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Astragon Launched Seafarer: The Ship Sim in Early Access

Seafarer: The Ship Sim, developed in-house by astragon Development and published by astragon Entertainment, was released on Early Access yesterday. Based on concurrent user (CCU) peaks, it is the publisher's sixth-best result to date. Astragon Entertainment and astragon Development (formerly known as Independent Arts prior to their acquisition

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Headup and Team Warriors Will Release Royal Revolt Survivors in Early Access

Headup and Team Warriors have announced the launch date for their action roguelite game, Royal Revolt Survivors. The co-op game will be made available on Steam Early Access on 15 October 2025. In Royal Revolt Survivors, players can unleash chaos in a one-to-four-player co-op mode where survival and action roguelite

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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THQ Nordic's Wreckreation Launches 28 October

Wreckreation, which combines racing and racetrack building, developed by Three Fields Entertainment and published by THQ Nordic, will be released on 28 October 2025 for PC and consoles. Renowned for their work on the Burnout series and games such as Danger Zone and Dangerous Driving, Three Fields Entertainment is set

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Eintracht Frankfurt Esports and Maggi Extend Partnership

The initial contract was for a relatively short term, but the trial appears to have been successful: Maggi will continue to sponsor Eintracht Frankfurt Esports in order to position itself with its target audience.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Paluten Animated Movie Gets Funding by FFF Bavaria

For their animated movie about the Paluten book series, YouTuber Patrick Mayer and production company Odeon Fiction from Munich are getting 300,000 euros from FFF Bayern in the current movie funding round.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Bavaria Finances Its Own Games Location Study

Bavarian Digital Minister Mehring is awarding 42,000 euros additional funding to Games/Bavaria for a game location study about the state, as basis for coming funding strategies. Results are expected in 2026. The study will be outsourced to Goldmedia.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

The Second Quarter of 2025 Was a Mixed Bag for Embracer

Plaion's Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was one of the driving forces behind the Embracer Group in Q2 2025. Overall profitability within the PC/Console sector was weak, with Killing Floor 3 underperforming in particular. Nevertheless, the outlook remains unchanged thanks to two THQ Nordic games.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

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First GodotFest in Munich Attracts 300 Developers

Under the new title GodotFest, the Godot engine event tradition in Munich continues. 300 people attended the event by Godot Foundation and local hosts around Senad Hrnjadovic and Johannes Ebner. The schedule was perfectly tuned in on the needs of developers.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

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Where Film and Games Meet: Interview with Seriencamp, CreatiF Center and Creative Europe Desk Munich

With the Festival of Future Storytellers and a Focus Day about games and film coming, we spoke to Lena Fischer of HFF Munich, Ewa Szurogajlo of Creative Europe Desk Munich an Gerhard Maier of Seriencamp about transmediality, the importance of innovation in media and serial content meeting games.

By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read