Henner Bruhn and Dr Anika Thun © Kalypso Business Henner Bruhn Returns to Kalypso Media Kalypso Media is pleased to announce the appointment of Henner Bruhn as Business Development Manager. Bruhn comes from Alteon, where he was Director Sourcing & Operations, and knows Kalypso Media from a previous engagement. In fact, Henner Bruhn already worked for Kalypso Media in 2010. At that time Bruhn was By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Lisa Paus Photo. © Laurence Chaperon Business Ten to Fourteen-Year-Olds and Their Parents Need More Media Literacy Social media and games are very popular among ten to fourteen-year-olds, but they face many risks. Their parents are not always helpful when it comes to dealing with these risks. From the children's point of view, parents need more knowledge, commitment and empathy to support them competently and By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Strategic Refocus, Record Net Bookings, a Thriving Back-Catalogue and 1,700 Job Cuts at Ubisoft Ubisoft reports record net bookings of over 2.3 billion Euros last fiscal year. More than 1,700 jobs have been cut over the last 18 months. The Heartland Division has been cancelled. The company believes it is well positioned for the future and is increasing its focus on open-world By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Payday 3 was the most important revenue contributor in Q1 2024, the preliminary results of which were announced the day before the Annual General Meeting © Starbreeze Business Starbreeze: Jürgen Goeldner Becomes Chairman, Mats Juhl Interim CEO Following the Annual General Meeting there was a reorganisation in management as Jürgen Goeldner was appointed Chairman of the Board. His position as interim acting CEO will be taken over by CFO Mats Juhl until a permanent successor is found. Jürgen Goeldner took over the position of interim CEO at By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Assassin's Creed Shadows to be released on 15 November 2024. © Ubisoft Publishing Assassin's Creed Shadows to be Released on 15 November 2024 Following the launch of Star Wars Outlaws at the end of August, Ubisoft will be releasing Assassin's Creed Shadows this year as well. Set in Japan, the AAA game is scheduled for release on 15 November 2024 and is designed from the ground up for the current generation By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© MDM/Firmen Development MDM Approves Funding for Three Games and two XR Projects The Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) has approved a total of 335,000 euros for the Games & XR segment in the second funding session of the year. 250,000 of this will go to the games from Inclusive Gaming, PandaBee Studios and Bippinbits. In the second funding session of the year, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Markus Oeller, co-founder and co-CEO of 1SP Agency. © Sven Jakobsen Business MSM.digital Implements MR Concept for Meta and Lufthansa Meta Business Partner MSM.digital has developed a concept for Lufthansa's in-flight entertainment. The programme is based on the Quest 3 Mixed Reality headset and offers passengers a new type of in-flight entertainment experience as part of a six-month test phase on selected flights. The project is a By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The three co-founders of Second Stage from left to right: Matthias Mirlach, Christian Szymanski, and Egemen Arslan. © Second Stage Business Mirlach, Szymanski and Arslan set up Marketing Agency Second Stage Matthias Mirlach, Christian Szymanski and Egemen Arslan have founded Second Stage, a new marketing agency offering marketing intelligence solutions for games companies and the gaming market. A self-service advertising platform is also in development. The newly formed marketing agency Second Stage is explicitly targeting publishers, developers, agencies and brands with By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Jake Solomon, CEO and Creative Director © Midsummer Studios Business Midsummer Studios Established After two decades at Firaxis, Jake Solomon and Will Miller have founded Midsummer Studios. They are joined by co-founder Nelsie Birch and former Maxis director Grant Rodiek. The team plans to revitalise the life sim genre. The company has already raised six million dollars from investors. A team of veteran By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© GamesMarkt Publishing Two Double Platinum and two Gold Awards in April The industry association game presented four sales awards in June, but only titles that have been available for some time achieved the sales targets. Sony Interactive Entertainment, Ubisoft and Capcom are the winners. Although there were no major releases, the association game still saw four games cross the threshold for By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Sung-Hun Choi and Alexandra Böckelmann © Acer Business Sung-Hun Choi appointed as new Head of Marketing GSA for Acer Sung-Hun Choi, a manager with gaming experience, is taking over the position of Head of Marketing & PR at Acer. Sung-Hun Choi takes up the position as Head of Marketing for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Acer. With a long career in the technology industry, which he started in 2004, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
