© Imago/Westend61 Business OMG Fuse and inStreamly Form Strategic Partnership OMG Fuse has partnered with inStreamly to offer clients the ability to deliver advertising messages through nearly 11,000 micro-streams on platforms like Twitch and YouTube, precisely targeting specific audiences. This new offering is marketed under the name "NeverNotNew powered by inStreamly". The marketing agency OMG Fuse, part By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Kicking Brass © Stepheight Business MDM Funds Kicking Brass With €100,000 In its fourth and final meeting of the year, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM, Central German Media Funding) awarded a total of €3,953,000.00 to 34 projects on 4 December. Among them is a game project. Kicking Brass from Stepheight Studio (Sam Flentje, Peter Dunn, Oskar Kraska McKone) is By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© SIE Publishing Sony Interactive Entertainment Makes Düsseldorf's Rheinturm Playable As part of the ongoing PlayStation campaign, selected city landmarks are being transformed under the motto 'Play Has No Limits'. In Düsseldorf, this will be the Rheinturm. As darkness falls on 6 December, Sony Interactive Entertainment will transform Düsseldorf's Rhine Tower (Rheinturm) into a giant game, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tobias Stolz-Zwilling, Global Public Relations Manager at Warhorse Studios © Warhorse Publishing Kingdom Come Deliverance II to Be Released Slightly Earlier February 2025 will see the release of many gaming highlights. Moving Kingdom Come Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios and Plaion) up a week will increase the window between releases slightly. The packed month of February 2025 will be a little more spread out. Kingdom Come Deliverance II from Warhorse Studios and By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Riot Esports Riot Hands Over Valorant Ecosystem in GSA to TaKeTV and 4 Clubs Starting in 2025, TaKeTV, in collaboration with esports organizations Mouz, SK Gaming, Fokus and Eintracht Frankfurt, will be responsible for the Valorant e-sports ecosystem in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The partners see the trust placed in them by Riot as an opportunity and plan to make structural changes. The plans By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Arthur Parsons, Head of Publishing and co-founder of 10:10 Games © 10:10 Games Business Working With Many Licensors - an Interview With Arthur Parsons of 10:10 Games By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
Fantasian Neo Dimension © Mistwalker/Square Enix Products Fantasian Neo Dimension Fantasian brings together two of the biggest names in Japanese games: Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final Fantasy, and renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu. In collaboration with Square Enix, they are bringing the role-playing game previously exclusive to the Apple Arcade to PC and consoles as Fantasian Neo Dimension. Hironobu Sakaguchi, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Founder of Secret Item Games and current one man studio Oswald Weber. © Secret Item Games Development Secret Item Games: "You Must be Able to Take a Punch" From Indie to AAA: On a regular basis, we have a look at a studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: Secret Item Games from Dortmund. Once a development and porting team of six people, founder Oswald Weber is now going it alone again – working hard to survive the By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
© Screenshot Business Informa Merges Digital Business of Its Tech Division with TechTarget The new B2B powerhouse Informa TechTarget will be listed in the US, have over 2,000 employees and over 7,500 customers. While the GameDeveloper website is changing hands as well as Omdia, the Game Developer Conference seems to be staying with Informa. The press release announcing the merger does By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Ubisoft Business Ubisoft Shuts Down XDefiant, Impacting Several Production Studios The free-to-play shooter XDefiant is being discontinued by Ubisoft. After a strong launch, the game failed to attract and retain enough players. As a result, the two production studios in San Francisco and Osaka will be closed and the production site in Sydney will be downsized, which the publisher has By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Stephan Steininger Business Keen Games Wins Big at German Developer Award 2024 With Enshrouded, Keen Games has won big at the German Developer Award 2024. The game, which has over three million players, took home three awards, including "Best German Game". The "Studio of the Year" award went to Keen Games as well. But another game also took By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Kalypso Publishing Kalypso Media Moves Commandos: Origins to March 2025 Commandos: Origins will not be released this year. Kalypso Media and Claymore Game Studios have delayed the game until March 2025. The additional development time will allow more time to improve and optimise the game. Kalypso Media and Claymore Game Studios are postponing the release of Commandos: Origins until March By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
