FotoShow: US-Spielecharts März 2016 Stephan Steininger April 15, 2016 – Share this post Platz 1 geht an Ubisofts Tom Clancy's The Division © None Business Elimu Goal and Futuregames Partner for African-European Be Ubuntu Game Jam The Be Ubuntu Game Jam by Elimu Goal and Futuregames wants to bring together teams and senior dev from Africa and Europe for united game development: The online jam will start on 14 April. Registration is open now. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Business Sustainable Games Alliance Highlights Power-Saving Plugins for Unreal, Unity, and Godot SGA is celebrating another success with the release of three plug-ins for game engines that improve the energy efficiency of games. The plug-ins were developed by German developers Hauke Thießen, Oliver Stock and Ashe Foltin in collaboration with the SGA Energy Efficiency Network. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Dino Patti, CEO and co-founder of coherence; © coherence Business Interview: Coherence 2.0 and 'The Democratisation of Multiplayer Development' Coherence 2.0, the next major release of coherence's multiplayer engine and hosting platform, was released late last year. We spoke to Dino Patti, the company's CEO and co-founder, about the democratisation of multiplayer development, engine integration, and the importance of multiplayer in general. By Marcel Kleffmann • 13 min read More money in the bank for board game authors, at least through VG Wort royalties (www.kaboompics.com) Business VG Wort Now Includes Boardgame Authors, Royalties for Game Materials The German VG Wort, collecting society for authors, now uses the board game database of of the Altenburg Game Archive and releases royalties for board game authors. Spiele-Autoren-Zunft demands funding for the continued database maintenance from the Federal Government. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Events IIDEA Launches First Playable Coaching Programme for Emerging Developers With the aim of helping up-and-coming developers make the best possible impression at First Playables, the Italian industry association IIDEA has launched a coaching programme; between late March and early June, 12 coaches will be offering free one-to-one online coaching sessions. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Products Super Meat Boy 3D Releases 31 March, Physical Releases Come 30 June The two Northrhine-Westphalian companies Sluggerfly and Headup are releasing Super Meat Boy 3D at the end of this month. The 3D version of the snappy precision platformers comes out for all platforms. Meridiem produces physical NSW2 ans PS5 versions in June. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Products All Announcements From the Xbox Partner Preview in March 2026 Yesterday evening saw the Xbox Partner Preview. Hosted by voice actor Aaron Paul, the 30-minute show focused on games from third-party partners. A total of 19 games were showcased, including seven world premieres. Fourteen of these will be available to play on day one with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read The BCN Game Fest attracted over 17,000 visitors in 2025 | Picture BCN Game Fest Events SAGA Barcelona Game Fest Wants to Attract Over 5,000 Trade Visitors The organisers of Barcelona Game Fest, RetroBarcelona and SAGA Saló del Gaming are joining forces to establish the SAGA Barcelona Game Fest as Southern Europe’s leading gathering for the games industry. Over 20,000 visitors are expected, more than 5,000 of whom will be industry professionals. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Business Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #12 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include the unforgivable in stories, the new DiGRA DACH chapter page, the Elizabeth Magie Prize for student papers and more. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Business Elimu Goal and Futuregames Partner for African-European Be Ubuntu Game Jam The Be Ubuntu Game Jam by Elimu Goal and Futuregames wants to bring together teams and senior dev from Africa and Europe for united game development: The online jam will start on 14 April. Registration is open now. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business Sustainable Games Alliance Highlights Power-Saving Plugins for Unreal, Unity, and Godot SGA is celebrating another success with the release of three plug-ins for game engines that improve the energy efficiency of games. The plug-ins were developed by German developers Hauke Thießen, Oliver Stock and Ashe Foltin in collaboration with the SGA Energy Efficiency Network. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Dino Patti, CEO and co-founder of coherence; © coherence Business Interview: Coherence 2.0 and 'The Democratisation of Multiplayer Development' Coherence 2.0, the next major release of coherence's multiplayer engine and hosting platform, was released late last year. We spoke to Dino Patti, the company's CEO and co-founder, about the democratisation of multiplayer development, engine integration, and the importance of multiplayer in general. By Marcel Kleffmann • 13 min read
More money in the bank for board game authors, at least through VG Wort royalties (www.kaboompics.com) Business VG Wort Now Includes Boardgame Authors, Royalties for Game Materials The German VG Wort, collecting society for authors, now uses the board game database of of the Altenburg Game Archive and releases royalties for board game authors. Spiele-Autoren-Zunft demands funding for the continued database maintenance from the Federal Government. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Events IIDEA Launches First Playable Coaching Programme for Emerging Developers With the aim of helping up-and-coming developers make the best possible impression at First Playables, the Italian industry association IIDEA has launched a coaching programme; between late March and early June, 12 coaches will be offering free one-to-one online coaching sessions. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Products Super Meat Boy 3D Releases 31 March, Physical Releases Come 30 June The two Northrhine-Westphalian companies Sluggerfly and Headup are releasing Super Meat Boy 3D at the end of this month. The 3D version of the snappy precision platformers comes out for all platforms. Meridiem produces physical NSW2 ans PS5 versions in June. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products All Announcements From the Xbox Partner Preview in March 2026 Yesterday evening saw the Xbox Partner Preview. Hosted by voice actor Aaron Paul, the 30-minute show focused on games from third-party partners. A total of 19 games were showcased, including seven world premieres. Fourteen of these will be available to play on day one with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
The BCN Game Fest attracted over 17,000 visitors in 2025 | Picture BCN Game Fest Events SAGA Barcelona Game Fest Wants to Attract Over 5,000 Trade Visitors The organisers of Barcelona Game Fest, RetroBarcelona and SAGA Saló del Gaming are joining forces to establish the SAGA Barcelona Game Fest as Southern Europe’s leading gathering for the games industry. Over 20,000 visitors are expected, more than 5,000 of whom will be industry professionals. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Business Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #12 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include the unforgivable in stories, the new DiGRA DACH chapter page, the Elizabeth Magie Prize for student papers and more. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
