Games Highlights for the Holiday Season Marcel Kleffmann November 05, 2024 – 6 min read Share this post S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl © GSC Game World Ian Murray, Creative Industries Minister | Picture: House of Commons Funding Applications Now Open For New £28.5 Million UK Games Fund During the London Games Festival, the new UK Game Fund will be launched, distributing £28.5 million to British studios over the coming years. Funding will be provided across three categories, with grants of £20,000, £100,000 and £250,000. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read Business Roblox Becoming a Multi-Tier Community Due to Roblox Plus and Separate Kids’ Accounts Roblox has announced two significant changes. Two new account types for children and young teenagers are intended to improve safety. At the same time, the Roblox Plus subscription service is set to launch in April. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read (Polaris) Events Polaris Convention 2026 Ticket Sales Now Online Regular ticket sales for Polaris Con 2026 from 9-11 October are now online. A one-day ticket runs between 39-42€, with family options available for Sunday. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read All Will Fall © All Parts Connected and TinyBuild Products All Will Fall In All Will Fall from All Parts Connected and TinyBuild, players must build a settlement on a small area with three-dimensional verticality - hopefully without anything collapsing! But that is all part of the game's concept. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Ian Murray, Creative Industries Minister | Picture: House of Commons Funding Applications Now Open For New £28.5 Million UK Games Fund During the London Games Festival, the new UK Game Fund will be launched, distributing £28.5 million to British studios over the coming years. Funding will be provided across three categories, with grants of £20,000, £100,000 and £250,000. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read Business Roblox Becoming a Multi-Tier Community Due to Roblox Plus and Separate Kids’ Accounts Roblox has announced two significant changes. Two new account types for children and young teenagers are intended to improve safety. At the same time, the Roblox Plus subscription service is set to launch in April. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read Future Palace playing at Nexus 2025 (Anne Göthe) Events Second Nexus Festival Introduces Band Lineup - and Coldmirror Dead by April, Within Destruction, As December Falls, Grailknights - and Coldmirror: The second Nexus Festival in September has introduced the first bands and stars for the Nerd meets Rock meets Medieval Market event in Leipzig. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Picture by Koelnmesse GmbH, Thomas Klerx gamescom Void Interactive And Imirt Bring Three Irish Developers to Gamescom The Irish industry association Imirt and the Ready or Not studio Void Interactive have launched the Void Gamescom 2026 Scholarship. Three IMIRT members will be able to receive grants for travel and accommodation, as well as access to the trade fair and the Meet-to-Match platform. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Video Games - Die ganze Welt der Videospiele © The Ziska Company UG Publishing "Video Games" Returns as an Online Magazine After 25 years, the "Video Games - The Whole World of Video Games" magazine brand is being revived as an online platform for experienced gamers aged 40 and over. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Ian Murray, Creative Industries Minister | Picture: House of Commons Funding Applications Now Open For New £28.5 Million UK Games Fund During the London Games Festival, the new UK Game Fund will be launched, distributing £28.5 million to British studios over the coming years. Funding will be provided across three categories, with grants of £20,000, £100,000 and £250,000. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Business Roblox Becoming a Multi-Tier Community Due to Roblox Plus and Separate Kids’ Accounts Roblox has announced two significant changes. Two new account types for children and young teenagers are intended to improve safety. At the same time, the Roblox Plus subscription service is set to launch in April. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
(Polaris) Events Polaris Convention 2026 Ticket Sales Now Online Regular ticket sales for Polaris Con 2026 from 9-11 October are now online. A one-day ticket runs between 39-42€, with family options available for Sunday. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
All Will Fall © All Parts Connected and TinyBuild Products All Will Fall In All Will Fall from All Parts Connected and TinyBuild, players must build a settlement on a small area with three-dimensional verticality - hopefully without anything collapsing! But that is all part of the game's concept. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Ian Murray, Creative Industries Minister | Picture: House of Commons Funding Applications Now Open For New £28.5 Million UK Games Fund During the London Games Festival, the new UK Game Fund will be launched, distributing £28.5 million to British studios over the coming years. Funding will be provided across three categories, with grants of £20,000, £100,000 and £250,000. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Business Roblox Becoming a Multi-Tier Community Due to Roblox Plus and Separate Kids’ Accounts Roblox has announced two significant changes. Two new account types for children and young teenagers are intended to improve safety. At the same time, the Roblox Plus subscription service is set to launch in April. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Future Palace playing at Nexus 2025 (Anne Göthe) Events Second Nexus Festival Introduces Band Lineup - and Coldmirror Dead by April, Within Destruction, As December Falls, Grailknights - and Coldmirror: The second Nexus Festival in September has introduced the first bands and stars for the Nerd meets Rock meets Medieval Market event in Leipzig. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Picture by Koelnmesse GmbH, Thomas Klerx gamescom Void Interactive And Imirt Bring Three Irish Developers to Gamescom The Irish industry association Imirt and the Ready or Not studio Void Interactive have launched the Void Gamescom 2026 Scholarship. Three IMIRT members will be able to receive grants for travel and accommodation, as well as access to the trade fair and the Meet-to-Match platform. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Video Games - Die ganze Welt der Videospiele © The Ziska Company UG Publishing "Video Games" Returns as an Online Magazine After 25 years, the "Video Games - The Whole World of Video Games" magazine brand is being revived as an online platform for experienced gamers aged 40 and over. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
