© Digital Bandidos Products Digital Bandidos Celebrate Successful Debut of Indie Fan Fest The still young indie publisher Digital Bandidos is thoroughly satisfied with its Indie Games Fest. Almost 50 games were featured in the showcase, which offered two world premieres, three release date announcements, and shadow drops for five playable demos. The organizers themselves presented three games and revamped their website. The By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Town To City © Galaxy Grove / Kwalee Products Town To City Anyone looking to build a beautiful and organic-looking 19th-century Mediterranean town in voxel graphics will find what they are looking for in Town To City from UK-based publisher Kwalee and independent developer Galaxy Grove. Town To City is a cozy and creative city-building game from the By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Tom Burck from Gameforge and Laura Körting from LAB132 © Burck/Körting Business Game Regional Representation in Baden-Württemberg Develops to an Association Since 2018, the games industry in Baden-Württemberg has been organized as a regional representative of game in order to successfully promote issues at the state level. Now, there is a desire to strengthen this commitment, which requires its own association structure, which has now been established. However, the founding By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Benjamin Zuckerer, Chairman of Games Bavaria Munich e.V. © CipSoft Business Games Bavaria Munich Welcomes the Increase in Funding for Games Games Bavaria Munich e.V. is grateful to the Bavarian government for its clear commitment to the games industry. Doubling funding for games would stimulate growth and innovation at Bavarian studios. Games Bavaria Munich e.V. welcomes the recent announcement of an increase in funding for the Bavarian games industry, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Mazda 2017 Mazda MX-5 Spec in Project Motor Racing © Giants Software and Straight4 Studios Products Project Motor Racing's Approach to Online Competition At the 2025 Tokyo Game Show, publisher Giants Software and developer Straight4 Studios unveiled the multiplayer mode for Project Motor Racing, free from "overly complicated paywalls and qualification hurdles". Project Motor Racing will offer a "no-nonsense, full-service approach to online competition", according to Giants By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Aethermancer © moi rai games / offbrand games Products Moi Rai Games Has Released Aethermancer in Early Access After Monster Sanctuary comes Aethermancer. The second game from the Hamburg-based studio moi rai games mixes monster taming with roguelite elements. It has been released in Early Access in collaboration with indie publisher offbrand games. Aethermancer is the second game from moi rai games in Hamburg. It's By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© NBG Business NBG Distribution Renamed as CentreSoft GmbH After 36 years, German games distributor NBG has a new name. NBG will now operate under the brand name of its parent company, CentreSoft GmbH. Apart from the name change, nothing else will change at the long-established distribution company, which is managed by Thomas Schütterle as Managing Director and By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Patricia Sato, Executive Manager at Brazil Games, and Rodrigo Terra, President of Abragames. © Brazil Games, Abragames People Interview: "Brazil has Shown Remarkable Resilience and Adaptability" Home to gamescom latam, massively growing as a production location and as a market and just recently equipped with a new legal framework for games: We interviewed Patricia Sato from Brazil Games and Rodrigo Terra from association Abragames about Brazil's gaming potential. Brazil is not only home to By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
© MIGS Business Montréal International Game Summit Doubles Its Floor Space The Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS) have drawn their first positive conclusions: industry representatives from 25 countries are expected to attend, and thanks to the move to a new location with twice the space, there will be four stages instead of just one. The Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS) is By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© AEVI Business AEVI Launches Call For Applications For Innovation Grant Program Spanish studios have until October 20 to register to participate in the eighth edition of the Innovation Grant Program. The shortlist will be announced in early November, and the winner will be announced in mid-November. This is the eighth time that the Spanish industry association Asociación Española de Videojuegos By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Hasbro Business Hasbro Launches Third "Women Innovators of Play" Conference For the third time, toy and game company Hasbro is hosting the digital Women Innovators of Play conference and submission Challenge. The event will take place on 9 October 2025. For the third time since 2023, toy and game company Hasbro is hosting its Women Innovators of Play digital conference. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Shape of Dreams © Lizard Smoothie and Neowiz Products Shape of Dreams While Hollow Knight: Silksong was still making waves, and on the same day as the release of Borderlands 4, Shape of Dreams by Lizard Smoothie and Neowiz took gamers by surprise on Steam. What lies behind this surprise hit? Shape of Dreams, developed by Lizard Smoothie and published by Neowiz, By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
