Nur Fliegen ist schöner Patrick Maier July 27, 2009 – 4 min read Share this post Bereits früh im Spiel wachsen dem Charakter Flügel © None Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games Development Transport Fever 3: Urban Games Announces Curated Mods Program Urban Games has announced the launch of the Curated Mods Program for Transport Fever 3. The programme allows modders to work alongside the development team to create new vehicles, maps and gameplay features. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Business GDD Indie Awards 2026 Open for Submission Now Indies can now submit their game made in 2025 for the GDD Indie Awards at German Dev Days 2026. The award show will take place on 22 July, a total of 10,000 euros is on the line. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Oliver Deslandes is Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side People Side – The Hidden Champion of a Dozen BAFTA Nominations With Ambitions to Grow A year after rebranding as Side Oliver Deslandes, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side, talks about studio openings, why Side is like an invisible engine, and why the external development company keeps its fingers crossed for nearly a third of all BAFTA Game Awards nominations. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read The launch event for Over The Top: WWI at the Swiss Game Hub © Flying Squirrel Entertainment How a Four-Person Studio Is Shaking up the Shooter Market With Over the Top: WWI It's hard to believe. Flying Squirrel Entertainment developed the multiplayer third-person shooter Over The Top: WWI with just four people on the team. The game features battles for up to 200 players in a fully destructible WWI environment. The game's success proves the team right. By Marcel Kleffmann • 13 min read Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era © Unfrozen, Ubisoft, Hooded Horse Products Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Today, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era from Unfrozen, Ubisoft and Hooded Horse is launching on PC via Early Access. This marks the return of one of the most popular turn-based strategy series in over a decade. Interest is high, with the game having been added to over 1.5 million wishlists. By Marcel Kleffmann • 11 min read Jörg Friedrich and the Paintbucket Team accepting the award for Best German Game, presented by Dorothee Bär. Products The Darkest Files is German Game of the Year, The Berlin Apartment and Tiny Bookshop Win Big Paintbucket Games unifies Best Serious Game and Best German Game for the first time ever at the German Computer Game Awards 2026. Tiny Bookshop is Best Debut, Blue Backpack takes home three cash prizes for Constance and The Berlin Apartment. Anno 117 also takes home a deserved trophy. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read Dorothee Bär, announcing the decision along with Fabian Mehring (GamesMarkt) Business German Computer Game Award Back To Alternating Between Munich and Berlin After it was gone for two years, the fixed rotation of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis between Berlin and Munich is back again. The last two years, the DCP location was chosen in open competition - however, Berlin and Munich had won anyway. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Business FIA Chooses Assetto Corsa Rally For Its Rally Esports Programme 505 Games, Supernova Games and Kunos Simulazioni have scored a major success in esports: the FIA has chosen the fledgling rally spin-off of Assetto Corsa for its FIA Esports Global Rally Tour. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Events Medienboard Brings Back Games and XR to re:publica The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg is once again supporting the On Screen programme special at re:publica, the festival for the digital society. Once again, games, XR and serial content are taking centre stage at this highly anticipated event. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games Development Transport Fever 3: Urban Games Announces Curated Mods Program Urban Games has announced the launch of the Curated Mods Program for Transport Fever 3. The programme allows modders to work alongside the development team to create new vehicles, maps and gameplay features. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business GDD Indie Awards 2026 Open for Submission Now Indies can now submit their game made in 2025 for the GDD Indie Awards at German Dev Days 2026. The award show will take place on 22 July, a total of 10,000 euros is on the line. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Oliver Deslandes is Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side People Side – The Hidden Champion of a Dozen BAFTA Nominations With Ambitions to Grow A year after rebranding as Side Oliver Deslandes, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side, talks about studio openings, why Side is like an invisible engine, and why the external development company keeps its fingers crossed for nearly a third of all BAFTA Game Awards nominations. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
The launch event for Over The Top: WWI at the Swiss Game Hub © Flying Squirrel Entertainment How a Four-Person Studio Is Shaking up the Shooter Market With Over the Top: WWI It's hard to believe. Flying Squirrel Entertainment developed the multiplayer third-person shooter Over The Top: WWI with just four people on the team. The game features battles for up to 200 players in a fully destructible WWI environment. The game's success proves the team right. By Marcel Kleffmann • 13 min read
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era © Unfrozen, Ubisoft, Hooded Horse Products Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Today, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era from Unfrozen, Ubisoft and Hooded Horse is launching on PC via Early Access. This marks the return of one of the most popular turn-based strategy series in over a decade. Interest is high, with the game having been added to over 1.5 million wishlists. By Marcel Kleffmann • 11 min read
Jörg Friedrich and the Paintbucket Team accepting the award for Best German Game, presented by Dorothee Bär. Products The Darkest Files is German Game of the Year, The Berlin Apartment and Tiny Bookshop Win Big Paintbucket Games unifies Best Serious Game and Best German Game for the first time ever at the German Computer Game Awards 2026. Tiny Bookshop is Best Debut, Blue Backpack takes home three cash prizes for Constance and The Berlin Apartment. Anno 117 also takes home a deserved trophy. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Dorothee Bär, announcing the decision along with Fabian Mehring (GamesMarkt) Business German Computer Game Award Back To Alternating Between Munich and Berlin After it was gone for two years, the fixed rotation of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis between Berlin and Munich is back again. The last two years, the DCP location was chosen in open competition - however, Berlin and Munich had won anyway. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business FIA Chooses Assetto Corsa Rally For Its Rally Esports Programme 505 Games, Supernova Games and Kunos Simulazioni have scored a major success in esports: the FIA has chosen the fledgling rally spin-off of Assetto Corsa for its FIA Esports Global Rally Tour. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Events Medienboard Brings Back Games and XR to re:publica The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg is once again supporting the On Screen programme special at re:publica, the festival for the digital society. Once again, games, XR and serial content are taking centre stage at this highly anticipated event. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read