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 EA Sports FC 27 / Transport Fever 3 / Control Resonant © EA Sports / Urban Games & Paradox / Remedy Entertainment Business G+ Weekly Steam Charts: How Well Do EA Sports FC 27, Control and Transport Fever 3 Resonate? EA Sports FC 27 tops the weekly Steam charts, but it is considerably less popular than its predecessor. Interestingly, however, the popularity of Control Resonant, Ace Combat 8 and Transport Fever 3 differs in Germany compared to the global market. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Business Swedish Workers Achieve Union Contract at King Unionen and Engineers of Sweden have achieved a union contract signing at Swedish mobile game dev and Microsoft subsidiary King. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Business The Neural Brush: How DLSS 5 Rewrites Remaster Economics and Divides PC vs. Console Strategy In his latest update, industry expert Zoran Roso analyses how Nvidia’s DLSS5 is cutting the production cycles of remaster projects by years, and how this could fundamentally change the video game economy. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read EA Sports FC 27 / Transport Fever 3 / Control Resonant © EA Sports / Urban Games & Paradox / Remedy Entertainment Business G+ Weekly Steam Charts: How Well Do EA Sports FC 27, Control and Transport Fever 3 Resonate? EA Sports FC 27 tops the weekly Steam charts, but it is considerably less popular than its predecessor. Interestingly, however, the popularity of Control Resonant, Ace Combat 8 and Transport Fever 3 differs in Germany compared to the global market. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read It is still unclear whether the new Star Trek game will also follow the Voyager on its journeys through the Delta Quadrant Development Next Star Trek Game: Jumpgates GameXcite Signs Licensing Agreement with Paramount Games The co-production announced in early September between Jumpgate’s subsidiary gameXcite and Daedalic as publisher will be another Star Trek game. A corresponding licence agreement has now been revealed. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Steam © Valve Software Publishing Steam: Changes to Discounts and Events in Early 2027 In early 2027, Valve Software is planning to change how some promotions work on Steam. They intend to move away from a manual, calendar-based approach to something that is more dynamic and personalised for each customer. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read The DCP 2026 in Munich is not listed in the cost reveal (DCP, Franziska Krug via Getty) GamesMarket Plus G+ This is How Much Germany Paid for the German Computer Game Awards Out of an answer of the Federal Government to a parliamentary question, we now know how much the German Computer Game Award (Deutscher Computerspielpreis, DCP) has cost since 2019. We have compiled all numbers here. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read Madeleine Egger, Jaqueline Martin, Michael Liebe and Ruth Lemmen (from Left to Right; Pictures by Womenize!) People Jaqueline Martin Joins Womenize! as Project Manager Booster Space has brought on board a new member of staff for the Womenize! platform. With immediate effect, Jaqueline “Jacky” Martin will take on the role of Project Manager and will focus in particular the new Masterclasses project. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Dinolords © Northplay & Ghost Ship Publishing Products Dinolords (Preview) Dinolords from Northplay and Ghost Ship Publishing is an RTS and action RPG that blends medieval and Jurassic elements. It will not only feature a single-player mode, but also a multiplayer component with both co-operative and competitive options. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
EA Sports FC 27 / Transport Fever 3 / Control Resonant © EA Sports / Urban Games & Paradox / Remedy Entertainment Business G+ Weekly Steam Charts: How Well Do EA Sports FC 27, Control and Transport Fever 3 Resonate? EA Sports FC 27 tops the weekly Steam charts, but it is considerably less popular than its predecessor. Interestingly, however, the popularity of Control Resonant, Ace Combat 8 and Transport Fever 3 differs in Germany compared to the global market. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business Swedish Workers Achieve Union Contract at King Unionen and Engineers of Sweden have achieved a union contract signing at Swedish mobile game dev and Microsoft subsidiary King. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business The Neural Brush: How DLSS 5 Rewrites Remaster Economics and Divides PC vs. Console Strategy In his latest update, industry expert Zoran Roso analyses how Nvidia’s DLSS5 is cutting the production cycles of remaster projects by years, and how this could fundamentally change the video game economy. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
EA Sports FC 27 / Transport Fever 3 / Control Resonant © EA Sports / Urban Games & Paradox / Remedy Entertainment Business G+ Weekly Steam Charts: How Well Do EA Sports FC 27, Control and Transport Fever 3 Resonate? EA Sports FC 27 tops the weekly Steam charts, but it is considerably less popular than its predecessor. Interestingly, however, the popularity of Control Resonant, Ace Combat 8 and Transport Fever 3 differs in Germany compared to the global market. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
It is still unclear whether the new Star Trek game will also follow the Voyager on its journeys through the Delta Quadrant Development Next Star Trek Game: Jumpgates GameXcite Signs Licensing Agreement with Paramount Games The co-production announced in early September between Jumpgate’s subsidiary gameXcite and Daedalic as publisher will be another Star Trek game. A corresponding licence agreement has now been revealed. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Steam © Valve Software Publishing Steam: Changes to Discounts and Events in Early 2027 In early 2027, Valve Software is planning to change how some promotions work on Steam. They intend to move away from a manual, calendar-based approach to something that is more dynamic and personalised for each customer. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The DCP 2026 in Munich is not listed in the cost reveal (DCP, Franziska Krug via Getty) GamesMarket Plus G+ This is How Much Germany Paid for the German Computer Game Awards Out of an answer of the Federal Government to a parliamentary question, we now know how much the German Computer Game Award (Deutscher Computerspielpreis, DCP) has cost since 2019. We have compiled all numbers here. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Madeleine Egger, Jaqueline Martin, Michael Liebe and Ruth Lemmen (from Left to Right; Pictures by Womenize!) People Jaqueline Martin Joins Womenize! as Project Manager Booster Space has brought on board a new member of staff for the Womenize! platform. With immediate effect, Jaqueline “Jacky” Martin will take on the role of Project Manager and will focus in particular the new Masterclasses project. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dinolords © Northplay & Ghost Ship Publishing Products Dinolords (Preview) Dinolords from Northplay and Ghost Ship Publishing is an RTS and action RPG that blends medieval and Jurassic elements. It will not only feature a single-player mode, but also a multiplayer component with both co-operative and competitive options. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
