"Indie Game: The Movie" gewinnt in Sundance Tim Pototzki January 31, 2012 – 1 min read Share this post "Indie Game: The Movie" porträtiert die Macher von Indie-Hits wie "Braid" © None The 7 teams for this year’s The Rabbit Indie Games Residency (Picture: Sareh Oveyci) Development The Rabbit Indie Games Residency Kicks Off With Seven Teams For seven indie developers, the action-packed experience at this year’s The Rabbit Indie Games Residency has begun, with their first real test already awaiting them on Friday at the Games Ground. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read (GAMEinander e.V.) Campus GAMEinander Association for Students Now Accepts Members The GAMEinander e.V. for students and trainees in game development in Germany is now accepting members. The association offers networking, pitching and funding help and other peer-to-peer assistance. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Development Self-Publishing Framework: What SpielFabrique Wants to Offer With a new accelerator concept, SpielFabrique offers advice on self-publishing in a new sprint-focused online program. We spoke to Project Manager Matthes Lindner about the course, self-publishing as a skill even when signing a publisher, and the costs of an accelerator program. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read Business G+ Nintendo (H1 FY27): Console Sales Decline, Software Sales Rise In the first half of the current financial year, Nintendo sold fewer consoles than in the previous year. However, operating profit has increased thanks to consistent software sales. The company is maintaining its prior outlook. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read GTA VI advertisement on the famous Shibuya Crossing billboards (GM, Pascal Wagner) Business Rockstar Promotes GTA VI at Shibuya Crossing With huge billboard ads at Tokyo's Shibuya Scramble, Rockstar is aiming to insure the success of Grand Theft Auto VI in Japan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Slow Game Club 2027 © Slow Game Club / Into Games Publishing Slow Game Club Returns for 2027 With Twelve Hand-Picked Indie Games Following a sold-out first year, the Slow Game Club is back in 2027 with twelve hand-picked indie games, one a month, and a new theme celebrating "stories that only games could tell". 100% of the proceeds will go to charity. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Marvel's Wolverine © Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel Business G+ Sony: Weaker Console Sales in a Booming Games Market Despite declining PS5 console sales and mediocre performance of Marvel's Wolverine, Sony's Game & Network Services segment (PlayStation) continues to perform so well that the company has revised its business forecast upwards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Insights 8,976 Industry Sites, 82,930 Direct Jobs – US Association ESA Launches New Dashboard With the aim, above all, of making the achievements of the US games industry transparent to policymakers, the US trade association ESA has launched its new dashboard, which illustrates the industry’s impact right down to state level. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Tripwire Presents © Tripwire Interactive Publishing Tripwire Presents Expands Its Publishing Business Tripwire Presents, the publishing division of Tripwire Interactive, is expanding its business to offer scaled publishing support for games from smaller independent developers. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The 7 teams for this year’s The Rabbit Indie Games Residency (Picture: Sareh Oveyci) Development The Rabbit Indie Games Residency Kicks Off With Seven Teams For seven indie developers, the action-packed experience at this year’s The Rabbit Indie Games Residency has begun, with their first real test already awaiting them on Friday at the Games Ground. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
(GAMEinander e.V.) Campus GAMEinander Association for Students Now Accepts Members The GAMEinander e.V. for students and trainees in game development in Germany is now accepting members. The association offers networking, pitching and funding help and other peer-to-peer assistance. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Development Self-Publishing Framework: What SpielFabrique Wants to Offer With a new accelerator concept, SpielFabrique offers advice on self-publishing in a new sprint-focused online program. We spoke to Project Manager Matthes Lindner about the course, self-publishing as a skill even when signing a publisher, and the costs of an accelerator program. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Business G+ Nintendo (H1 FY27): Console Sales Decline, Software Sales Rise In the first half of the current financial year, Nintendo sold fewer consoles than in the previous year. However, operating profit has increased thanks to consistent software sales. The company is maintaining its prior outlook. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
GTA VI advertisement on the famous Shibuya Crossing billboards (GM, Pascal Wagner) Business Rockstar Promotes GTA VI at Shibuya Crossing With huge billboard ads at Tokyo's Shibuya Scramble, Rockstar is aiming to insure the success of Grand Theft Auto VI in Japan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Slow Game Club 2027 © Slow Game Club / Into Games Publishing Slow Game Club Returns for 2027 With Twelve Hand-Picked Indie Games Following a sold-out first year, the Slow Game Club is back in 2027 with twelve hand-picked indie games, one a month, and a new theme celebrating "stories that only games could tell". 100% of the proceeds will go to charity. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Marvel's Wolverine © Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel Business G+ Sony: Weaker Console Sales in a Booming Games Market Despite declining PS5 console sales and mediocre performance of Marvel's Wolverine, Sony's Game & Network Services segment (PlayStation) continues to perform so well that the company has revised its business forecast upwards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Insights 8,976 Industry Sites, 82,930 Direct Jobs – US Association ESA Launches New Dashboard With the aim, above all, of making the achievements of the US games industry transparent to policymakers, the US trade association ESA has launched its new dashboard, which illustrates the industry’s impact right down to state level. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tripwire Presents © Tripwire Interactive Publishing Tripwire Presents Expands Its Publishing Business Tripwire Presents, the publishing division of Tripwire Interactive, is expanding its business to offer scaled publishing support for games from smaller independent developers. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
