Cam Weber President EA Sports, Laura Miele, President EA Entertainment & Technology, Andrew Wilson, CEO Electronic Arts, Byron Beed, Group General Manager Battlefield (from left to right) © Screenshot EA Webcast of Investor Day 2024 Business How Electronic Arts Plans to Lead the Market With Its Major Brands At Investor Day, Electronic Arts provided an interesting insight into how the major sees its future. In addition to a lot of news about doubling the audience, the use of AI, a Sims movie or the setting of Battlefield, the information between the lines was particularly exciting: the EA brands By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
© Warhorse, Plaion Products Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 A second part for Kingdom Come: Deliverance was almost a given. The Middleage RPG by Warhorse is one of Plaions most successful titles. This time, the full current-gen title can trump with improved aesthetics. Heinrich is back — and while the Kingdom of Bohemia was part of the Holy Roman Empire By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© Corsair Business Corsair Buys Fanatec Sim Racing from Endor Corsair has bought the Fanatec Sim Racing brand located in Landshut from Endor AG. All current staff will transfer with the brand as well. The Fanatec office will remain in Landshut. Corsair is buying the Fanatec Sim Racing product line from Endor AG. That includes the existing Fanatec staff at By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nintendo is no stranger to the Zurich Pop Con - as seen here in 2021. © Zurich Pop Con / Nintendo Business Nintendo Opens Pop-Up Store at Zurich Pop Con & Game Show 2024 Only the second official Nintendo event pop-up store in Europe: The Zurich Pop Con & Game Show has hooked a big one. The Nintendo presence will bring otherwise Japan-exclusive merchandise to the Swiss game festival on 5 and 6 October. The organisers of the Zurich Pop Con & Game Show By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Susanne Mitterer (Deputy Head of the Competence Team for Cultural and Creative Industries, Munich), Astrid Kahmke (CEO Ionda/Director The Portal), Anton Biebl (Head of the City of Munich Cultural Office) Silke Schmidt (Head of XR HUB Bayern), Max Permantier (FilmFernsehFonds Bayern; from left to right) © LHM/Michael Schinharl VR-XR-MR Special Exhibition 'The Portal' Opened in Munich City Hall The VR exhibition 'The Portal' will be held in seven currently vacant retail spaces in Munich City Hall until the end of December. 360-degree films and interactive VR apps that have debuted at international festivals will be shown. The interim use is being facilitated and promoted by the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Racing was a big part of the LogiPlay showcase. © Logitech Business Logitech G Presents New Interchangeable Racing Equipment, New Flagship Periphery On its LogiPlay showcase, Logitech G has shown several new gaming mouses and keyboards, a new flagship headset with multiconsole connectivity and several new racing equipment parts that can be interchanged freely. On yesterday’s LogiPlay showcase, periphery maker Logi G has announced several new products. For the first time, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© 11 bit Products Frostpunk 2 With more than two million wishlists, Frostpunk 2 from 11 bit studios is the third most-wanted game on Steam. The sequel to the survival city builder released in 2018 will surpass its predecessor in almost every discipline, especially in terms of scale, and of course there will once again be By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© Devolver Products The Plucky Squire One of the creative highlights of this year's autumn gaming season is The Plucky Squire, developed by All Possible Futures and published by Devolver Digital. In this playable love letter to action-adventure games such as Zelda and the like, storybook characters discover a three-dimensional world outside the pages By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The marketplace Fab.com is scheduled to launch in mid-October. © Screenshop Unreal Engine Blog Development Epic Games Launches Fab Marketplace in Mid-October At GDC 2023, Epic Games announced that it would be merging all of its asset stores under one brand: Fab. A year ago, the launch of Fab was delayed. Now, the marketplace is scheduled to launch in mid-October. It was an ambitious project that was supposed to make it much By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business How Much Money can I Make in Games? What salary do different vocations in the German games industry make? We surveyed the salaries of the six biggest job areas in games from junior to senior and cross-referenced them with last year‘s results. We have asked more than 100 companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the average By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
© Square Enix Publishing What Square Enix Is Doing Differently When Launching Final Fantasy XVI on PC Just over a year after its release on PlayStation 5, Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy XVI to PC, but this time without store exclusivity, at a lower price, and hopefully with a better technical port thanks to a previous demo. Square Enix chose the beginning of this year' By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Screenshot VGFB Business VGFB Supports VGE Arguments With Own Survey The Belgian Games Federation is using the results of its own survey to support the arguments of the VGE and EGDF in response to complaints from consumer protection organisations against in-game purchase mechanisms of some publishers. The results show that Belgian parents are aware of the spending of their children. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
