European Consumer Protection Agencies Take Action Game Companies With Ingame Purchases

Politics

Federal Government Answers Parliamentary Questions on Federal Funding

In a document running to over 80 pages, the Federal Government has responded to the minor parliamentary question on federal funding submitted by members of the AfD parliamentary group. The new insights gained are limited; most of the data was already publicly available.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Politics

EU Kids Act: Reactions and Analyses

Following the VGE and Bavaria’s Digital Minister Mehring, other stakeholders including the EGDF, Osborne Clarke and Digitaleurope have spoken out on the European Commission’s proposal for the EU Kids Act. One thing is clear: the details are crucial and they still need to be worked out.

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

Politics

EU Kids Act: Brussels Places Burden of Proof For Child Protection to Providers Including Games Companies

The European Commission has presented the EU Kids Act, bringing significant changes not only to the use of social media by children but also to online games. As PEGI was named a benchmark, the consequences for the games industry may be limited. Initial reactions have come from Bavaria and the VGE.

By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read

Products

Rokaplay and Mipumi Announce A Game About Digging A Hole Together

As a multiplayer follow-up of the surprise hit, A Game About Digging A Hole Together will release this year from rokaplay and Mipumi Games.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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

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

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

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

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