Gerhold: Building an Alternative to Established Labels Stephan Steininger May 24, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Mario Gerhold © Gerhold Johanna Pirker © Matthias Rauch People UN Appoints TU Munich Professor Johanna Pirker to AI Expert Panel The UN has named the 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Among them are TUM professor Johanna Pirker, Maximilian Nickel (Meta), as well as Bernhard Schölkopf and Mennatallah El-Assady from ETH Zurich. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read People Sandro Odak is ZA/UM's New Marketing Principle - PR & Influencer The company behind Disco Elysium recruits one of GSA's best PR heads: Sandro Odak, formerly of Techland, Microsoft and Webedia, is Marketing Principle - PR & Influencer for the company that is currently working on Zero Parades. His first job: Announcing the demo of the game for 23 February. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Benjamin Lochmann is the CEO of Pixel Maniacs, the studio behind ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard. People Interview: Ben Lochmann on Accessibility and Visual Clarity in ChromaGun 2 For the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we spoke to Pixel Maniacs CEO Benjamin Lochmann about their tremendous colourblind mode and what challenges the visual design of their colour-focused game faced in playtesting. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read Anno 117: Pax Romana © Ubisoft Funding Ubisoft Blue Byte Receives €800,729 in Funding Ubisoft Blue Byte has received €800,729 in funding from the German Federal Games Funding Programme for "Projekt Echo". Ubisoft Mainz has been named as the executing entity - it will probably be related to Anno. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Johanna Pirker © Matthias Rauch People UN Appoints TU Munich Professor Johanna Pirker to AI Expert Panel The UN has named the 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Among them are TUM professor Johanna Pirker, Maximilian Nickel (Meta), as well as Bernhard Schölkopf and Mennatallah El-Assady from ETH Zurich. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Saros © Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment Products State of Play With God of War Trilogy Remake, Saros, and Five Konami Titles A new edition of State of Play was presented yesterday evening. The 60-minute show featured some of the upcoming highlights for PlayStation 5, including God of War Trilogy Remake, Marathon, Kena: Scars of Kosmora, Saros and five games from Konami. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read Business Jumpgate Gains Financial Flexibility Through Agreements With Investors and Partners With an increased credit line from Triple Dragon, the issuance of a convertible bond and an agreement for closing project financing, Jumpate has created financial leeway with a view to two upcoming releases, including Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #6 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include The Legend of Zelda, Japan’s Game Preservation Society and a reading tip. By Rudolf Inderst • 4 min read 'Haus of Warcraft', The Playce, Berlin © Activision Blizzard Events 'Haus of Warcraft' in Berlin Attracts 170,000 Visitors Within a week, 170,000 people visited The Playce and experienced the 'Haus of Warcraft'. With this installation, Blizzard Entertainment celebrated the local community and the housing feature of World of Warcraft, ahead of the launch of the upcoming Midnight expansion. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Johanna Pirker © Matthias Rauch People UN Appoints TU Munich Professor Johanna Pirker to AI Expert Panel The UN has named the 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Among them are TUM professor Johanna Pirker, Maximilian Nickel (Meta), as well as Bernhard Schölkopf and Mennatallah El-Assady from ETH Zurich. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
People Sandro Odak is ZA/UM's New Marketing Principle - PR & Influencer The company behind Disco Elysium recruits one of GSA's best PR heads: Sandro Odak, formerly of Techland, Microsoft and Webedia, is Marketing Principle - PR & Influencer for the company that is currently working on Zero Parades. His first job: Announcing the demo of the game for 23 February. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Benjamin Lochmann is the CEO of Pixel Maniacs, the studio behind ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard. People Interview: Ben Lochmann on Accessibility and Visual Clarity in ChromaGun 2 For the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we spoke to Pixel Maniacs CEO Benjamin Lochmann about their tremendous colourblind mode and what challenges the visual design of their colour-focused game faced in playtesting. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Anno 117: Pax Romana © Ubisoft Funding Ubisoft Blue Byte Receives €800,729 in Funding Ubisoft Blue Byte has received €800,729 in funding from the German Federal Games Funding Programme for "Projekt Echo". Ubisoft Mainz has been named as the executing entity - it will probably be related to Anno. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Johanna Pirker © Matthias Rauch People UN Appoints TU Munich Professor Johanna Pirker to AI Expert Panel The UN has named the 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Among them are TUM professor Johanna Pirker, Maximilian Nickel (Meta), as well as Bernhard Schölkopf and Mennatallah El-Assady from ETH Zurich. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Saros © Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment Products State of Play With God of War Trilogy Remake, Saros, and Five Konami Titles A new edition of State of Play was presented yesterday evening. The 60-minute show featured some of the upcoming highlights for PlayStation 5, including God of War Trilogy Remake, Marathon, Kena: Scars of Kosmora, Saros and five games from Konami. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Business Jumpgate Gains Financial Flexibility Through Agreements With Investors and Partners With an increased credit line from Triple Dragon, the issuance of a convertible bond and an agreement for closing project financing, Jumpate has created financial leeway with a view to two upcoming releases, including Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #6 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include The Legend of Zelda, Japan’s Game Preservation Society and a reading tip. By Rudolf Inderst • 4 min read
'Haus of Warcraft', The Playce, Berlin © Activision Blizzard Events 'Haus of Warcraft' in Berlin Attracts 170,000 Visitors Within a week, 170,000 people visited The Playce and experienced the 'Haus of Warcraft'. With this installation, Blizzard Entertainment celebrated the local community and the housing feature of World of Warcraft, ahead of the launch of the upcoming Midnight expansion. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
