Griffin Gaming Partners Invests in tinyBuild

Business

CD Projekt, Mother of CD Projekt Red, Rebrands to CD Projekt Red

The mother firm of developer CD Projekt Red, the CD Projekt S.A., has now rebranded to CD Projekt Red S.A., to align the brand to better "correspond to the Company’s core business activities".

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Business

Founder Valerio Di Donato Buys Italian Developer 34BigThings Back From Plaion

34BigThings is independent once again. The Italian studio announced that the company’s founder Valerio Di Donato had already bought back 100 of the shares from Plaion in April. A major project based on a well-known IP is set to be announced later this year. Further games are in development.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Business

G+ Interview: Two Point Studios and Their Cartoon-Style Management Games

This year, the British Two Point Studios are celebrating their 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we spoke to Jo Koehler (COO) and Gary Carr (Studio Director) about their humorous management-genre games, key markets such as Germany, platform distribution and expandability.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read

daily

GamesMarket Daily – 29. June 26: Nico Balletta, ESBD's New VPs, Funding, Brandmania, GIC Sprint, Endix, GermanDevDays

Starting this week, our daily email newsletter including our commentary on current issues will be published to the GamesMarket website as well for accessibility and archival purposes. This time, we remark on the name change of CD Projekt Red SA.

By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read

gamescom

About Tough Decisions and Great Joy Putting Together the Gamescom Dev Sessions

The countdown to gamescom and to gamescom dev is on. The first speakers have been announced. In this interview, Head of Programme Nico Balletta reveals how the session list is put together, how he ensures a good balance, and why he believes it is essential to give young talents a stage.

By Stephan Steininger • 7 min read

Funding

Aesir Partner NightinGames Receives Federal Funding For Its Own Project

With nearly 150,000 euros in funding from the federal government, the Bayreuth-based indie team NightinGames can now work on the Exsomnis: Fires of Vesuvius project. Shortly before this, the serious games studio ProLog had also been awarded a grant of over 800,000 euros.

By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read

Business

CD Projekt, Mother of CD Projekt Red, Rebrands to CD Projekt Red

The mother firm of developer CD Projekt Red, the CD Projekt S.A., has now rebranded to CD Projekt Red S.A., to align the brand to better "correspond to the Company’s core business activities".

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Events

GermanDevDays Extend Ticket Registration

Submissions for the GermanDevDays in July have been extended until 11 July. The event takes place on 22-23 July.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

People

ESBD Members Elects New VPs And Create New Role For Regional Representatives

At their general meeting, the members of the ESBD filled three vice-presidential posts with Klemens Witt, Christian Hotz and Markus Möckel. Florian von Keller was also appointed as a vice-president; he will be the first representative of the regional associations on the ESBD Executive Committee.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read