The Supervisory Board elected Sarah Duve-Schmid (3rd from left) to succeed Kirsten Niehuus © MBB Business Medienboard Appoints Sarah Duve-Schmid as the Next Film Managing Director The supervisory board of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has appointed Sarah Duve-Schmid as the successor to Kirsten Niehuus. She will become Managing Director of the film funding division and spokesperson of the Medienboard from mid-2025. Games funding will remain in Helge Jürgens' hands until his retirement in mid-2028. Sarah Duve-Schmid will By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club © Nintendo Publishing New Famicom Detective Club Game Announced by Nintendo Nintendo has surprised with the announcement of Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club for Switch. It is the first game in the series in 35 years, and the USK 16 (PEGI 18) rating is quite unusual for a Nintendo game. The next instalment in the Famicom Detective Club By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Lead actress Ella Purnell and show runner Jonathan Nolan on the set of the Fallout series. © 2022 Amazon Content Services LLC Business Amazon's Fallout Series Nominated for 17 Emmys At this year's Emmy Awards, Fallout series from Amazon has been nominated in 16 categories. Last year, the adaptation of the video game The Last of Us won eight awards. The Amazon series Fallout has been nominated for 17 awards in 16 categories at the 76th Emmy Awards, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Nintendo/GamesMarkt Publishing Two Gold Awards for Nintendo in June Despite the summer lull and the European Football Championship, two games met game's Gold Sales Award criteria in June. Both games are from Nintendo. Everyone knows that June is not the best month for game sales. And with the European Football Championship Euro 24 taking place at the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Rush is the new 5v5 mode in EA Sports FC 25. © EA Sports Publishing EA Sports FC 25 Releases at the end of September Once again, a new football game from EA Sports will be released at the end of September. EA Sports FC 25 will be available for all consoles and PC. The football game includes a new 5v5 mode, an overhaul of the tactical foundations through AI and the introduction of women& By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap © Robot Entertainment Publishing Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap Announced Robot Entertainment is continuing the franchise: Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap will be released in early 2025 and will build on the strengths of its predecessor, which premiered on Stadia at the time. The series has over twelve million players. Robot Entertainment has announced Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, the sequel to By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Heike Raab, Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Medienförderung RLP, State Secretary, Plenipotentiary of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to the Federal Government and for Europe and the Media © Staatskanzlei RLP/ Unger Business Rhineland-Palatinate is Funding Four Games With €115,000 The jury of Medienförderung RLP has made its first funding decisions for 2024. Four games projects will receive a total of 115,000 Euros in funding. 14 games were submitted for funding. In the first round of funding in 2024, Medienförderung RLP is awarding a total of 534,000 Euros. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Gamecity Hamburg Business Gamecity Hamburg and More Companies From Hamburg at gamescom 2024 Through the "Road to gamescom" program, Gamecity Hamburg enables five indie studios from Hamburg to participate in the Indie Arena Booth. Other companies from Hamburg will be at gamescom to showcase projects and hold business meetings. Gamecity Hamburg brings five start-ups to the Indie Arena Booth (Hall 10. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Freddie Sandström Development Reactional Music Becomes Unity Verified Solution Provider Game studios using Unity can now more easily integrate the Reactional Music platform. This gives them access to a growing catalogue of rights for interactive or personalised music and the ability to offer music as an in-game purchase. Although Unity's reputation has suffered somewhat following an unfortunate adjustment By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Bitfall Studios at gamescom 2023. © Bitfall Studios Publishing First Game Published by Influencer Marketing Agency Instinct3 After Instinct3 co-founder and influencer Maximilian Knabe (HandOfBlood) announced his intention to become an indie publisher, the first pilot project is ready to go. Together with Stray Fawn and Bitfall Studios, the Spandau-based influencer marketing agency will release the full version of TerraScape today. Instinct3 is mainly responsible for the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Reichstagsgebäude in Berlin © Deutscher Bundestag / Felix Zahn / photothek Business Federal Games Funding to Remain at €50m in 2025, Criticism Grows The German government's draft budget for 2025 still allocates around 50 million Euros in funding for games. Other measures to strengthen the industry are missing. The game association criticises the draft budget and calls for tax breaks. The draft budget of the Federal Government, which was approved by By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Indie Arena Booth Line-up for gamescom 2024. © IAB, Super Crowd Entertainment Business Indie Arena Booth Line-up for gamescom 2024 More than 160 games from 37 countries have been selected for the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2024. The line-up includes games from Pixel Maniacs, Bippinbits, Backwoods Entertainment, Lululu Entertainment, Gentle Troll Entertainment, Paintbucket Games and many more. Over 160 titles from 37 countries have made it into the curated By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
