© Rockfish Games Publishing Rockfish Games Doubles Down on Everspace 2 The first DLC for Everspace 2, Titans, has been released, featuring two massive space encounters. But Rockfish Games has even bigger plans and will be creating a second, even bigger expansion. Hamburg-based Rockfish Games has released Everspace 2: Titans, the first major DLC for Everspace 2, on Steam, GOG, Xbox By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Children playing Wo ist Goldi?. © Digital Ministry Business Bavaria Optimises Media Competency App Wo ist Goldi? for Windows The media competency app Wo ist Goldi? by Wegesrand. and the Bavarian Digital Ministry has been optimised for Windows. Up until now, the app could only be used on Mobile devices. It is authorised for usage in schools and has won several serious game awards. In the German Federal state By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© VGE Business VGE Published Demands for the Coming EU Mandate Twelve demands for the development of the games industry and the policies regarding it in the European Union: The European association Video Games Europe has formulated their thoughts for the coming mandate period of 2025-2029 in a manifesto. European games association Video Games Europe (VGE) has published a manifesto of By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The Magdeburg eSports club house, with Müller in the middle. © Magdeburg eSports e.V. Esports What Does it Cost to Run an Esports Club House? Providing an on-site esports club house takes money, time and effort. Martin Müller, Chairman of Magdeburg eSports and Vice President of the eSports Federation Germany, has released costs and incomes of the Magdeburg eSports club house for 2022 and 2023. The numbers show a decline in sponsoring money, but a By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Jens Junge and Timo Schöber cooperate in more than the academic endeveaour. © Justus Junge, Timo Schöber Campus ThinkGameful! and Institute for Ludology Cooperate for Research Projects Esports experts Timo Schöber and Jens Junge are no strangers to cooperation – now their academic institutions are coming together as well. Schöber's thinktank ThinkGameful! and the Institute for Ludology at the SRH Hochschule Berlin headed by Junge are announcing their cooperation to tackle bigger research projects in gaming By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© SWR Publishing SWR Launches Audio Game App Pale Blue Südwestrundfunk (SWR) continues to be open to the medium of games. The new podcast project 'Hellblau' is accompanied by an audio game app developed in cooperation with Pangolin Park. The topic of the podcast and audio game is the multicrisis. Hellblau - Der 5 Minuten Padcast zur Multikrise By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business The European Games Industry In the last two weeks, GamesMarkt has published nine articles on the European games industry, covering the "Big Five" key markets and four regions with their respective characteristics. All insights and articles (GamesMarkt Plus) at a glance. The games industry in Europe is very diverse, which is not By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Lars Wingefors, co-founder and CEO of Embracer; Matthew Karch, co-founder Saber Interactive and Head of Beacon Interactive © Embracer Group Business 4A Games and Zen Studios Will Remain Within Embracer Group The Embracer Group has completed the divestment of Saber Interactive. The Swedish group has received an early payment for the sale of the Saber assets, while 4A Games and Zen Studios will remain within the Embracer Group. The Swedish Embracer Group announces the receipt of $168.4 million as an By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Nerdic Business Organisers Finalise NERDICon LE Programme Business talks for trade visitors, tournaments and quiz shows for consumers - the programme for the first NERDICon in Leipzig is being finalised. One of the highlights will be the 'FuckUp Night', where industry professionals will talk about their personal failures and lessons learned. From 19 to 21 By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
From left to right: Helge Jürgens (Managing Director Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg), Hendrik Ruhe (Co-Founder Instinct3), Jeannine Koch (Chairwoman / Managing Director medianet berlinbrandenburg e.V.), Lothar Sattler (Department I for Federal and European Affairs and Media Policy in the Berlin Senate Chancellery) © Daniel Hinz Business Medianet Games Summer Reception 2024 With Lothar Sattler From the Berlin Senate Chancellery More than 100 guests from the games industry attended the traditional medianet Games Summer Reception, including Lothar Sattler from the Berlin Senate Chancellery, Department I - Federal and European Affairs and Media Policy. Among the topics discussed were the upcoming House of Games in Berlin and the effects of the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Annapurna just recently signed a deal with Remedy. © Remedy Business Annapurna Interactive Staff Leaves Company Over Spin-Off Dispute As reported at Bloomberg, the entire team of Annapurna Interactive under President Nathan Gary has resigned after spin-off talks with company ownership have failed. The new President Hector Sanchez and the mother company ensure that current games projects as well as the film rights for Alan Wake are unaffected. As By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© VGE Business Video Games Europe Rejects Accusations From Consumer Protection Organisations The European games association Video Games Europe (VGE) rejects the allegations made in the complaint that consumer protection groups submitted to the EU against seven games companies. The association and its members support and promote fair principles when purchasing in-game content. This also applies to in-game currency, VGE says, and By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
