Switch games will be playable on Switch successor. © Nintendo Business Switch Games Will Be Playable on Switch Successor "Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch." With these words, Nintendo President Shuntarō Furukawa confirmed the backwards compatibility of Nintendo's yet-to-be-announced next console. It is important for Nintendo to be able to bring existing customers over to the new system, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Simon Little (left) and Daren Tang signing the agreement. © Video Games Europe Esports VGE and WIPO Pledge to Cooperate in Esports Video Games Europe and the World Intellectual Property Organization have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on fostering the rights of IP holders like publishers in esports. Video Games Europe CEO, Simon Little, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director-General Daren Tang, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Mexify at the opening of the Red Bull Gaming Garden © Red Bull Stadion München GmbH / MKM GmbH Esports Cherry Xtrfy Supports the Red Bull Gaming Garden in Munich Since the end of September, the Red Bull Gaming Garden in the SAP Garden is a new destination for the esports scene in Munich. The location is supported by Cherry Xtrfy as part of a cooperation. The Red Bull Gaming Garden in the SAP Garden is a new hotspot for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Lukas Galinski is taking on new responsibilities at Instinct3 © Galinski Business Lukas Galinski Takes on New Responsibilities at Instinct3 Through his work as Senior Project Manager & ESG (Environmental Social Governance) Advisor, Lukas Galinski himself created his new position. Since 1 November, he is responsible for Sustainability & Public Benefit Development at Instinct3. The position was created through job crafting, as Galinski himself says on social media. Among others, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© PandaBee Products tilt frog With tilt frog, PandaBee Studios from Leipzig enter the commercial gaming market. While their next game Endzeit is already public thanks to the funding it received, with the rage game platformer tilt frog, the young studio wants to capture streamers and sidescroller enthusiasts alike. Rage games are all the… rage. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Renate Harrer (left) and Ariane Poschner © GM Business Renate Harrer Returns to Swordfish The Munich PR agency Swordfish has strengthened its team and brought Renate Harrer on board as Senior PR and New Business Development Manager. For Harrer, it is a return to her old workplace. Harrer already worked for around eight years in the team of company founder and CEO Ariane Poschner. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Garden Business Incredibuild Acquires German DevOps Startup Garden Incredibuild, known for its software acceleration solutions, has acquired Garden, a DevOps startup specializing in open-source tools to optimize CI pipelines. The acquisition aims to streamline the software development process by integrating Garden’s technology to reduce bottlenecks from code commit to deployment. Garden’s innovative approach accelerates Continuous Integration By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Dotemu, SNK Products Metal Slug Tactics 2D run-and-gun action becomes a tactical role-playing game. With Metal Slug Tactics, French duo Leikir Studio and Dotemu are taking a well-known but dormant franchise in a new direction, and they're doing it in style. Dotemu is reviving another dormant franchise, this time SNK's Metal Slug, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Wild River Games Publishing Wild River Games Sends Eldrador Creatures From schleich on a New Adventure Wild River Games has once again teamed up with toy maker schleich, licensed by Bavaria Media Licensing, to create the turn-based strategy game Eldrador Creatures: Shadowfall. Eldrador Creatures: Shadowfall will be released in early 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, Switch and Xbox Series X|S. Players aged six and up By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Netflix Business Mike Verdu Named Vice President, GenAI for Games at Netflix Vice President, GenAI for Games - that is Mike Verdu's new position at Netflix. The former VP Games sees generative AI as a '"once in a generation" inflection point for game development and player experiences'. Mike Verdu has taken on a new role at By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Sales Status of Nintendo Switch. © Nintendo IR Business Nintendo's Net Sales Drop 34 Percent in H1/25, Full-Year Outlook Revised Downward Compared to last year, sales of Nintendo Switch hardware and software have dropped significantly, despite nine games having sold more than one million units on the platform during this period. As a result, Nintendo has lowered its forecast for the year. No information was given on the successor to the By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Luciana Viganò is the new Interim President of the Swiss Game Developers Association © SGDA Business Luciana Viganò New Interim President of the Swiss Game Developers Association Since September 3, Luciana Viganò has taken over from former president Alice Ruppert as interim president of the Swiss Game Developers Association (SGDA). Viganò has been a board member since April 2024. A leadership change in Switzerland: Since September 3, Luciana Viganò has taken over from former president Alice Ruppert By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
