Knights Peak Partners With Microids for Retail Sales of Hela: of Mice & Magic

Publishing

G+ "We've Been Extremely Lucky," Dave Richard of Behaviour Interactive About Dead by Daylight

During the anniversary celebrations of Dead by Daylight, we spoke with Dave Richard, the game's Senior Creative Director, about its continued success. After all, the game reached 250,000 concurrent players across all platforms in its tenth year.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read

Publishing

How Many Dudes?

How Many Dudes? from Butterscotch Shenanigans sold over 100,000 copies in just 50 hours. It's the studio's fastest-selling game to date. But what exactly is this roguelike autobattler all about?

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Publishing

Bandai Namco and Koei Tecmo Expand European Distribution Partnership

Last fall, Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe and Koei Tecmo Europe entered into a distribution partnership covering most European countries. This partnership has now been expanded to include the remaining countries.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 13 Aug. 26: 4Divinity, Testronic, King Art, Madfinger, Neoludic, Fake Lobster, Creative Europe Media

Asian publishers looking to conquer Western markets with the help of gamesocm, new top executives and partnerships, sales figures and product delays – it was quite a day for news.

By Stephan Steininger • 7 min read

Business

Kinetic Signs Shellbound by Fake Lobster Games

Berlin studio Fake Lobster Games has hooked a big one: Their Shellbound will be published by Kinetic Publishing, the publishing arm of Phasmophobia dev Kinetic Games, along with titles from Half Mermaid, Cold Zephyr Games, Electric Saint and Vonder Games.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

gamescom

Gamescom Dev Talk Review: Publish Your Own Game!

In this week's gamescom dev talk review, we look back at a presentation that breaks down the publishing process. Alexandra Grindean focuses in particular on life simulation games, where the publisher’s work is far from over even on Day One of the release.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Events

Grinding Gear MD Jonathan Rogers to Open First DevGamm Serbia Edition

Jonathan Rogers, Game Director for Path of Exile II and Managing Director of Grinding Gear Games, will be they keynote speaker for DevGAMM FTW! in Belgrade. The full speaker lineup will be revealed next week.

By Pascal Wagner •

gamescom

Czech Incubator Gamebaze Brings Studios and Solo Developers to Cologne

Gamebaze, which claims to be the first games incubator in the Czech Republic, will bring some of its affiliated studios to Cologne as part of the Czech joint booth. The goal is also to promote the Brno region as a business location.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

People

Sharon Baylay-Bell Becomes Chairwoman of Testronic, Sonia Kerr Named New CEO

Change at the top of Testronic. The British Q&A specialist has brought Sonia Kerr on board as its new CEO. Her predecessor, Sharon Baylay-Bell, is moving into the role of Company Chair.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read