Virtual production at SWR. The Südwestrundfunk (SWR) is a regional broadcasting corporation covering the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. © SWR/Christian Koch Business SWR Launches New Pen-and-Paper Format Live on Twitch SWR is launching a new interactive pen-and-paper format called "Fehler im System" (Errors in the System), which will be broadcast live on Twitch. From 7 p.m. on 24 and 25 October, twitch.tv/ard will be the place to be for dice rolling and puzzle solving with By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Spindle © Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost Products Spindle Released by Wobble Ghost and Deck13 Spotlight Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost have released Spindle for PC and Switch. This old-school action-adventure game explores the many ways we deal with death. And yes, there is a pig companion. In July 2021, Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost announced the action-adventure game Spindle, which is being released today for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business MICE and Men: "Only an Event Can Create These Emotions" Vienna event agency MICE and Men are organising Game City Vienna since 2007. In our interview at Game City 2025, managing partners Milena Riedel and Tarek Sharif talk about the fair’s success, their plans for the future and the Austrian event landscape. Event agency MICE and Men is carrying By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Dorothee Bär, Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space © Bundesregierung/Steffen Kugler Business Games Department Shown in the Organizational Chart of the Ministry of Science The reintroduced Games Department appears for the first time in a new organizational chart from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space. It is docked in the Strategies and Policy Issues division, which is headed by Dr. Effrosyni Chelioti and reports to State Secretary Dr. Marcus Player. The position By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Andreas Tischler / Vienna Press Business Game City Vienna 2025 Breaks Visitor Record With over 87,000 people, Game City Vienna 2025 has broken last year's record by about 2,000. The 16th Game City Vienna with MediaMarkt as its main partner ended yesterday with a record attendance number. From October 10 to 12, over 87,000 visited Vienna City Hall. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Thomas Reisenegger, co-founder and ceo of Future Friends Games / CloverPit © Thomas Reisenegger / Panik Arcade, Future Friends Games Business How CloverPit Completely Beat Future Friends' Best-Case Predictions CloverPit, an indie game by Panik Arcade and Future Friends Games, went up against Hades II, EA Sports FC 26, and Silent Hill f. It exceeded the publisher's best-case sales predictions by achieving over 750,000 sales. We spoke to CEO Thomas Reisenegger about this outstanding success. Amidst By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Kathrin Radtke from Spellgarden Games will be part of the Scottish Game Developers Association's mentoring programm. © Spellgarden Games Business Scottish Game Developers Association Reveals First Mentors For their coming accelerator program, the new Scottish Game Developers Association has revealed their first mentors, among them Spellgarden Games' Kathrin Radtke. Interested mentees can register until 15 October. The new Scottish Game Developers Association (we reported) has revealed the first mentors for their upcoming Accelerator mentoring program. The By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Florian Schriebl (right) winning the Tetris Austria finals at Game City Vienna 2025. © Matthias Heschl Esports Florian Schriebl is Austria's Best Red Bull Tetris Player At the Red Bull Tetris finale yesterday at Game City Vienna, veterinarian Florian Schriebl won the Austrian finals. He'll be competing at the Dubai world finale in December against 55 other finalists from all over the world. The Austrian national final of Red Bull Tetris took place at By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Absolum © Dotemu Products Absolum Hades 2, Megabonk, CloverPit, Rotwood, Deadly Days: Roadtrip and Abyssus demonstrate the variety of roguelites, to name but a few. Dotemu also proves with Absolum that this extremely popular concept works brilliantly with arcade-style brawling action. Absolum is often referred to as 'Hades meets Streets of Rogue 4' By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
