Eva Stemmer, Managing Director of Brandmate, and Christian Ulrich, also Managing Director of Brandmate and Spokesman of the Board of Spielwarenmesse eG © BRANDmate GmbH / Foto: Christof Kreutzer Business Brandmate Will Take Place in a New Location in Essen in 2025 Next year, Brandmate will take place for the fourth time, but no longer in Frankfurt. The brand festival is moving from Frankfurt to the Grand Hall of the Kokerei at the disused Zeche Zollverein in Essen. New location, new event – the organisers have now revealed the first details of Brandmate By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Fallout 4 / Old World Blues - Fallout © Bethesda, Xbox / Büchner-Verlag Publishing Open Access Research Compendium on the Fallout Series in German Language Fallout as a reflection of the post-apocalypse - an academic German-language anthology on the Fallout computer game universe has been published by Büchner-Verlag. 22 authors approach the series from various media studies perspectives: from production and product analysis to reception analysis. A scientific analysis of the Fallout series has been By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tyler Sigman, Red Hook Studios Co-Founder; Chris Bourassa, Red Hook Studios Co-Founder; Remi Racine, Behaviour Interactive Co-Founder and CEO © Behaviour Interactive, Red Hook Studios Business Behaviour Interactive Acquires Red Hook Studios Canada's Behaviour Interactive continues to make acquisitions, this time of fellow Canadian Red Hook Studios, known for Darkest Dungeon. The acquisition of Red Hook strengthens Behaviour's position in the horror genre. Behaviour Interactive has announced the acquisition of Red Hook Studios for an undisclosed sum. Red By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Xbox Products Ara: History Untold There is no way of getting around Sid Meier's Civilization. Amplitude Studios had a promising candidate in Humankind, but it fell short. Millennia from Paradox Interactive was no match for the franchise from Firaxis Games and 2K Games. Now the next challenger for the 4X title is about By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns © Warner Bros. Games Products Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns One year after the release of Mortal Kombat 1, Warner Bros. Games is releasing the expansion Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns. It includes the next phase of the story mode, which focuses on peace, anarchy and bloody battles, as well as the addition of the Kombat Pack 2, which includes By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Aerosoft to release Global Farmer and the Aerosoft Truck & Bus Wheel System in October 2024. © Aerosoft Publishing Aerosoft to Release Global Farmer and Truck & Bus Wheel System in October In October 2024, Aerosoft will not only release Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator, but also launch Global Farmer in Early Access and finally introduce the Aerosoft Truck & Bus Wheel System. October is a very busy month for Aerosoft. Not only will the simulation experts release Heavy Cargo - By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Square Enix Business Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour Fills Olympiahalle Munich The official Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour by Square Enix had one stop in Germany, at Olympiahalle in Munich on 14 September. Over 4,000 people attended the concert. The only German stop of the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour has taken place on 14 September By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© SIE Publishing Sony Airs State of Play Today at Midnight PlayStation's next State of Play showcase will air at midnight in the Central European Timezone. It is expected to be around thirty minutes long. The next State of Play by Sony Interactive Entertainment is broadcast today at midnight CET. The showcase is supposed to be around thirty minutes By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Digital Minister Fabian Mehring has initiated the Funding Finder. © Andreas Gebert Development Funding Finder: Why Games Funding Isn’t in the New Bavarian Search Engine – Yet The new Funding Finder search engine of the Bavarian Digital Ministry doesn't index game funding. At least not yet: According to a Ministry answer to a GamesMarkt query, later updates will incorporate Bavaria's games funding programmes as well. Today, the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© ExP Development ExP Talks Bring VFX Artists to Munich On the next event from ExP – Expert Talks and Pretzels, Sophie Kordes from KingArt games and Florian Smolka from Maschinen-Mensch are sharing their knowledge. The theme of the event on 8 October at the Medien.Bayern offices: VFX. With the second round of their new event series ExP – Expert Talks By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© DevGamm Business First Big Batch of DevGamm Lisbon Speakers Revealed After the reveal of John Romero as headliner of DevGamm Lisbon 2025, more speakers have been set. Among them are Guido Schmidt, Director of Design Rovio, Lorna Power, Head of Community Massive Monster, Arno Schmitz, Technical Art Director Guerrilla and more. DevGamm Lisbon has announced a batch of new speakers, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Initial blockout in the level tool. The tool can transform the blockout into several styles, like those below. © Pixel Maniacs Development In Development: Level Tools for Pixel Maniac's ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
