Amigo Games, the US branch of German board game company Amigo Spiele + Freizeit, ceases operation. CEO Alexander Jost shares that fluctuating production costs, especially after Trump's tariffs, made the company unviable.

16. October 2025 08:17

Games and Products

Hidden Trap Publishes Cologne Indie Game Blueberry

Mellow Games alias Mel Taylor from Cologne has found a publisher for psychological indie game Blueberry: Hidden Trap from Spain, the publishers of Tiny Lands 2.

15. October 2025 07:21

Games and Products

The Farmer Was Replaced

Swiss automation game The Farmer Was Replaced by solo dev Timon Herzog and indie publisher Metaroot combines meditative automated farming with hardcore Python-like coding. What sounds unintuitive has become a great success.

14. October 2025 13:15

Business

Mobidictum Conference 2025 Brings Mobile Experts to Istanbul

On 21 and 22 October in Istanbul, mobile gaming experts meet for Mobidictum conference in Istanbul. The full program and speaker lineup are online now.

14. October 2025 12:50

Business

Gaming Aid Scholarship Assists Game Development Students

The current round of the Gaming Aid Scholarship is open for submissions. Young talents who need financial help for their Bachelor's or Master's degree in a game programme can submit their application and get up to 800 euros monthly for their studies.

14. October 2025 12:38

Business

MICE and Men: "Only an Event Can Create These Emotions"

Vienna event agency MICE and Men are organising Game City Vienna since 2007. In our interview at Game City 2025, managing partners Milena Riedel and Tarek Sharif talk about the fair’s success, their plans for the future and the Austrian event landscape.

13. October 2025 12:23

Business

Game City Vienna 2025 Breaks Visitor Record

With over 87,000 people, Game City Vienna 2025 has broken last year's record by about 2,000.

13. October 2025 11:37