Kartellamt gibt grünes Licht für Aeria-Games-Übernahme Tim Pototzki May 06, 2014 – 1 min read Share this post Grünes Licht: Die Kartellämter segnen Aeria-Games-Kauf ab © cooperr - Fotolia.com Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read The Miner Was Replaced © Timon Herzog and Metaroot Products The Farmer Was Replaced: 1M Sales, Mobile Port and The Miner Was Replaced Timon Herzog and Metaroot have released the DLC The Miner Was Replaced for the programming game The Farmer Was Replaced, which has now sold over a million copies. A mobile version of the game has also been developed in collaboration with Ateo. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Lower Saxony, Bremen, and Hamburg Form Germany's First Regional Esports Association © e-sport. NDS Esports Bremen, Hamburg and Lower Saxony Form Germany's First Regional Esports Association The organised esports scene in north-western Germany is getting closer together. The Lower Saxony Esports Association, part of the German Esports Federation (ESBD), is merging with the associations in Bremen and Hamburg to form the E-Sport-Verband Nordwest (North-West Esports Association). By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Insights Game Buyers Are Price-Sensitive and Have an Idea of Appealing Discounts G2A and Newzoo have published a comprehensive study on gamers’ purchasing behaviour, which offers interesting and, in some cases, surprising insights that are likely to be of particular interest to developers and publishers of premium games. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read (Pexels/RNDE) Business How IP Rights and Terms of Use Can Stop Third Parties from Profiting from Your Game IT law expert Sandra Spensberger dissects a German court decision that put a stop to the sale of modded and boosted game accounts for a popular online multiplayer game via a Lithuanian third-party platform. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read Empire: Four Kingdoms © Goodgame Studios Funding Federal Funding Goes to Stillfront Germany The German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme has awarded Stillfront Germany GmbH just over one million euros in funding for Empire New Horizons. This is the company's second grant, despite the fact that the period for the first one is still ongoing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
The Miner Was Replaced © Timon Herzog and Metaroot Products The Farmer Was Replaced: 1M Sales, Mobile Port and The Miner Was Replaced Timon Herzog and Metaroot have released the DLC The Miner Was Replaced for the programming game The Farmer Was Replaced, which has now sold over a million copies. A mobile version of the game has also been developed in collaboration with Ateo. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Lower Saxony, Bremen, and Hamburg Form Germany's First Regional Esports Association © e-sport. NDS Esports Bremen, Hamburg and Lower Saxony Form Germany's First Regional Esports Association The organised esports scene in north-western Germany is getting closer together. The Lower Saxony Esports Association, part of the German Esports Federation (ESBD), is merging with the associations in Bremen and Hamburg to form the E-Sport-Verband Nordwest (North-West Esports Association). By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Insights Game Buyers Are Price-Sensitive and Have an Idea of Appealing Discounts G2A and Newzoo have published a comprehensive study on gamers’ purchasing behaviour, which offers interesting and, in some cases, surprising insights that are likely to be of particular interest to developers and publishers of premium games. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
(Pexels/RNDE) Business How IP Rights and Terms of Use Can Stop Third Parties from Profiting from Your Game IT law expert Sandra Spensberger dissects a German court decision that put a stop to the sale of modded and boosted game accounts for a popular online multiplayer game via a Lithuanian third-party platform. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read
Empire: Four Kingdoms © Goodgame Studios Funding Federal Funding Goes to Stillfront Germany The German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme has awarded Stillfront Germany GmbH just over one million euros in funding for Empire New Horizons. This is the company's second grant, despite the fact that the period for the first one is still ongoing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
