© Happy Broccoli Games Publishing Happy Broccoli Games and Snapbreak Cooperate for Mobile Release Duck Detective: The Secret Salami will also be released for mobile platforms in April. Berlin-based studio Happy Broccoli Games is working with Swedish indie publisher Snapbreak. Snapbreak Games started as an indie publisher in early 2017. The mobile game is scheduled to be released on April 9, and pre-registration on By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
In its news section, Streams Charts evaluated the most-viewed streamers in various regions and countries and published the corresponding data in graphs like this one about the Most Watched German Streamers © Streams Charts Business German Streamers eliasn97 and Papaplatte Among the Top 20 Worldwide Streams Charts has published its rankings of the top ten streamers in 2024 based on viewer hours across various regions. We’ve compiled this data into a comprehensive list. Naturally, the resulting top 90 is not exhaustive. For instance, data from Chinese streams is missing entirely. Additionally, Streams Charts only By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch © Dvora Studio, Headup Publishing Headup Releases Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch in Early Access This Month Developer Dvora Studio and publisher Headup have announced an updated Early Access release date for Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch. The game is a mix of deck building, dungeon defense, tactics and automated combat. It will be released later this month. Düren-based indie publisher Headup will release Dvora's dungeon defence By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Xbox Publishing Xbox Developer_Direct Returns on 23 January Microsoft has announced the first games showcase of the year (so far). On 23 January, four games will be featured in the Developer_Direct, including Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. On Thursday, 23 January at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK / 7pm CET, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Dungeon Clawler © Stray Fawn Studio Products Dungeon Clawler Clawing instead of crawling. In this roguelike deckbuilding game from Swiss studio Stray Fawn Studio, players don't just draw cards. No, they use an arcade-style claw machine to (hopefully) draw the right items, weapons and buffs for the challenge of each battle. Even as Stray Fawn Studio continues By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Ubisoft Makes Itself Attractive to Potential Buyers by Delaying Assassin's Creed Shadows In a strategy update, Ubisoft announced that the company is pursuing "various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for Stakeholders". These could include an outright sale or a break-up of assets and franchises. And the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows has been By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Stunlock Publishing V Rising Hits 5 Million Sales Open-world vampire survival game V Rising has sold over five million units. Swedish developer Stunlock Studios thanks the community and plans to expand the game in 2025. Since its launch (May 2024 on PC and June 2024 on PlayStation 5), V Rising has attracted five million players to the dark By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Carolin Freitag, Founder and Managing Director of keySquare / Nils Ehring, Senior Project Manager © keySquare Business Visibility Becomes keySquare (Again) Visibility, the Berlin-based communications agency specializing in games and technology clients, will now operate under the name keySquare. Nils Ehring joins the team as Senior Project Manager. The new name is the old name, because the company was officially founded under this name in 2013. Visibility served as the brand By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Esports athlete Sahriilol (in front) plays League of Legends for politicians Saskia Esken, Karl Lauterbach (left) and Torsten Burmester (right) © IMAGO / Panama Pictures Business SPD Top Politicians Visit the Esports Player Foundation As part of the election campaign for the office of Mayor of Cologne, the esports player foundation welcomed SPD candidate and former DOSB chairman Torsten Burmester to its headquarters. He was accompanied by prominent party colleagues, including SPD co-leader Saskia Esken and Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach. With early parliamentary By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© SIE Publishing Midnight Black Collection of PS5 Accessories Grows Sony Interactive Entertainment is launching the Midnight Black Collection of PlayStation Portal remote player and other accessories on 20 February 2025. The galaxy-inspired colour scheme has already been released for the DualSense wireless controller and PS5 console cover and will be expanded for the PlayStation Portal remote, DualSense Edge wireless By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Ride with Mavuika in Berlin on 12 January. © HoYoLove Events HoYoLove Organises Bike Safety Event in Berlin HoYoLove e.V. has joined forces with the ADFC Berlin and other partners to raise awareness about the visibility of cyclists in traffic. The event 'Ride with Mavuika' will take place on 12 January. On Sunday 12 January 2025, fans of Genshin Impact and other HoYoverse games will By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Nintendo Products Donkey Kong Country Returns HD The apes are back! Almost 15 years after the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii, Nintendo is releasing an HD version for Switch. The levels from the later 3DS version are also included, but that's not all that's new. Although the life cycle of By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
