Marco Alessandro Minoli, Director of Publishing © Slitherine Publishing Slitherine Presents Games Line-Up for 2025 2025 will be a big year for strategy games specialist Slitherine. That's because next year will see the release of RuneQuest: Warlords, which was announced yesterday, and Broken Arrow, which is likely to be their biggest release to date. Slitherine, a UK and Italy-based publisher of strategy games, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Archive Business GameStop Confirms Wind Down of Operations in Germany As part of its current quarterly results, GameStop has also confirmed its withdrawal from Germany. This will be completed before the end of the current financial year. GameStop does not want to rule out further, even extensive store closures at this time. After the closure of all German branches of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Fabian Mehring and the team von Games Bavaria/Medien.Bayern © Picture: Pascal Wagner Business Fabian Mehring Announces Funding and Bavaria’s Bid for DCP 2026 At the Games/Bavaria Christmas party held at Munich’s new Gamerei venue, Bavarian Digital Minister Fabian Mehring presented the Games/Bavaria initiative with a funding check for 644,000 Euro and confirmed Bavaria’s bid to host the Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2026 (DCP; German Computer Games Award). For the first By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
EA Sports FC 25 / Farming Simulator 25 © EA / Giants Publishing German Games Charts November 2024: A Giant Leap for Giants Software The best new entry in the German November Games Charts is Farming Simulator 25 from Giants Software, even tough it didn't make it to the first place. At the top kicks EA Sports FC 25 again. Speaking of EA. Eight games in the top 20 are from Electronic By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Happy Broccoli Games Publishing Happy Broccoli Games Develops Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping At the Wholesome Snack before The Game Awards, Happy Broccoli Games from Berlin announced the return of Eugene McQuacklin. Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping is set to build on the success of its predecessor in 2025. German indie studio Happy Broccoli Games is back with another stand-alone adventure in By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Johannes Gorzel and Hendrik Ruhe are the CEOs of Gute Gesellschaft © Eintracht Spandau, Instinct3 Business GG: Instinct3 Parent Company is now "Gute Gesellschaft" I3 Holding, the parent company behind Instinct3 and Eintracht Spandau, has a new name. The holding organisation of the Spandau-based group of companies is sharpening its own brand essence and purpose as "Gute Gesellschaft", which translates as "Good Company". Gute Gesellschaft (GG in short) is the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Odile Limpach and Thierry Baujard © SpielFabrique Development European Video Game Accelerator Returns for Third Round Until mid-January, studios from Europe can apply for this year's European Video Game Accelerator. Selected teams get mentoring, workshops with industry experts and direct access to investors and publishers. SpielFabrique, together with its partners Polo Nacional de Contenidos Digitales de Málaga and Arctic Game, is seeking indie teams By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Chris Müller, Managing Director of the SAE Institute in the GSA region and the Netherlands © SAE Institute GmbH Development SAE Institute Awards Three Scholarships to Aspiring Game Artists Under the motto 'Heart for Art', the SAE Institute is offering three scholarships to aspiring game artists in GSA. The scholarships will cover all tuition fees for the Game Art & 3D Animation course, and students will graduate with an SAE diploma. With these scholarships, the media school By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© EWCF Esports EWCF Starts $20M Global Partner Program 2025 for Esports Clubs In 2025, a total of 40 teams will benefit from next years Partner Program introduced by the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF). However, inclusion in the program does not guarantee a direct entry to the next Esports World Cup; teams will still need to secure their spots through standard qualification By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dirk Iwersen, Managing Director of Holstenhallen / Boris Zander, Managing Director of Seal.Games / Jens Bahr, Managing Director of Off The Beaten Track and co-organiser of the Baltic Games Fest © Iwersen, Holstenhallen / Zander, Seal.Games / Bahr, Off The Beaten Track Business European Premiere of Chained Echoes - Ashes of Elrant at Baltic Games Fest The DLC Chained Echoes - Ashes of Elrant, announced yesterday, will have its European premiere at the Baltic Games Fest in April 2025. In addition, Deck13 Spotlight will showcase other games on the exhibition floor. The Baltic Games Fest in Neumünster (Germany) will see the European premiere of Chained Echoes By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Moondowner CEO Leo Traub © Moondowner Development Studio Moondowner's Prototype Premieres at Game Developer Session Following their debut Afterthought, Munich-based studio Moondowner is aiming to set new standards for VR mini-games with Paper Play VR. The prototype premiere will take place on 13 and 14 of December in Prague, followed by a Kickstarter campaign in January. Paper Play VR is the name of the new By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Epic Games/Lego Publishing Epic Games and Lego Massively Expand the Lego Fortnite Universe Epic Games and Lego have announced transformative changes that will turn Lego Fortnite even more into a digital platform for Lego content. The original game will be rebranded as Lego Fortnite Odyssey, while a new game, Lego Fortnite Brick Life, is set to launch on December 12. These developments come By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
