© Stop Killing Games Publishing EU Citizen’s Petition Launches to Stop Video Games From Disappearing The EU citizen's petition by Stop Killing Games asks publishers to be required to keep games accessible even if they are no longer supported. In the first five days, over 158,000 of one million required people have already signed. An EU Citizen’s Petition registered by the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© THQ Publishing From Wreckfest 2 to Titan Quest II and Gothic to Another Darksiders THQ Nordic unveiled Wreckfest 2 and The Eternal Life of Goldman at its in-house showcase. The publisher showed the Gothic 1 remake and Titan Quest II for the first time. A new game from Tarsier and another Darksiders were teased. HandyGames kicked off the event. Shortly before the THQ Nordic By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Koelnmesse Business Gamescom: Day Tickets for Saturday Are Sold Out With just a few weeks to go, Saturday's gamescom is sold out, at least during the day. This was announced by the organisers on social media. It's no surprise, but an important indication that gamescom 2024 is back on track for success. The organisers have announced By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Sophia Henning is joining Lessmore. © Sophia Henning Business Lessmore Hires Sophia Henning as Junior Operations Manager Sophia Henning, formerly Project Manager at Nerdstar and one of the co-founders of Game:in e.V., has changed positions to Junior Operations Manager at mobile game studio Lessmore. Henning has been Project Manager for Nerdstar, Producerin for Monokel studio and in her spare time built up the award-winning association By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Opening Show Boulevard © Brandon Dowling, Esports World Cup Esports Esports World Cup Attracts Over One Million Visitors in Riyadh The Esports World Cup tops 177 Million Hours watched as more than 1 Million Visitors attend the Esports and Gaming Festival in Riyadh. "After four short weeks, the Esports World Cup has already exceeded our highest expectations," said Ralf Reichert, CEO of the Esports World Cup Foundation. The By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Martin Knauf, Founder and Maik Reichelt, CEO. © ByteRockers' Games Publishing ByteRockers' Games Enters Indie Publishing Berlin-based studio ByteRockers' Games is providing publishing support to indie studios Spaceflower (Let Them Trade) and Sparrow Games (Tile Rush). CEO Maik Reichelt is keen to support small titles that might otherwise struggle. ByteRockers' Games from Berlin is now supporting small development studios in the publishing sector. CEO By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Communications expert Mai-Vy Thach is Capcom's new PR Manager Europe. © Capcom Business Mai-Vy Thach is Capcom's Newest PR Manager Mai-Vy Thach, communications expert formerly at Ubisoft for over five years, has taken the position of PR Manager Central Europe for Capcom, joining the team of Claas Wolter. Her first project: Monster Hunter Wilds, premiering at gamescom. Starting in August, Mai-Vy Thach has begun the position of PR Manager Centrail By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nintendo Business Nintendo Sees Sharp Drop in Sales, but Solid Switch and Software Sales Nintendo's sales and revenue fell sharply in the current quarter, but this is also due to the comparison with a strong previous year. However, the Switch's hardware and software are still performing solidly in its eighth year. Nintendo has released its financial report for the first By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© 2K Business 2K Premieres Civilization VII at gamescom Opening Night Live The world premiere of Civilization VII gameplay will happen at gamescom. With a slot at Opening Night Live, a gameplay panel after the show on 2K's own Twitch channel and a demo in gamescom Hall 6, European players get a headstart on the game before it's By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Philomena Schwab, Bizdev & Game Designer, Co-founder of Stray Fawn Studio © Stray Fawn Studio / Archive Business How Stray Fawn Published a Game With Instinct3 TerraScape by Bitfall Studios has been co-published by Instinct3 and Stray Fawn. Philomena Schwab spoke to GamesMarkt about the collaboration with the German influencer agency and how the successful co-publishing project came about. Even for Stray Fawn, with its extensive experience in publishing its own games and those of its By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Melvin Frank, Product Manager Publishing, Instinct3 / HandOfBlood aka Hänno aka Maximilian Knabe © Instinct3 / HandOfUncut Business Instinct3 on Their First Published Game and the Credibility of Creators With TerraScape, influencer marketing agency Instinct3 has launched its first game as co-publisher - together with Stray Fawn. GamesMarkt spoke to Melvin Frank, Product Manager Publishing, about the successful launch, influencer credibility and the future of their publishing ambitions. TerraScape left Early Access almost two weeks ago, on the 17th By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Nitrado CEO Raphael Stange now also head Multicraft. © Nitrado, Stange Business Nitrado Acquires Multicraft Game server hoster Nitrado has acquired Swiss company Multicraft from Burgdorf. With that, the Karlsruhe company of CEO Raphael Stange enhances its B2B sector to rent out services to other game server hosters. Multicraft founder Daniel Hofer will stay on board after the acquisition. Karlsruhe server hoster and renter Nitrado By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
