The winners of the cosplay competition at MAG-C © Robert Vogel/Messe Erfurt Business MAG-C Attracts More Visitors and Announces Plans for 2026 This year’s MAG-C in Erfurt welcomed 12,300 visitors, marking another successful Community Convention for both exhibitors and Messe Erfurt. With a slight date adjustment, Messe Erfurt is already preparing for 2026. For the first time, the MAG-C programme was held in Halls 1 and 2 of the Messe By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Sid Meier's Civilization VII © Firaxis Games, 2K Games Products Sid Meier's Civilization VII One of the most successful and longest-running series of strategy games is Sid Meier's Civilization. After more than 30 years, more than 73 million copies sold and more than 1 billion hours played, it is still the same: just one more turn. The seventh mainline title in the By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
© Jump over the Age / Fellow Traveler Products Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector One of the most successful games from narrative games specialist Fellow Traveler is Citizen Sleeper, which has over a million players. Now the dice-based role-playing game, developed by Jump Over the Age, is entering the next round. In Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, players control an amnesiac android, a Sleeper, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© game Business Dorothee Bär Joins the #gamechanger Talk on the 2025 Elections With the Bundestag elections just around the corner, the game association is pushing ahead with its #gamechanger livestream format. Dorothee Bär, CSU Vice Party Leader and Vice Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, has been announced as the next guest. The talk will take place on 11 February. On By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Take-Two Interactive Management © Take-Two Interactive IR Business Take-Two: Solid Holiday Season and Record Year Ahead Thanks to Mafia, GTA 6 and Borderlands The calendar year 2025 will be an "inflection point" for Take-Two Interactive. Grand Theft Auto VI is still scheduled for fall 2025, not to forget Mafia: The Old Country and Borderlands 4. The last holiday season was also more than solid. Take-Two Interactive has delivered 'solid results& By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
At the Games Summit in November, NRW Media Minister Nathanael Liminksi, seen here next to Walid Nakschbandi of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (2nd from left), announced additional funding. The call for funding applications has now been launched. © (Archive image) Robin Teller Development NRW Launches Funding for Games Tackling Fake News, Hate, and Extremism The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW has issued an additional call for funding for games and interactive media that, among other things, focus on the prevention of extremism, particularly Islamism. The funding comes from a special budget, with potential grants exceeding those available for standard game prototypes. In November, North Rhine-Westphalian By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Kalypso Media Publishing Kalypso Media to Release Commandos: Origins in Early April Not in March, but in April 2025. Kalypso Media and Claymore Game Studios will release Commandos: Origins a little later. The retail release will follow in May. On 9 April 2025, Commandos: Origins will be released digitally for PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. The latest instalment in By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Richard Iwaniuk, James Batchelor and Richard Iggo Join Digital Bandidos (from left) © Pictures: Digital Bandidos Business Richard Iwaniuk, James Batchelor and Richard Iggo Join Digital Bandidos The young US publisher Digital Bandidos has strengthened its management team with a trio of experienced executives. Richard Iwaniuk will head up finance, Richard Iggo will lead marketing and James Batchelor will be responsible for communications. Six months after Steve Escalante and Lance James announced the founding of Digital Bandidos, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Interactive Innovation Conference © ESA Business ESA Hosts Interactive Innovation Conference in Las Vegas The inaugural Interactive Innovation Conference, or iicon, will take place in Las Vegas at the end of April 2026. The Entertainment Software Association's event will bring together leaders from industries related to interactive entertainment. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced the Interactive Innovation Conference (iicon), an event By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Sports Interactive Publishing Sports Interactive has Cancelled Football Manager 25 First postponed, now cancelled, the development of Football Manager 25 was ill-fated from the outset. Sports Interactive apologizes publicly, announces pre-orders will be refunded and focuses on the next "era for Football Manager". With a message on the website and corresponding social media posts, Sports Interactive has announced By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 © Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel Products Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (PC) Almost a year and three months after Marvel's Spider-Man 2 launched on PlayStation 5, the action-adventure game is swinging its way to PC. Although Sony only revealed the PC features shortly before release. After Marvel's Spider-Man (PS: 2018; PC: 2022) and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Has a new name: the team of experts for cultural and creative industries in the state capital of Munich, headed by Olaf Kranz (standing, 1st from left) © Foto: Dominik Parzinger, LHM Business Munich Rebrands Its Creative Competence Team In the Bavarian capital, Munich, the primary point of contact for the cultural and creative industries is getting a new name. The Cultural and Creative Industries Competence Team is now becoming Creative Munich. Ten years after its foundation, the Competence Team for Cultural and Creative Industries is adopting a new By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
