Monster Hunter Wilds © Capcom Business Capcom Earns Record Profits for Eighth Year in a Row Capcom's business is monstrously successful. The Japanese company posted record results in almost all areas. In the last financial year, 51.87 million games were sold. The outlook is even more positive. During the 2024–25 fiscal year (April 2024 to March 2025), Capcom's core digital By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© game Business Number and Age of German Gamers Continues to Rise The number of gamers in Germany is increasing significantly, particularly among older age groups. This is according to new data from game, based on surveys conducted by YouGov Shopper, NielsenIQ, and data.ai. While the year-on-year growth in gamer numbers is moderate, a look back to 2020 reveals a 9 By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Eugene Chernysh, Chief Operating Officer at AdsAdvisor © AdsAdvisor Business My.Games Launches AdsAdvisor as Service Platform for Third-Parties With AdsAdvisor, My.games has launched a new service platform that is also available to other companies as a service provider. AdsAdvisor is designed to help optimise the marketing performance of campaigns and is not limited to gaming apps. The tools, which AdsAdvisor now also offers to third-party app developers, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Grand Finale of Schleswig-Holstein's 2024 Esports Championships © Sebastian Haas Esports Grand Finale of Schleswig-Holstein's 2025 Esports Championships With Growing Entertainment Area From 31 May to 1 June, the Holstenhallen Neumünster will host the grand finale of the 2025 E-Sports State Championships in Schleswig-Holstein. The supporting programme outside the esports matches has also grown significantly. The Schleswig-Holstein Regional E-Sports Championships are approaching their season's climax, and everything is set to By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
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
