© Antstream Business Antstream Arcade Comes To PlayStation Subscription service Antstream is coming to PlayStation on 6 September. The retro streaming platform includes 1,300 games from a range of old consoles as well as Arcade. It will be the first time old Nintendo console versions of games will ever be available on a Sony platform. Subscription streaming By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Drova - Forsaken Kin © Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D Publishing Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D to Release Drova in Mid-October After more than six years of development, Drova - Forsaken Kin finally has a release date: 15 October 2024. The dark pixel RPG is being developed by Magdeburg-based Just2D and published by Deck13 Spotlight. Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D are releasing Drova - Forsaken Kin, a dark and gritty pixel RPG By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Made with Massive Linx. © Youre Publishing Youre x GamesCoin Releases Massive Linx Youre x GamesCoin has founded and released Massive Linx, a backbone platform that can integrate into several engines and be used for mobile and AR apps as well. The platform can be used by anyone andwants to fulfil the promise of interoperability of web3 games and apps. The web3 ecosystem By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business European Games Key Markets: United Kingdom in 2023 By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© Sony Interactive Entertainment Products Astro Bot Astro Bot's third game is the first without direct connection to a hardware product, and it's going to be the biggest: With Astro Bot, Team Asobi and Sony are bringing back the platformer age, with a hefty dose of PlayStation nostalgia and franchise attachment. Once upon By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The co-op shooter EvilVEvil fell short of expectations. © Toadman Interactive, Facebook Business Around 100 Job Cuts at Toadman Interactive, Partly in Berlin Swedish game developer and work-for-hire studio Toadman Interactive is cutting jobs and closing offices in Stockholm, Visby and Oslo. The Berlin studio will also see "some redundancies". In total, parent company Enad Global 7 will cut around 100 jobs, leaving only a skeleton staff. Job cuts have also By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Tobias Kopka is CEO & Interaction Designer at Curatomic and Program Director of the games congress. © Alessandro de Matteis Campus Tobias Kopka: "Ideas and Action Flow Swiftly" gamescom congress 2024 has been the biggest so far – not least because of the new location at the Confex and a bigger cast of speakers. We talked to program manager Tobias Kopka about this year's challenges and successes, as well as the direction change in the big political By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD / Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap / Emberward © Ironhide Game Studio / Robot Entertainment / RefiCHL Publishing Genre Spotlight: Tower Defense Although the golden age of Tower Defense games has long since passed, there are still some standout titles that rely on the concept, sometimes to great success. This spotlight article examines five games or franchises in the genre: Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, Emberward, No Creeps By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
The Spanish Council Presidency in the second half of 2023 was one of the biggest political forays into video games on EU level. © CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2023 – Source: EP Business How Video Games are Handled on the European Level By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
© Matej Samide Business Matej Samide Transitions to Project Manager at DCP Award Office He stays at the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur: Matej Samide was Communications Manager for the project "Let's Remember", now he is Project Manager at the Award Office for the German Computer Game Award DCP. Some transitions are smooth: After his position as Communications Manager at the Digital By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Luciano Pereña, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President / Frank Rittinghaus has been appointed Managing Director of European Marketing & D2C Business / Stephan Bole has been President of Nintendo of Europe since 2018. © Nintendo of Europe Business New Management Structure at Nintendo of Europe: Luciano Pereña Succeeds Stephan Bole The new management structure of Nintendo of Europe has been finalised. Luciano Pereña succeeds Stephan Bole as Chairman of the Board, CEO and President of Nintendo of Europe. Frank Rittinghaus will be the new Managing Director of European Marketing & D2C Business. The company has now completed the reorganisation of By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
