Rayan Karaky, Managing Director, EMEA & Southeast Asia at Amazon Ads / Mike McCabe, Chief Operating Officer, at the Esports World Cup Foundation © Esports World Cup Foundation and Amazon Ads Esports Esports World Cup Foundation and Amazon Announce Strategic Collaboration Following their collaboration at the inaugural Esports World Cup (EWC) in 2024, the Esports World Cup Foundation and Amazon Ads are set to expand their partnership. Content from the EWC will be delivered via Twitch, Prime Video, Alexa and Wondery. The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) has announced a three-year By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo © CD Projekt Red / Epic Games Business The Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo, Epic Games Store Plans, and More Unreal Engine 5.6 was released at the State of Unreal 2025 event, where CD Projekt Red and Epic Games showcased an impressive tech demo of The Witcher 4. Plans for the Epic Games Store were also refined further. The State of Unreal event began with a technical demo from By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
BPJ - The Musical (left) and Art of Fauna © gm Products Apple Honours Solo Developers from Germany, Austria and Canada as Winners As part of WWDC25, Apple has revealed the finalists and winners of this year's Apple Design Awards. Among them are Philipp Stollenmayer from Germany and Klemens Strasser from Austria, as well as LocalThunk from Canada. Philipp Stollenmayer from Germany has won the Apple Desgn Award in the Innovation By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
King of Blood © Sad Socket, Hooded Horse, Instinct3 Products 9 Kings More than 250,000 units of 9 Kings were sold in the first week of Early Access. This was a huge success for Brazilian developer Sad Socket and the game's publisher, Hooded Horse. It is also the most successful game launch to date for co-publisher Instinct3, which handles By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Let Them Trade © ByteRockers' Games Products Spaceflower and ByteRockers' Launch Let Them Trade in July Let Them Trade, the debut project from Spaceflower and published by ByteRockers' Games, will be released on PC at the end of July. A demo will be available on Steam Next Fest beforehand. The city-building game Let Them Trade will be released for PC on 24 July 2025, announced By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Good Evil Products the Good Evil Brings Rascal's Escape to iOS and Android While the children's jury of the Goldener Spatz festival in Gera and Erfurt is deciding whether the nominated Rascal's Escape by the Good Evil will receive an award, the Cologne-based studio has also launched the title for iOS and Android – with an unusual approach to monetisation. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Christopher Flato, President of ESBD © ESBD Business ESBD also Optimistic After Bär's Speech Representatives of the esports association ESBD were among the 500 guests at the game Summer Reception. They are also optimistic after Dorothee Bär's speech. The future of games funding was certainly the most important topic for most of the 500 or so guests at the game sommer reception. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Parliamentary State Secretary Matthias Hauer, Dorothee Bär, Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space, and game Managing Directir Felix Falk with cosplayer © Franziska Krug for game Business Bär Promises First Results in Games Policy of New Government at Gamescom At the games association's summer party, guest speaker Dorothee Bär promised concrete results from the new German government's games policy for gamescom. The association welcomes the appearance of the Research Minister, who was also joined by State Secretary Matthias Hauer. Following her impressive appearance at the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Red Bull For The Win 2024 © Maria Hornemann Business Third Red Bull For The Win in Summer 2025 Red Bull For The Win, the esports tournament in which amateurs can challenge professionals, is taking place for the third time this summer. On 9 August, the twenty best amateur gamers will compete against five esports professionals in the final in Vienna. Red Bull For The Win gives aspiring gamers By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Hell Is Us / Robocop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business © Nacon Business Postponements Impact Nacon's Results, but the Outlook Promises Strong Growth Although Nacon's annual sales remained almost unchanged, a number of postponements resulted in a net loss of €1.3 million. The French company is expecting strong growth in business levels and operating income for the 2025/26 financial year. Nacon has presented its annual report for the 2024/ By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming at Hasbro / Stig Asmussen, CEO, Giant Skull © Wizards of the Coast / Giant Skull Business Wizards of the Coast Announces Publishing Agreement With Giant Skull Under the leadership of Stig Asmussen, Giant Skull is set to develop an original Dungeons & Dragons action-adventure game. This is another step in Wizards of the Coast's efforts to expand its gaming portfolio. Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, has signed an exclusive publishing agreement By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Nplay CEO Ansgar Blauth / ViewApp CEO Daniel Buda © Nplay / ViewApp Products Nplay and ViewApp Announce Their First Partnered Bus Simulator Nplay Games, the largest German-language YouTube channel dedicated to simulation games, is making its debut as a co-publisher with City Transport Simulator: Bus by ViewApp from Austria. City Transport Simulator: Bus, developed by Austrian studio ViewApp and published in collaboration with Nplay Games, is set to launch on 11 June By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
