© Gamesahead Business GamesAhead seeks indies for the DoKomi Creative Games Area DoKomi, Germany's largest anime and Japan exhibition, takes place at the end of June. This year again, GamesAhead is organising a Creative Games Area. Interested indie teams can register until the beginning of June. Participation in the Creative Games Area, organised by GamesAhead, is at cost price. DoKomi By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Cigdem Uzunoglu (center) with Benjamin Hillmann and Dr. Tabea Widmann © Charles Yunck/Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur Business Stiftung Digitale Spielkultur Bids Farewell to Çiğdem Uzunoğlu After more than six years, Çiğdem Uzunoğlu was bid farewell as Managing Director of the Digital Games Culture Foundation (Digital Games Culture Foundation) in a ceremony attended by around 70 guests from the foundation's network. Among those present were representatives from politics, foundations, civil society and the games By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Strauss Zelnick - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer © Take-Two Interactive Business Take-Two Postpones GTA 6 and Announces Huge Operational Loss Take-Two Interactive generated net revenues of over five billion Dollars in fiscal 2024, but still posted a loss of 3.74 billion Dollars. Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed until fall 2025. CEO Strauss Zelnick said that Roll7 and Intercept Games have not been closed. Grand Theft Auto 6 By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
First 55 partners for Summer Game Fest 2024. © SGF/TGA Business First 55 Partners Confirmed for Summer Game Fest 2024 The organisers of this year's Summer Game Fest event series have announced the first 55 partners. Deep Silver and Plaion are on board from the GSA side. Nintendo is missing from the big names. Summer Game Fest is fast approaching. The first 55 partners to take part in By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
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
