Change in management at Computec Media: Rainer Rosenbusch to take over as CEO from Christian Müller on 30 June © Computec People Rainer Rosenbusch Succeeds Christian Müller as Computec CEO Computec Media is restructuring its management team in the middle of the year: CEO Christian Müller is leaving the company at his own request, and Co-Managing Director Rainer Rosenbusch will become the new CEO. Thilo Bayer, Jens-Ole Quiel, Daniel Waadt and Markus Wollny will form the new Management Board. Change By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Marcel Jung, Director Marketing & Communications, Central Europe @ Bethesda / Freyja Melhorn, Director Marketing Communications, BXDXO / Stefan Dettmering, Managing Director, BXDXO © BXDXO Business BXDXO Wins Twice at the German Brand Award 2025 BXDXO, a marketing service provider specialising in the games industry, received two awards at the German Brand Award 2025 in Berlin: "Best of Best" and "Gold" in two categories. BXDXO, the Munich-based marketing service provider specialising in the games industry, won two awards at the German By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Zockrates Laboratories Products Zockrates Laboratories Releases Ruffy and the Riverside German indie studio Zockrates Laboratories from Nuremberg and US publisher Phiphen Games have released Ruffy and the Riverside. This hand-drawn 3D platformer took over seven years to develop. The project has also received multiple grants. The hand-drawn 3D platformer Ruffy and the Riverside is launched on PC (Steam and Epic By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dorothee Erpenstein, Managing Director FFF Bayern © FFF Bayern Products Bavaria is Funding XR Projects with €390,000 At the latest FFF Bavaria funding meeting for XR, a total of seven applications were approved. The projects receiving support demonstrate why it makes sense to promote XR as a separate category, as it is neither film nor gaming. Five production grants and two project development grants – that is the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Chained Echoes: Ashes of Elrant © Deck13 Spotlight and Umami Tiger Products Expansion of Chained Echoes Is Planned for Early August 2025 Deck13 Spotlight and Umami Tiger, the newly founded studio of Matthias Linda, will release Chained Echoes: Ashes of Elrant on 7 August 2025 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Chained Echoes: Ashes of Elrant offers players a new land to explore, over 40 new By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Blindflug Studios Products Blindflug Studios' Ground of Aces Launches in Early Access in July Swiss-Polish indie developer Blindflug Studios has announced the release date for its base-building strategy game, Ground of Aces. The game will be available on PC and Mac via Early Access on 10 July 2025. In Ground of Aces, players take command of an airbase during World War II. They must By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Susanna Pollack, President Games 4 Change © Games For Change Products German Teams Win Three Games For Change Awards 2025 The Games for Change Awards 2025 were a resounding success – both for the cause and for German teams, who impressed in three categories. Game of the Year went to Indika, developed by Odd Meter and published by 11 Bit Studios. The game Indika also won the Narrative category, beating out By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Streamlabs Business Logitech's Streamlabs Connects Brand Partner and Streamer for Sponsorships With the launch of Streamlabs Sponsorships, Logitech subsidiary Streamlabs is positioning itself as a creator marketing broker. At least initially, 100 percent of earnings will go to the creators. Whether the 0% share for Streamlabs will remain permanent is, of course, open to question. Nevertheless, the offer put together by By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Cronos: The New Dawn © Bloober Team Products Bandai Namco Distributes Physical Versions of Bloober Team's Cronos: The New Dawn Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has entered into a partnership with Bloober Team on Project Cronos: The New Dawn. Under the terms of the agreement, Bandai Namco will be responsible for distributing, selling and marketing physical copies of the game in specified regions. Bloober Team has granted Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
In Doom: The Dark Ages, only Path Tracing enables the pick-up items to cast reflections on the floor. The lighting conditions in the shaft also suggest the presence of another light source above. In the normal Ray Tracing version, it is dark there. Additionally, the grid on the floor casts a shadow. There are many small details that make the Path Tracing version look better than the normal Ray Tracing version, although the latter also looks pretty great. © id Software / Bethesda / Xbox Business From Ray Tracing to Path Tracing in Games Ray Tracing is already used in over 250 PC games, and the number of titles using Path Tracing is slowly increasing. What are the differences, and how do they affect visuals and performance? First, let's take a brief, concise and simplified look at the concepts and their basic By Marcel Kleffmann • 9 min read
These three games are part of the Humble Choice line-up for June 2025. A total of eight games are included, as well as one month of IGN Plus and a one-month membership to Boot.dev. © Humble Bundle Products Humble Choice Subscription Prices Increase Humble Bundle is increasing the price of the Humble Choice subscription. The monthly games subscription will go up in July 2025. In Europe, the annual fee will go up, and the monthly rate will also increase in other regions. Prices for Humble Choice, Humble Bundle's monthly games subscription By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
On 7 June 2025, Adam Strzelczyk (far right) beat Tomarz (far left) and Fabis (second from left) at the Master Challenge tournament in Warsaw and received his World Cup invitation from Hans Ippisch. © BBG Entertainment Esports Boulder Dash World Cup: Tournaments at GAMM Museum Rome and Computer Game Museum Berlin To mark the release of Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary on 24 July 2025, two further 'Master Challenge' qualifier tournaments will be held at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin and the GAMM Museum in Rome on this day. BBG Entertainment has announced two further 'Master Challenge' qualifier tournaments, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
