Cassie Flynn, Global Director of Climate Change at UNDP, and Rhea Loucas, CEO at PlanetPlay © Meredith Zinner, PlanetPlay Business Study: Bringing Sustainability Topics to Games Shows Positive Effects Over 181,000 players from 189 countries took part in a UN-supported survey by Play2Act, which analysed the impact of sustainability content in games. The results show that the messages in games are effective. The surveys were conducted on games like Subway Surfers, Pokémon GO!, Beatstar, and Avakin Life from By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Exclusible / Belvedere Business Belvedere Celebrates On Site Game Party After Roblox Success Since its launch in December, At Leap, the Roblox game created by Austria’s Belvedere Museum, has attracted an impressive 1.5 million players. That’s reason enough to celebrate this unique approach to art with a special game party at the Belvedere including a live Twitch stream on 12 By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Games Germany Business Applications Open for the Fourth Games Forged in Germany Steam Sale Games Forged in Germany, the Steam sale organised by Games Germany, is entering its fourth round. Interested developers, studios and publishers from Germany can now apply to participate. Games Germany - Regional Funds and Networks, the association of German games funding and network institutions, is once again organising a Steam By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© IGDA People IGDA Announces Three New Board Directors Tiziano Giardini, Jennifer Estaris and Dr. Pedro Zambon are joining the Board of Directors of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). In addition, as expected, four members are stepping down from the board. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) welcomes three new members to its Board of Directors. Tiziano Giardini, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Bezerk X Diablo IV © Blizzard Entertainment Products Blizzard Entertainment's Crossover Events With Street Fighter and Bezerk Blizzard Entertainment is also committed to cross-franchise collaboration. Overwatch 2 will soon feature a crossover event with Capcom's Street Fighter franchise, while Diablo IV is collaborating with Kentaro Miura's Bezerk. Overwatch 2, which regained popularity in Season 16 thanks to the Stadium (new game mode), will By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Slow Bros Products Harold Halibut Wins Animated Games Award Germany A few days before the DCP, Cologne-based studio Slow Bros. had reason to celebrate winning the Animated Games Award Germany. The award was presented at the successful Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film The International Festival attracted a total of 30,000 visitors this year. A further 40,000 came By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Doom: The Dark Ages © id Software / Bethesda / Xbox Products Doom: The Dark Ages Cult developer id Software is back with Doom: The Dark Ages, the most ambitious Doom game yet. It will be different from Doom Eternal in terms of gameplay and will focus exclusively on single player. It's the prequel to Doom (2016), which focused on traditional run-and-gun action, while By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
The DCP at Eisbach Studios on 18 April 2024 in Munich / Kai Wegner, Governing Mayor of Berlin © Sebastian Reuter, Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications / Yves Sucksdorff Business Governing Mayor of Berlin Presents Award at DCP 2025 The DCP will be presented in Berlin next week. The Governing Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, will also present an award. The awards ceremony for the best German games of the year will take place on 14 May 2025 at 18:00 in Berlin, where the industry will also gather. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© AEVI Business Spain's Games Market Grows to 2.41 Billion Euros in 2024 The Spanish gaming market continues to grow. According to new data from the Spanish video game association AEVI, the overall market grew despite a decline in hardware sales, as seen in other key markets. For the first time, there were more female gamers than games in Spain. The data comes By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© GM Products New Month, New Number 1 in the German Games Charts April 2025 The PlayStation charts predicted it just as the Steam charts did: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivision Remastered is storming every hit list in no time and the German game association charts are no exception. Other new releases miss the top 10. In fact, Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls IV: By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Esports World Cup Foundation Esports Esports World Cup Foundation Launches Global "Road to EWC" Program More than 200 events around the world will give top esports clubs and players, from grassroots to professional, the chance to qualify for the Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh. The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) has unveiled the qualification system for the Esports World Cup 2025 with the launch By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Bethesda Business Two Doom: The Dark Ages Launch Events in Hamburg and Berlin The Doom Slayer returns next week, and to celebrate, Bethesda is hosting two launch events in Germany at Xperion Hamburg and Xperion Berlin. On 15 May, Bethesda and id Software will release Doom: The Dark Ages, the third instalment in the modern Doom series, on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
