© Xsolla Business How Xsolla is Shaping Industry Conversations at Devcom and Gamescom 2024 As we prepare to take the stage at Devcom and showcase our innovations at Gamescom from August 19th to August 23rd in Cologne, Germany, it’s essential to understand why these events are pivotal for our company, Xsolla, and the gaming industry. A guest post. The gaming landscape is in By Promotion • 3 min read
© Epic Games Store Publishing Epic Games Store Goes Mobile The Epic Games Store is now available for download on iPhones in the European Union and Android devices worldwide. Fortnite, Fall Guys and Rocket League Sideswipe are available. The games will also be released on other alternative app stores. Other developers are not yet able to use the Epic Games By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dr. Andrea Buchholz © MFG Campus The Exceptional Role of Universities At MFG promoting cultural and creative industries goes far beyond funding: Dr. Andrea Buchholz has realised numerous exciting projects with universities as breeding ground for a healthy games-ecosystem. GamesMarkt: The MFG addresses the issue of talent and research promotion, which, as far as I know, does not exist in this By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Epaper GameMarkt 464 Topics in this issue include: The pre-gamescom report and a look back on 15 years of gamescom, the european games market, Ubisoft's blockbuster brands Assassin's Creed Shadows and Star Wars Outlaws and incoming highlights. By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
© Super Crowd Business Polaris Convention Announces Business Day The third Polaris Convention by Super Crowd and Hamburg Messe this October will now feature a business day for the first time. Tickets are currently available for 71 euros, just below double the price of a consumer ticket. The Polaris Convention in Hamburg, which will take place for the third By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© 1Up Business German Indie Showcase With Gronkh Announced The influencer agency 1Up Management cooperates with influencer Erik "Gronkh" Range for the "Deutsche Indie Showcase", where more than 30 games from the GSA region will be shown, 26 among them for the first time or with exclusive material. The German influencer agency 1UP Management will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© MFG Campus Universities and Their Gaming Endeavours in BW Baden-Württemberg has one of the most involved university landscapes when it comes to games and Extended Reality in Germany. From futuristic XR booths to special programmes, here are some of the strongest examples. At gamescom, the academic side of gaming has been presented by MFG at their booth in the By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Tobias Springer, CEO of tobspr Games. © tobspr Games Business shapez 2 Is off to an Excellent Start in Early Access With almost 8,000 players active at the same time, shapez 2 by tobspr games from Aachen, has had a very successful start in Early Access on Steam. The predecessor was beaten in record time. shapez 2 had 7,956 concurrent players at its Early Access launch on Steam yesterday. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders © Megagon Industries Publishing Megagon Announced Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Megagon Industries, the Berlin-based indie team behind the successful biking game Lonely Mountains: Downhill, have announced a skiing sequel, Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, at the Wholesome Steam Celebration. Megagon Industries, an independent game studio founded in Berlin in 2013 and with now 14 employees, has announced its next game: Lonely By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Fourth Floor © Convergence Publishing Convergence Games Showcase Announced The Convergence Games Showcase, a new creator-driven indie and AA digital showcase, will premiere at the end of September. Reveals from Kepler Interactive, Fireshine Games, Thunderful Games and many more are planned. The Convergence Games Showcase will debut on YouTube and Twitch on 26 September at 9pm CEST (3pm EDT/ By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© BSR Business Black Screen Records and Gronkh Cooperate for gamescom Vinyl Release Black Screen Records is cooperating with Gronkh in bringing a vinyl album of the streamer to gamescom. Apart from this and it's cooperation with the Indie Arena Booth, the label is also providing musical acts for the new social stage in hall 11.3. The Cologne vinyl label By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Instinct3/Stray Fawn Business TerraScape Reaches 100,000 Sold Copies Since Release Exactly one month after release, the co-publishers Instinct3 and Stray Fawn announce that Bitfall Studio's TerraScape has sold 100,000 copies. The game since won big at the German Dev Days Award as well. One month after the release on 17 July 2024, TerraScape by Bitfall has sold By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
