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
Megagon Industries team photo in 2024 © Megagon Industries Business Megagon Industries: With Funding to Self-Publishing and Over 500,000 Players on the Slopes By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
© MGZ Business Mediengründerzentrum NRW Presents 2025 Scholarship Holders Eleven teams from the fields of film, TV, games, VR, social media, and content marketing have been selected by Mediengründerzentrum NRW as the 2025 scholarship holders and have now been officially presented. A year of support awaits them. For years, the Mediengründerzentrum NRW (Media Start-Up Centre NRW) has supported young By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Stefan Marcinek, CEO of Assemble Entertainment and Organiser of the GermanDevDays © Assemble Entertainment Business GermanDevDays Announces Date and Call for Papers Stefan Marcinek, founder and CEO of Assemble Entertainment, has confirmed that GDD – GermanDevDays will return in 2025. The conference is scheduled for July, and topic submissions will be accepted until 21 March. The exact location for GDD – GermanDevDays 2025 has yet to be determined. However, it is confirmed that the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Farming Simulator 25 has sold over three million copies since its release in November 2024. © Giants Software Publishing Three Million Farming Simulator 25 Unit Sales in Three Months Farming Simulator 25, from publisher and developer Giants Software, has sold over three million copies since its release in November 2024. A new roadmap teases upcoming content, including free additions. More than three million people have already played Farming Simulator 25. The game was released on 12 November. "Three By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Her successor as Managing Director of Medien.Bayern has not yet been announced. In December, Lina was able to introduce Robin Rottmann as the team lead for the Games/Bavaria initiative, which she had been managing provisionally for several months. © Rottmann, Madsack Business Lina Timm to Leave Medien.Bayern Lina Timm, Managing Director of Medien.Bayern—which oversees initiatives such as Games/Bavaria, the XR Hub Bavaria, and Xplr: Media in Bavaria—will take on new responsibilities at the Madsack Media Group in mid-April, right after GG Bavaria. Her successor has not yet been announced. According to a press By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Portside Game Assembly is the expert conference for internationally successful indie game studios. © Photos from top left to bottom right: Bjoern Weinbrandt, Bytro Labs, Scherer and Nordhaus GmbH, Jan-Marius Komorek Business Portside Game Assembly Is a New B2B Conference for Indie Game Leaders With the Portside Game Assembly, Gamecity Hamburg welcomes studio heads and directors from successful indie game studios to a new B2B conference on a ship and other locations in Hamburg. The Portside Game Assembly will celebrate its premiere as a B2B conference for international indie game leaders on 27 June By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Between the preliminary rounds for the IEM Katowice 2025 (picture) and the grand final in front of a live audience, which begins tomorrow, ESL Faceit is announcing partnership deals like the one with Acer. © Enos Ku, ESL Business ESL Faceit Sings Acer as OEM Partner for Counter-Strike Ecosystem Shortly after extending its partnership with Intel, ESL has landed another partnership deal for its Counter-Strike ecosystem. Acer is becoming the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner of the ESL Pro Tour. This deal was also announced shortly before the first major tournament of the year, the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive © Paradox Business Paradox Interactive Buys Haemimont Games Paradox Interactive has acquired Bulgarian developer Haemimont Games to strengthen its position in the management genre. In the past, Haemimont Games has worked with Kalypso Media, THQ Nordic and also Paradox. Paradox Interactive of Sweden has signed an agreement to acquire all shares in Haemimont Games. The acquisition of the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Düsseldorf's Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller with Julia Pfiffer and Tim Schmitz, both Co-CEO of astragon (from left) © Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf/Ingo Lammert Business Everplay Subsidiary Astragon Welcomes Düsseldorf's Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller The purpose of the Mayor of Düsseldorf's visit to astragon was to gain insights into the company and to discuss the positioning of North Rhine-Westphalia as a business hub, potential joint events, and the empowerment of women in STEM professions. Düsseldorf's Lord Mayor, Dr. Stephan Keller, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA © Archive Picture Business Electronic Arts: Share Buyback, Tracab Acquisition and Switch 2 as an Opportunity EA released its Q3 report after lowering its guidance. EA Sports FC 25 regained momentum, a single Chief Technology Officer was appointed and Tracab Technologies was acquired. CEO Wilson sees Nintendo Switch 2 as an opportunity. After lowering its targets for the third quarter due to weaker performances from EA By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Chris Mitchell, Senior Director of Marketing at Razer, presented several sets of Sensa HD products to Anneke Hänel, Digital Officer at Elbschule, at Razer's EU headquarters. © Razer Business Haptic Hardware: Razer Teams up With the Elbschule in Hamburg Razer has invited pupils from the Elbschule in Hamburg to a test event at the headquarters of esports team Mouz to give hearing impaired students the chance to try out haptic hardware. The school will also receive a number of these products. In collaboration with the Elbschule in Hamburg, which By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
