The Year of Nintendo Switch Marcel Kleffmann March 25, 2025 – 4 min read Share this post Nintendo Switch 2 © Nintendo (Bisalina) Business Bisalina Speedruns for RTL Foundation Collects 22,650€ The biggest edition of Bisalina Speedruns was held at the RTL headquarters ion Cologne last week: €22,650 have been collected for charity, which go to the RTL Foundation. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Planet Coaster 2 (c) Frontier Developments Business Frontier Collaborates With Disney on New Video Game Cambridge-based video game developer and publisher Frontier Developments has announced an agreement with Disney to develop and publish a new game drawing on Disney's IP portfolio. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Some of the auction lots, including the signed gloves (Games From Ukraine) Business Games From Ukraine Charity Auction Sells Highest Lot Ever: Signed Klitschko Boxing Gloves The annual Games From Ukraine auction for GameDevs Under Bombs brought in €19,000. Of that, the highest single price so far was achieved this year in Cologne: €6,500 for signed Klitschko boxing gloves. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Products PlayStation Announces GTA VI Controller Editions PlayStation is celebrating GTA VI with two special editions of their DualSense controller, sold through their own direct to consumer store. By Pascal Wagner • Events DevGamm Belgrade Reveals Full Schedule The full programme for the first DevGamm edition in Serbia is out now. DevGamm Belgrade x FTW! will take place 29-30 September at the Hilton. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Map Map – A Game About Maps is one of the games from the first prototype funding round (Pipapo) Funding Second 2026 Gamecity Hamburg Prototype Funding Round Starts Tomorrow From tomorrow onwards, studios in Hamburg can apply for the second round of prototype funding of Gamecity Hamburg. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read (Bisalina) Business Bisalina Speedruns for RTL Foundation Collects 22,650€ The biggest edition of Bisalina Speedruns was held at the RTL headquarters ion Cologne last week: €22,650 have been collected for charity, which go to the RTL Foundation. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read (Pexels, Shkrabaanthony) Politics A Closer Look at Game Monetization: What Studios Should Bear in Mind Before the Digital Fairness Act Comes into Force The Digital Fairness Act will likely not stop at ingame monetisation. With the Children Survey done, the European Commission will likely target dark patterns that keep users playing or scrolling longer as well, argues our law expert Sandra Spensberger. What game studios can do right now. By Sandra Spensberger • 3 min read People Giles Derrington Switches from TikTok to Take-Two Just before GTA VI drops, Take-Two gets a new Director for Global Affairs with focus on EU and UK: Giles Derrington, former Head of Public Affairs at TikTok, will be the public head for the GTA publisher in Brussels. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Bisalina) Business Bisalina Speedruns for RTL Foundation Collects 22,650€ The biggest edition of Bisalina Speedruns was held at the RTL headquarters ion Cologne last week: €22,650 have been collected for charity, which go to the RTL Foundation. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Planet Coaster 2 (c) Frontier Developments Business Frontier Collaborates With Disney on New Video Game Cambridge-based video game developer and publisher Frontier Developments has announced an agreement with Disney to develop and publish a new game drawing on Disney's IP portfolio. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Some of the auction lots, including the signed gloves (Games From Ukraine) Business Games From Ukraine Charity Auction Sells Highest Lot Ever: Signed Klitschko Boxing Gloves The annual Games From Ukraine auction for GameDevs Under Bombs brought in €19,000. Of that, the highest single price so far was achieved this year in Cologne: €6,500 for signed Klitschko boxing gloves. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products PlayStation Announces GTA VI Controller Editions PlayStation is celebrating GTA VI with two special editions of their DualSense controller, sold through their own direct to consumer store. By Pascal Wagner •
Events DevGamm Belgrade Reveals Full Schedule The full programme for the first DevGamm edition in Serbia is out now. DevGamm Belgrade x FTW! will take place 29-30 September at the Hilton. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Map Map – A Game About Maps is one of the games from the first prototype funding round (Pipapo) Funding Second 2026 Gamecity Hamburg Prototype Funding Round Starts Tomorrow From tomorrow onwards, studios in Hamburg can apply for the second round of prototype funding of Gamecity Hamburg. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Bisalina) Business Bisalina Speedruns for RTL Foundation Collects 22,650€ The biggest edition of Bisalina Speedruns was held at the RTL headquarters ion Cologne last week: €22,650 have been collected for charity, which go to the RTL Foundation. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Pexels, Shkrabaanthony) Politics A Closer Look at Game Monetization: What Studios Should Bear in Mind Before the Digital Fairness Act Comes into Force The Digital Fairness Act will likely not stop at ingame monetisation. With the Children Survey done, the European Commission will likely target dark patterns that keep users playing or scrolling longer as well, argues our law expert Sandra Spensberger. What game studios can do right now. By Sandra Spensberger • 3 min read
People Giles Derrington Switches from TikTok to Take-Two Just before GTA VI drops, Take-Two gets a new Director for Global Affairs with focus on EU and UK: Giles Derrington, former Head of Public Affairs at TikTok, will be the public head for the GTA publisher in Brussels. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
