Summer Game Fest confirmed for 2025. © SGF/TGA Business Summer Game Fest Confirmed for 2025 Geoff Keighley has officially confirmed Summer Game Fest 2025. Although the opening show of this year's series of events set a new record for the number of viewers, the feedback from the audience was rather negative. After Summer Game Fest is before Summer Game Fest. The SGF organisers By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© From Software/Bandai Namco Publishing Elden Ring Reaches 25 Million Units Sold Ahead of Add-on Release With just two weeks to go before the release of the major expansion, Shadows of the Erdtree, Elden Ring has apparently passed the 25 million units sold mark. The release of the expansion Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree on 21 June 2024 is expected to give the blockbuster a By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Speakers at the Gamestate Festival BW 2024 © Gamestate Festival Business Gamestate Festival BW 2024: Programme and Speakers The second Gamestate Festival BW will take place in less than a month, this time in Karlsruhe. Both the programme and the speakers are now confirmed. Attendance is free, but the number of participants is limited. The Gamestate Festival BW 2024 will take place on 12 July 2024 at the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Vivien Redmann, Capcom Germany's Community Manager for the Monster Hunter franchise. © Capcom Business Capcom Germany Expands Community and Social Media Management Team Capcom Germany has expanded its team in Hamburg. Marta Zolnowska joins as Social Media & Community Manager Poland and Vivien Redmann as Community Manager Monster Hunter. Capcom Germany welcomes two new employees to its Hamburg office. Marta Żołnowska joined the marketing and communications team on 1 June as Social Media By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Naoe: Trained as a Shinobi assassin from Iga Prefecture, Naoe Fujibayashi embarks on a journey across Japan in search of revenge to fulfil an impossible promise. She takes a more stealthy approach. Yasuke: After becoming a loyal samurai to Oda Nobunaga, Yasuke finds a new purpose. He must confront the demons of his past. He seeks more of an open fight. © Ubisoft Publishing Assassin's Creed Shadows - A Game of new Paths and old Traditions By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
The participants of the 1. Deutschen Fachtagung für Gamedidaktik 2024 (1st German Conference on Game Didactics 2024) © h_da/fbmd Campus German Game Didactics Conference to be Continued 50 participants from 30 different universities and educational institutions from all over Germany came to the 1. Deutschen Fachtagung für Gamedidaktik 2024 (1st German Conference on Game Didactics 2024). For the organisers, it was a success that encourages them to continue. The 1. Deutschen Fachtagung für Gamedidaktik 2024 (1st German By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt/EA/Nintendo Publishing German Games Charts: The Big Reunion Two newcomers and ten reentries dominate the German games charts in May. But they also show that new releases are few and far between, with long-running hits dominating the market. The success of Amazon Prime's Fallout series could not keep the game at the top of the charts By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Aesir Products Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Strauss Zelnick, Chairman and CEO of Take-Two , Randy Pitchford, founder and CEO of Gearbox Entertainment, and Lars Wingefors, co-founder and CEO of Embracer (from left to right). © GamesMarkt Business Update: Embracer Closes Gearbox Divestment At the end of March, Embracer and Take Two Interactive announced the sale of Gearbox, including selected studios and IPs, for $460 million. Now all conditions for the deal have been fulfilled. It was only at the end of March that Embracer announced the sale of its subsidiary Gearbox, including By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Craig Federighi presented the gaming updates at the WWDC 2024. He is Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Craig oversees the development of iOS and macOS. © Apple Business Gaming Becomes More Important to Apple At WWDC 2024, Apple announced not only a dozen new and old games for the Mac, but also the second iteration of the Game Porting Toolkit. This should simplify the process of bringing games into the Apple ecosystem, especially as Apple talks about a "unified gaming platform across iPhone, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Not only for smartphones, but also for desktop PCs, keyboards, mice and TV sets, one third of Germans or more pay attention to the gaming properties of the hardware before buying. This was announced by the German games association game with the help of a graphic (in German). © game Business Gaming Features Important for CE Purchase Decisions One third of all Germans look at whether a device is suitable for gaming when buying consumer electronics hardware. This is the result of a survey conducted by the German games industry association game in cooperation with YouGov Germany. Gaming capabilities have a great influence on the decision to buy By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Apple Vision Pro. © Apple VR-XR-MR Apple to Launch Vision Pro in Germany After its US launch in February 2024, the Apple Vision Pro will be released in other markets as well. The mixed reality headset will be available in Germany from 12 July, starting at around 4,000 Euros. It will not be available in Austria and Switzerland yet. Apple Vision Pro By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
