© Rebellion Products Sniper Elite: Resistance Rebellion's Sniper Elite franchise has more than 20 million players worldwide. And that number is set to grow substantially at the end of January 2025, when the next game in the series, Sniper Elite: Resistance, is released. It's hard to believe, but the Sniper Elite franchise By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
A first-person camera mode for building in Update 5. © Keen Games Publishing Full Release of Enshrouded Moved to 2026, but With a Full Roadmap for 2025 To mark the first anniversary of the Early Access release of Enshrouded, Keen Games has released the fifth content update and revealed that the 1.0 release of Enshrouded will not take place until the spring of 2026. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Felix Rentschler will transition from 1. FSV Mainz 05 to the Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL) as Head of Virtual Bundesliga © DFL Business Felix Rentschler Heads Virtual Bundesliga at DFL Starting on 1 February, Felix Rentschler will transition from 1. FSV Mainz 05 to the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL; German Football League). As the new Head of Virtual Bundesliga, he will oversee the management of competitions now officially anchored in the DFL statutes. Rentschler will succeed Jörg Höfklich, who has By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Everspace 2: Wrath of the Ancients © Rockfish Games Publishing Rockfish Games Is Back With Another Expansion for Everspace 2 The Everspace 2 team from Hamburg (Rockfish Games) is expanding its space looter-shooter RPG with several new star systems, a new player ship, a new campaign and side missions. Rockfish Games has announced a second expansion. Everspace 2: Wrath of the Ancients will continue the story, adding new star systems By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© ESL Esports Four German Esports Teams to Compete at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025 The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is heading to Katowice, Poland for another Counter-Strike showdown. Four teams from Germany are also taking part in this major tournament. The first ESL Pro Tour (EPT) Championship of the year returns to Katowice for the 13th time (29 January to 9 February), with the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap © Robot Entertainment Products Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap Following the (late) success of Orcs Must Die! 3, Robot Entertainment releases the spin-off Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, which retains many of the core elements of the series, but this time without a linear campaign, focusing instead on replayability with roguelite elements. A good idea? Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Ubisoft's three locations in Germany. © Ubisoft Business Ubisoft to Cut 185 More Jobs, Some of Them in Düsseldorf As part of its ongoing restructuring, Ubisoft will be cutting more jobs at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Reflections. Another studio in the UK will be closed completely. Ubisoft is to make a further 185 jobs redundant in Europe. The sites affected are Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
A look at the R42's gaming area. © Gecko.2 Business Game Jam on Data Literacy in Leipzig R42, Gecko.2 and the Institute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) will host the first German Game Jam on data literacy on 7 February 2025 in the R42 building. The focus of the Game Jam is to address aspects that are underrepresented in games, such as ethical and social issues, as By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
In 2024 (photo), the DCP took place in Munich. This year, the award will once again be presented in Berlin. © Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications Business Dr Sabiha Ghellal Heads Jury of this Year's DCP In mid-February, the expert jury of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP German Computer Games Award) will convene and narrow down the submissions in most categories for the main jury, which will meet later and make the final decisions. One decision has already been made: Prof. Dr. Sabiha Ghellal will chair the By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© MFG Business MFG: VFX and Games Industry in BW is Young, Successful, and Growing Rapidly Baden-Württemberg has become the most important location for animation and VFX in Germany. This is the core message of a new study by Goldmedia, commissioned by MFG. The success of funding is also visible in the games sector. However, the successes in the games industry were already evident in previous By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Dead Island 2 / Farming Simulator 25 / Nobody Wants to Die © Deep Silver / Giants Software / Plaion Publishing Xbox Excellence Awards Presented for First Time, With Two GSA Winners Microsoft has presented the Xbox Excellence Awards for the first time, in four categories ranging from sales to player engagement. Two GSA companies were among the winners. Giants Software, based in Schlieren near Zurich, has won two Xbox Excellence Awards for Farming Simulator 25. The simulation game was named a By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Taipei Game Show Business Taipei Game Show 2025 Draws Record 370,000 Visitors in Four Days With almost 370,000 visitors according to its own figures, the Taipei Game Show has set a new record and also exceeded the total number of visitors to gamescom 2024. However, comparing the B2B success, almost 18 times as many trade visitors travelled to Cologne that to Taipei. The Taipei By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
