An orange outline highlights people on the other timeline. © Square Enix Products Life is Strange: Double Exposure The fourth instalment in the Life is Strange series sees the main character from the first game return for a new adventure with new time powers. Speaking of time powers: Publisher Square Enix is also backing Advanced Access, with the pre-release model of the Ultimate Edition meant to evoke the By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Harold Halibut, Project Z: Beyond Order, No Rest for the Wicket, Morbid Metal (from left to right) © Screenshots Business Update: No Unity Awards for GSA Studios Two awards from four nominations would have been possible at the 16th Unity Awards, which were presented today. But the jury decided differently. These are the winners. In the end, none of the four studios from Germany and Austria managed to win. However, the competition was fierce and the winners By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Frank Weber is Director Corporate Marketing & Olympics at the Esports World Cup Foundation © GamesMarkt archive/Jacek Prondzynski (trophy) Esports Frank Weber Responsible for Olympics at Esports World Cup Foundation The German manager Frank Weber has been responsible for the Esports World Cup Foundation as Director Corporate Marketing & Olympics since September. His title raises the question of how closely the World Esports Cup will be linked to the Olympic Esports Games, which are planned for the first time in By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tatort-Game 2 with Lena Odenthal (Ulrike Folkerts) and Johanna Stern (Lisa Bitter) © SWR/Sabine Hackenberg Publishing SWR Continues Chat-Based "Tatort Game" on 27 October The "Tatort Game", released in 2023, gets a sequel, again as a browser-based online crime game via Messenger dialogue, linked to the next episode of Tatort. The project was developed by SWR X Lab in collaboration with the Tatort editorial team. On 27 October, Südwestrundfunk (SWR) will release By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Christian Baltes, Co-CEO Director, and Kevin Westphal, Esports Lead at Eintracht Spandau (from left) © Screenshot Esports Eintracht Spandau is Primarily Positioning itself as a Streamer Team Despite sporting success, the esports organization Eintracht Spandau has not had a single economically successful year so far. Therefore, the costs for sporting operations and infrastructure are being cut. However, the entertainment value is not to be compromised. Despite the cost cutting that have now been announced, every single team By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
More flexible and agile movements thanks to the new Omnimovement system. © Activision Products Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 It's the first game in the Call of Duty series to be four years in the making. Black Ops 6 from Treyarch and Raven Software is set to be one of the biggest releases of the year. Especially as "Blops 6" will be included in Game By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
On the social media channels, the organizers of the ADAC SimRacing Expo are using these images to announce two events for 2025. © Screenshot Business German ADAC SimRacing Expo Plans US Spin-off in Austin At the end of the current event, the organizers of the ADAC SimRacing Expo gave an outlook on their plans for 2025. In addition to the fall date in Dortmund, the sim racing event is also to take place in the USA. The organizers named two dates for 2025 via By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Nordmedia Business Nordmedia Games Funding Also in Bremen From January 2025, nordmedia's games funding will be extended to Bremen. So far, the city-state has not had its own games funding. On the occasion of the announcement of the next "Fireabend" event, nordmedia announced that Bremen will be part of the games funding from January By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Codecks by Riad Djemili, one of the funded tools. © Codecks Business Creative Europe Media: 2.9 Million Euros Funding for Tools From the Game Industry In the current ‘Innovative Tools and Business Models’ funding line, 8.5 million euros are given to ten companies across Europe. 2.915 million euros are going to tools and innovations from the German games and film industry: To Codecks, K5 Media & Investments and Malao. With the ‘Innovative Tools By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© devcom Business Sonia Wojciechowska joins devcom as Business Development Manager The game events GmbH has a new Business Development Manager for devcom: Sonia Wojciechowska has joined the department. She was one of the organisers behind Digital Dragons in Krakow. From Krakow to Cologne: Business Development Manager Sonia Wojciechowska is joining the devcom team at game events GmbH. Wojciechowska was one By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Motion Twin Products Windblown Dead Cells was the last chance for French studio Motion Twin. They put all their hopes in one game and were rewarded with more than ten million players. A huge success for the team. Now, the small indie worker cooperative game studio continues its journey with Windblown. In Windblown, players By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Flashpoint Publishing Flashpoint is Handling Distribution for PM Studios in Germany US publisher PM Studios is bringing the PlayStation 5 version of the summer hit “Black Myth: Wukong” to international markets as a physical version. Flashpoint is handling distribution in German-speaking countries. It was the surprise of the summer: Within just one month, the Chinese publisher Game Science sold more than By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
