© Instinct3, Ravenage Games Publishing Instinct3 Publishes Megaloot in Cooperation With Ravenage Games After TerraScape with Stray Fawn, Instinct3 is again co-publishing its second game title - together with Ravenage Games. Megaloot, developed by solo dev axilirate, is a strategic inventory management game. After their first publishing foray TerraScape, Instinct3 has announced their second published project at gamescom. While TerraScape was published in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games Group and Chris Hewish, Chief Strategy Officer at Xsolla. © Savvy Games Business Savvy Games Signs MoU With Xsolla to Create 3,600 New Jobs in the Middle East Xsolla and Savvy Games Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding promoting video game development in the Middle East. More than 3,600 new jobs will be created in the region. Xsolla's regional headquarters will also be established in Riyadh. A partnership with Niantic (Pokémon GO) was announced By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Matteo Riatti, Head of Computer Games/Creative Industries Department at DLR-PT. © DLR-PT Business DLR-PT Stays Responsible of Federal Games Funding The DLR Projektträger will remain the organisation partner for the German Federal games funding in the next few years. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action has extended the cooperation. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is once more extending its cooperation with the DLR By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Equal eSports panel "From dream to reality: the importance of non-male role models" with Antje Hundhausen, Vice President Brand Experience, and streamer DI1ARAA (from left to right). © Deutsche Telekom, SK Gaming Esports Equal eSports Panel at gamescom and Team NNOwO Wins Equal eSports Cup At gamescom 2024, Telekom hosted the second Equal eSports Cup for women and non-binary players. At the same time, a panel discussion and workshops were held on the importance of non-male role models in esports. The Equal eSports Initiative of Deutsche Telekom had a bigger presence at this year' By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Volkswagen ID 7 with AirConsole. © AirConsole, VW Publishing AirConsole Is Coming to Volkswagen Cars Volkswagen and n-Dream are bringing the in-car gaming platform AirConsole to selected VW vehicles. The first models in Europe will be receiving the AirConsole from mid-September. Volkswagen AG is partnering with the AirConsole gaming platform by n-Dream to bring the in-car gaming experience to its drivers and passengers. Parallel to By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Subscribe now to the free GamesMarkt Daily newsletter and receive all news from the industry directly in your inbox. © IMAGO / Zoonar Business Subscribe to the GamesMarkt Daily Industry Newsletter for Free Never miss anything from the GSA and European games industry again: subscribe for free and get all news straight to your inbox with our Daily newsletter. GamesMarkt is the magazine for the games industry in Europe, with a special expertise in the industries of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Among other By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Felix Rick joins Webedia. © Webedia Business Webedia Recruits Felix Rick as Creative Lead Shows & Formats Gameswelt veteran Felix Rick is changing ships: After 15 years at Web Media, he joins competitor Webedia as Creative Lead Shows & Formats to develop new livestream shows and formats. The company behind several magazines and formats like GameStar, GamePro and the recent FYNG Show at gamescom has recruited a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Rabbit Indie Games Residency 2023. © Tilman Vogler Development The Rabbit Indie Games Residency 2024 The Rabbit Indie Games Residency returns with teams from Brandenburg and the Global South. During the month-long residency, the 15 selected game developers will be able to work on their games and grow as a team. The 15 participants for this year's edition of The Rabbit, the indie By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
You had to be there very early to be able to take a photo in front of the gamescom sign without thousands of people on it. © Koelnmesse GmbH, Bernd Lauter Business Gamescom 2024 Ends Partly on a Record Hight and a Great Mood 335,000 visitors, including 32,000 trade visitors, 1462 exhibitors, 71 percent of whom came from abroad - gamescom 2024 closes with impressive figures, some of which are new records. More importantly, the industry left Cologne with renewed optimism and can look forward to a comeback in 2025. In the By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© Koelnmesse Business Gamescom Congress Celebrates New Records Like Devcom And the next records were set: As the gamescom congress draws to a close, it is clear that record numbers have been achieved here too. The gamescom congress 2024 was larger than ever before. 150 experts from all over the world demonstrated in 70 sessions on eight stages how social, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business Bandai Namco and Capcom Dominate Gamescom Awards Little Nightmares 3 and Monster Hunter Wilds picked up multiple awards at this year's gamescom awards. One award also went to Bavaria to Gentle Troll. Meanwhile, the Microsoft-Xbox-Bethesda-Blizzard mega-booth was named Best of Show Floor. At the closing hours of the business area at gamescom and just in By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Steam Business RocketBeans Lauch Their First Own Game as Early Access RocketBeans Entertainment, a strong player in the influencer and media space, has released its first game. The Hamburg-based company released Backyard Beans as an Early Access title on Steam at gamescom. True to the motto "If HandofBlood can do it, so can RocketBeans", the Hamburg-based company has also By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
