Jukka Saarelainen, Co-founder and CTO at couchplay © LG Electroinics Development German Developer Wins LG's webOS.TV-Hackathon As part of LG webOS, LG Electronics has also announced the winners of this year's webOS TV hackathon. A total of $230,000 in prize money will go to three European studios. Couchplay from Munich came in first. As the top-ranked company, Couchplay received prize money of 100, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© www.HelenNicolai-BusinessPortraits.de Business Parents Rely On Labels: Germany's Regulatory Body USK Presents Study For its 30 year anniversary, the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body USK presents a study among parents, conducted by YouGov. The results see the age labels and the new classification system find massive support with German parents. For its 30 year anniversary, the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body USK isn’ By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© GM Business GamesMarkt #465: Gamescom Review, Pico 4 Ultra, Simulation Games The new print edition of GamesMarkt is now available as an epaper. In this issue, we review gamescom with pictures, data and voices, have a look at the new Pico 4 Ultra and at the genre of simulation games. The current issue of GamesMarkt is now available as an epaper. By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© Team17 Digital Development FusionPlay Realises Viva La Dirt League Game for Team17 Digital FusionPlay is part of an unusual collaboration. The Leipzig studio is working together with the New Zealand YouTube channel and studio Viva La Dirt League on a game for Team17 Digital. The web video production company Viva La Dirt League (VLDL), founded by Rowan Bettjeman, Alan Morrison, and Adam King, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
REDxBLUE is one of the funded companies. There is currently no official image material available for the funded projects. © RotXBlau Development MDM Funds Two Games and an XR Production At its third meeting for 2024, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung funding committee also considered two games and an XR production. A total of 180,000 Euros will be divided equally among the projects from Leipzig and Dresden. This means that the current round of funding was, at least in the new By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Kalunga, the serial format Mesut Özil: Zu Gast bei Freunden, Flick Shot Rogues © MBB Development Medienboard Funds 13 Games and XR Titles With A Million Euros The current funding round of the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg included 1,6 million euros, more than a million of it for games and XR titles. Grand profiteers are Realities.io with 250,000 euros for Puzzling Places 2D and Aldamami Games with 160,000 euros for Bloodletter. The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The current D&D handbook is topping the franchise sales. © Wizards of the Coast Business 2024 Player's Handbook Becomes Fastest-Selling Dungeons & Dragons Product Ever The recently released rulebook is the fastest selling Dungeons & Dragons product of all time. It had been pre-sold on selected events like gamescom before the official release on 17 September. Wizards of the Coast hasn't released the exact sales numbers, however. The 2024 Player's Handbook, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Impressions from Play 2023. © Bente Stachowske Business Play Festival Looking for Speakers, Award Nominees Now Online Until 13 October, the Play - Creative Gaming Festival in Hamburg is looking for speakers on the Topic "You got the Power". The award nominees for the festival from 11 to 16 November are also online now: Oddada by Sven Ahlgrimm & Mathilde Hoffmann from Germany and A By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The German pavilion at the Tokyo Game Show 24 © IMAGO / NurPhoto Business Nearly 13% Increase in Attendance at Tokyo Game Show The organisers of the Tokyo Game Show counted 274,729 visitors, a good 30,000 more than last year. This is the second-best result for the trade fair. Data on online use will be provided at a later date. It is an impressively good result and proof that the Tokyo By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tero Virtala, CEO Remedy © devcom Business Remedy and Tencent Enter Into Convertible Loan Agreement Remedy's search for fresh capital has been successful with Tencent. The Chinese publisher is providing a loan of 15 million Euro, which can be converted into an equity stake. Remedy Entertainment is seeking to raise fresh capital via Tencent. As Remedy announced, the company has entered into a By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Epaper GamesMarkt 465 Topics of this issue include: The big gamescom report, how Pico 4 is boosting the XR market, Farming Simulator 25 and other highlights of the simulation genre. By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
