The EU Childrens Survey is a part related to the Digital Fairness Act that's seldom discussed. We also take a look at the upcoming Disney game by Frontier, and have seen the GTA VI PlayStation controller.
EU regulation is the topic of the week, dear readers,
and I am happy that we can offer you another angle on the topic with the opinion of our GamesMarket law expert Sandra Spensberger. The EU Childrens Survey is not a field you hear about often, so do check out her article.
Here are the news of the day!
Your Pascal Wagner
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.
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by Marcel Kleffmann
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.
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by Sandra Spensberger
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.
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by Pascal Wagner
From tomorrow onwards, studios in Hamburg can apply for the second round of prototype funding of Gamecity Hamburg.
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The tonies GmbH from Düsseldorf and the Pokémon Company have released their first cooperation: A Pikachu-coloured Toniebox 2 as well as four Tonies with Pokémon stories on them.
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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.
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PlayStation is celebrating GTA VI with two special editions of their DualSense controller, sold through their own direct to consumer store.
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Marcel Kleffmann
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