The Nordic countries such as Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Norway. © GamesMarkt Business European Games Markets: Nordics By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
The Belgian Game Awards 2023 © BIS, Belgian Game Awards Business The Belgian Game Awards 2024 Nominees The Belgian Game Awards 2024 will be presented on 18 October in Brussels, and now the nominations have been announced. Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 has 'only' been nominated for three awards. Flemish Games Association and BelgianGames want to showcase Belgian game developers' creativity By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown © Nacon / Bigben Products Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, developed by Nacon's in-house studio KT Racing, is one of the most important games ever for the French publisher, as Nacon aims to compete with arcade racing games such as Forza Horizon and The Crew, although not all the signs are pointing in By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Florian Teuteberg, CEO of Digitec Galaxus © Galaxus Business Migros Backs Further International Expansion of Galaxus The Swiss online retailer Galaxus wants to expand further in Europe. The majority owner Migros has now approved the budget for this expansion over the next four years. Galaxus has big plans, especially in Germany. In Switzerland, Galaxus' market share is even higher than Amazon's. Its share By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
German streamers make up the band 'Die Hit-Jäger'. © JvM Nerd Publishing EA and JvM Nerd Create Streamer Pop Band for Apex Legends Song In a new campaign for Season 22 of Apex Legends, Jung von Matt Nerd has created the pop band 'Die Hit-Jäger' in collaboration with We Are Era, TakeTV and Electronic Arts. Consisting of four streamers, the band is designed to appeal to both the gaming community and pop By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Sony Business Sony Outlines First PlayStation 30th Anniversary Celebrations This December, Sony Interactive Entertainment will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the first PlayStation. The company has now announced the first events to mark the occasion. There are also increasing signs of a PlayStation 5 Pro. The first PlayStation was released in Japan on 3 December 1994 By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Dutch Game Garden Business Incubator and Cluster Dutch Game Garden Closes After 17 Years Due to Funding Issues After 17 years and 130 incubated companies, game cluster and Indigo Showcase host Dutch Game Garden closes due to budget issues. The future of the Indigo Showcase indie festival in Utrecht is as of yet unsure. Dutch game incubator, support cluster and organiser of the Indigo game festival, Dutch Game By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 © Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment Business Focus Entertainment Sees Record Launch for Space Marine 2 With Advanced Access The trend of offering more expensive game editions with multi-day Advanced Access has also paid off for Focus Entertainment. The French publisher has outperformed all of its previous releases with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - and that's just with Advanced Access, as the regular version won& By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The teams of the first publishing meeting, with Mythwright Publishing Director Stuart Morton (left) and David Kuri crossing swords. © Mythwright / Sun and Serpent Creations Publishing Sun and Serpent Creations Signs UK Publisher Mythwright for Bladesong The Digital Vikings Awards winners Sun and Serpent Creations from Braunschweig have signed Mythwright from the UK as publisher for their upcoming, nordmedia funded bladesmithing simulator Bladesong. Studio founder David Kuri uses the support to increase the team size working on the game. Studio Sun and Serpent Creations from Braunschweig, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The CipSoft management team: Ulrich Schlott, Stephan Vogler, and Benjamin Zuckerer (pictured left to right) © CipSoft Business CipSoft's Continued Success and the MMO Market's Peculiarities CipSoft has been doing very well over the past few years. The company, which won the Best Studio award at the German Computer Games Awards (DCP), now employs more than 100 people for the first time and has just announced its second MMO. We spoke to Benjamin Zuckerer, Lead Product By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
The German PUBG team. © Krafton Esports Krafton Hosts PUBG Nations Cup 2024 in Seoul Again Like last year, Krafton will host the PUBG Nations Cup as part of Game eSports Seoul, from 6 to 9 September. The German team is one of the established participants, featuring René ‘Braexco’ Rehling, Tim ‘Myca’ Bodenseh, Christian ‘Itzz_ChrizZ’ Blank, Jan ‘PaiinZ’ Kösters and Ivo ‘Kowo’ Schenk. Norway joins By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
