© Creative Europe Media Business Creative Europe Media Funding Calls for 2025 Are Now Online Creative Europe has just published the first new calls for the coming funding year: a total of 338 million euros will go to the cultural and creative sectors in Europe in 2025, of which 196 million euros will go to the audiovisual sector alone. The video game call has a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© HeadUp Products Aerial_Knight's We Never Yield The afro-futurist traversal action game by Aerial_Knight and BetaJester is one of HeadUp’s publishing projects. It impresses with BIPOC actors and artists as voices and composers and a fresh story. Now, the game is also available on PS5. Since May 2024, there is a new, old independent indie By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
StickyStoneStudio team photo from gamescom. © StickyStoneStudio Business StickyStoneStudio - How Memorrha Became a Stepping Stone for the Indie Studio to Get Started By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
The Orion AR goggles and family. © Meta Business Meta Announces Orion AR Glasses, Meta Quest 3S and More At Meta Connect 2024, Meta has shown its new AR glasses called Orion, currently in prototype stage, and as expected the Meta Quest 3S. Several updates to AI software and Meta's Ray-Ban cooperation have also been announced. At the current Meta Connect 2024, Facebook mother Meta has announced By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Microids crew at gamescom 2024, from the left: Alvin Rabary, Head of Digital; Julien Renzaho, VP Sales & Business Development; Stephane Longeard, CEO; Alexandre Breas, Managing Director France & VP Operations; Boris Hong, VP Publishing Games. © Microids Business Alexandre Breas & Julien Renzaho: »Our DNA is Based on Family Titles« By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read
Paul Schnepf (left) and Jonas Tyroller (right) developed Thronefall completely remotely. Tyroller from Regensburg, Schnepf from Berlin. They haven't seen each other "in real life" since 2019. It wasn't until the German Game Developer Award 2023 that they were physically together again. There they accepted the award for 'Best Casual Game'. © Beatrice Thoma at the German Game Developer Award 2023 Publishing Grizzly Games' Thronefall Releases on PC and Switch in October Almost a million copies of Thronefall, from Grizzly Games, have already been sold in Early Access. In October 2024, it's time for the full game, which will also be released on Switch. Thronefall will leave Steam Early Access on 11 October. The minimalist strategy game about defending " By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ubisoft © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Publishing Ubisoft Postpones Assassin's Creed Shadows, Adjusts Financial Targets, and Returns to Steam Following the softer-than-expected launch of Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft has adjusted its financial targets, postponed Assassin's Creed Shadows to give its development teams more time to polish it, and announced the return of day-one releases on Steam. "We are departing from the traditional Season Pass model," By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
700 visitors attended the first iteration of NerdiCon. © Nerdic GmbH Business First NerdiCon Defies Schedule Chaos with Solid Visitor Numbers The first NerdiCon in Leipzig had its share of challenges before it began, with a sudden venue change and a very spontaneous schedule announcement. Nevertheless, over 700 people attended the first event, with 160 showing up to the adjunct conference format at the MacroMedia. The NerdiCon event took place in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Twin Sails Interactive Products Bloomtown: A Different Story With a mix of eerie horror, social sim and monster catching, Bloomtown: A Different Story brings big potential to the cosy gaming space. Many, many social and farming simulations have entered the market in the eight years since Stardew Valley brought back the classic Harvest Moon a.k.a Story By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Thomas Schade and Stefan Sommer (right) © AOC/MMD Business Stefan Sommer Succeeds Thomas Schade as VP Europe at MMD and AOC There has been a change in leadership in the European operations of monitor manufacturers MMD and AOC: On 1 September, Stefan Sommer took over from Thomas Schade, who was previously Vice President Europe. The handover will continue until the end of the year. The Amsterdam-based European headquarters of the monitor By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Christopher Flato, board member of the ESBD. © Flato ESBD Esports Call for Non-Profit Status for Esports From Three Associations The German eSports Association (ESBD), game - the German Games Industry Association and the North Rhine-Westphalian Sports Association have joined forces to appeal to politicians to finally recognise the non-profit status of esports. On Monday, the German eSports Association (eSport-Bund Deutschland e.V. - ESBD), game - the German Games By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dr Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Director for Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, and Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe. © IMAGO / CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl Business European Teenager Spend too Much Time on Social Media and Playing Games The WHO has issued an alarming report on the problematic use of social media and digital games by young people in Europe. Although the trend appears to be true, the incomplete data basis for the gaming statements does not make them universally valid. The European office of the World Health By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
