Surprising successes, well-deserved funding, new partnerships – much of today’s news revolves around the theme of support. After all, with support – whether financial or otherwise – many things become much easier.
With support, dear readers,
many things become much easier, as can be seen, for example, from the current EU funding scheme. I am not primarily referring to the financial support received by the four German and three French games projects, but rather to the fact that the European Games Developers’ Federation (EGDF) now provides such consistent information on funding opportunities that, in this instance, seven out of eleven funded projects in the ‘Innovative Tools and Business Models’ category come from the games sector. This not only underlines once again just how innovative the industry is, but also serves as a model for other studios, showing that a games studio can also make its mark with technology and earn money or finance projects.
Here are the news of the day!
Your Stephan Steininger
Seven of the eleven projects funded under the ‘Innovative Tools and Business Models’ funding strand are from the games industry. And four of these are from Germany. They will receive a total of €3.3 million. The other games projects are receiving 2.8 million euros from France.
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by Stephan Steininger
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Gryphon Games, based in Berlin, has received funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. Over €860,000 has been awarded for a future Planet Crusher game.
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by Marcel Kleffmann
Following its self-publishing launch, Pithead Studio has brought Assemble on board as an experienced partner to handle the long-term marketing of its game Kralon on PC. Artex Software remains responsible for publishing on PS5 and Xbox.
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by Stephan Steininger
Ubisoft's Vantage Studios sold three million copies of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced in just one week. According to the publisher, strong launch momentum continues.
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The Munich-based indie studio Leyline was genuinely taken by surprise by the feedback on its game, Guildrun. Just four days after its announcement, the title has been added to over 100,000 wishlists. The demo had reached more than 10,000 CCUs.
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Today, Aesir Interactive launched its open-world, action-survival, crafting game, EverRail, into Early Access on PC. This is the Munich-based company's first foray into publishing with this new "open world survival craft" IP.
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With the current Pokémon TCG expansion set Mega Evolution - Pitch Black, The Pokémon Company is exploring the dark side of Mega Evolution creatures in 115 new cards.
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Wizards of the Coast has revealed the set roadmap for 2027 and beyond with three in-universe and three Universes Beyond set, as well as more details of the Hobbit set and the first MagicCon ever on the Asian continent.
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With a Stardew Valley x Magic: The Gathering cooperation, ConcernedApe and Wizards of the Coast team up for a Secret Lair Superdrop that even contains a unique new Land card.
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