Whilst the nominations for the German Developer Award have been announced, the winners of the Central & Eastern European Games Award have now been confirmed. There is also some interesting and positive news for the Polish games industry.
It’s the party before the party, dear readers,
the awards before THE awards. As always, the German games industry gathers in early December to celebrate the best games from the GSA region at the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis (German Developer Awards), the DEP, just before Geoff Keighley presents The Game Awards. That’s in a different league, of course, but the DEP is so much more than just an award for the German industry. It’s the end-of-year gathering and, this year, hopefully the start of a positive outlook for the year ahead, in which the industry is no longer torn apart by redundancies and studio closures. That would be my Christmas wish at least.
Here are the news of the day!
Your Stephan Steininger
The expert juries have met and selected the nominees for 13 of the 14 categories of the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis (DEP; German Developer Award). The nominees for Studio of the Year are Stray Fawn, Quad Head and Limbic Entertainment, whose game, Corsair Cove, has received the most nominations.
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by Stephan Steininger
Dan Ayoub, currently Senior Vice President of Dungeons & Dragons, will become the new President of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Digital Games come 2 November. His predecessor John Hight stepped down in July.
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by Pascal Wagner
The Polish Minister for Culture and National Heritage, Marta Cienkowska, took to the stage at the CEEGAs awards ceremony to reaffirm her support for the industry. The Ministry regards video game developers as artists who promote culture.
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by Stephan Steininger
Capcom sold over 32 million games in the first half of the current fiscal year — more than nine million higher than the previous year. The strong financial results were also considerably boosted by the new IP Pragmata and the return of Onimusha.
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Matt Hall has been appointed Executive Vice President of Atari Mobile. In this role, he will oversee the company's mobile gaming business. He will report directly to Wade Rosen, Atari's Chairman and CEO.
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The Pokémon Company has decided to discontinue the MOBA Pokémon Unite, developed by TiMi Studio Group. Details of the wind-down process leading up to the game’s complete discontinuation on 23 March 2027 have been published on the website.
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With six nominations for its game Replaced, Limassol-based Sad Cat Studios went into the Central & Eastern European Game Awards as the clear favourite. In the end, it walked away with three trophies, including the Best Game award.
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Nintendo has announced a new Indie World showcase stream tomorrow, at 3:00 p.m. CET. The 15 minute stream will cover games for both Switch systems.
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