Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Yves Guillemot Sees Light at the End of the Tunnel Although Ubisoft posted a large operating loss in the first half of the fiscal year, CEO Yves Guillemot believes the company is well positioned with its brand portfolio, live services and back catalogue. The French publisher also believes that its cost-cutting programme is on the right track. In the first By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood Microsoft. © Microsoft Business Xbox Grows (Only) Thanks to Activision Blizzard in Q1 FY25 Microsoft's gaming revenue grew 43 per cent year over year in the last quarter. While Xbox content and services grew even more strongly, hardware revenue fell by almost 30 per cent. However, the outlook for the current quarter is cautious, despite the record launch of Call of Duty: By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Endeavouring for accessible gaming since 2020: Gaming ohne Grenzen, here at the award show 2023. © Gaming ohne Grenzen Business German Network Accessible Gaming Invites Participants from GSA Since yesterday, the Network Accessible Gaming by Gaming ohne Grenzen, the InclusiveGameLab and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is online. Anyone from Germany, Austria and Switzerland can participate to foster a more accessible gaming landscape. A new way to connect for more inclusion and accessibility in games: Since By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Electronic Arts Products Dragon Age: The Veilguard The newest Dragon Age release took ten years. Whether fans and new players alike will be hooked by the continuation of the story after such a long time remains to be seen. But the strengths of a BioWare RPG are all there. Almost to the day ten years after Dragon By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© SIN Events Educational Media Awards Honour Several GSA Indie Games With the Educational Media Awards 2024, SIN - Studio im Netz has honoured not only paedagogic apps, but also a range of titles from the GSA region and one from France. We congratulate Emergo Entertainment, Causa Creations, Microbird, HandyGames, Massive Miniteam and Focus Entertainment for the victory. On 30 October By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© ATVI Publishing "Black Ops 6 Was the Biggest Call of Duty Release Ever" Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, released last week, was the biggest Call of Duty release ever, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has confirmed. Sales on PlayStation and Steam were also up sharply compared to last year. The impact on Game Pass subscribers is equally clear. Call of Duty: Black Ops By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The board of the Cologne Game Syndicate, elected on 30 October 2024. © Cologne Game Syndicate Business Cologne Game Syndicate Founded, Looking to Grow Under the aegis of KölnBusiness, the Cologne Game Syndicate e.V. has consolidated yesterday. The first board election favored Dieter Schoeller (Headup GmbH), Stefan Schmidt (Indie Hub), Florian Köster (Critical Rabbit), Wolfgang Schmitz (Ahoiii Entertainment), Frank Obermaier (KölnBusiness Wirtschaftsförderung) and Thomas Rössig (former Flying Sheep Studios). As KölnBusiness had announced By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Lynked: Banner of the Spark © FuzzyBot / Dreamhaven Products Lynked: Banner of the Spark Dreamhaven has released its first game as a publisher: Lynked: Banner of the Spark, developed by FuzzyBot. It is a surprisingly good (cooperative) roguelite action game. But that's not surprising, as the company is backed by well-known people with a lot of experience in the industry. Lynked: Banner By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Epaper GamesMarkt 466 Topics in this issue include: Alternative app stores, youth protection, Super Mario Party Jamboree and the best games of the season. By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
The Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2024. © Rolf Otzipka Business Indie Arena Booth Gets 370,000 Euro Creative Europe Funding As part of the current Creative Europe Media round for market funding, the Indie Arena Booth by Super Crowd has received 370,000 euros in EU funds. In the current funding round of Creative Europe Media for European markets, 16.3 million euros have been allocated. 3.4 million euros By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© 1Up Publishing German Indie Showcase Enters Third Round The largest German-language indie games keynote, the "German Indie Showcase", enters its third round. 1UP Management invites indie developers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to present their games to a large audience. German influencer agency 1UP Management will stream the next iteration of the German Indie Showcase on By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Steve Collins, CTO © Unity Business Steve Collins Joins Unity As New Chief Technology Officer Former King CTO and Havok co-founder Steve Collins joins Unity as its new Chief Technology Officer. The company, which has just released Unity 6, is strengthening its technical leadership as it accelerates transformation. Unity today announced that Steve Collins is joining Unity as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), providing key technical By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
