Last year's Gamestate took place in Stuttgart. © MFG / game BW / K3 Business Gamestate Festival BW returns 2024 After 2023's event in Stuttgart, the Gamestate Festival BW comes to Karlsruhe on July 12 2024. Gamestate is organized by MFG, game Baden-Württemberg and the Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsbüro Karlsruhe. Registrations are open now, the schedule will be announced at a later date. With a recurring gathering in Karlsruhe By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Strauss Zelnick - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Take-Two Interactive © Take-Two Business Take-Two Interactive to Make Nearly 600 Employees Redundant As part of a cost-cutting programme, Take-Two Interactive will lay off five per cent of its workforce. This equates to around 580 employees. Some projects will also be cancelled. Take-Two Interactive has announced a cost reduction program. The plan is expected to be largely completed by the end of this By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
New MD Walid Nakschbandi has led his first funding round. © Film- und Medienstiftung NRW / Hojabr Riahi Development NRW Funds Seven Games With €1,03m In its first funding round under new MD Walid Nakschbandi, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports seven games with 1,03 million euros total. All four prototypes present have been funded in earlier stages as well. One of the studios is Critical Rabbit, four-time DCP nominee at tomorrow's By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
"Manor Lords" is a medieval strategy game with city-building, tactical combat, complex economics and social simulation. © Slavic Magic and Hooded Horse Products Manor Lords By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Development Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive Returns With Increased Budget Until 18 June, Canadian and Berlin-Brandenburgian media producers can apply for the Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Canada Media Fund. This year, the budget is 375,000 euros total. Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Canada Media Fund (CMF) are continuing their joint Canada Germany Digital Media Incentive By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Esports World Cup to Offer More Than $60M Prize Pool. © Esports World Cup Foundation Esports Esports World Cup to Offer More Than $60M Prize Pool The largest prize pool in esports history sets the stage for this summer's Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The total prize pool of more than 60 million dollars beats the previous record of 45 million dollars set by Gamers8: The Land of Heroes in 2023. The By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Nintendo Publishing Nintendo Indie World Showcase on 17 April With a 20 minute long Indie World Showcase, Nintendo is going to present indie games on Switch tomorrow at 16:00 o'clock. On Wednesday, 17 April at 16:00, a new Indie World presentation will be broadcast, as Nintendo announced just now. In the approximately 20-minute long edition, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Boris Burangulov, Executive Producer War Robots and Elena Grigorian, CEO My.Games. © My.Games Publishing The Success of War Robots in Germany and My.Games' Road to China My.Games celebrates the tenth anniversary of War Robots. To date, the mobile shooter has generated revenues of more than 900 million US dollars. Germany is one of the top 5 markets for the game. With the release in China, the billion dollar mark is likely to be reached. Executive By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Stefan Marcinek, CEO of Assemble and organiser of GermanDevDays © Assemble Business GermanDevDays: Exact Dates and Call for Papers After the first teaser, it is now confirmed when and where the GermanDevDays will take place in August. The call for papers is now open. The sixth GDD - GermanDevDays conference will take place on the 7 and 8 of August, once again at the Saalbau Gallus in Frankfurt am By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Inter IKEA Systems B.V. 2023 Publishing Ikea Introduces Brännboll Gaming Collection Inspired by the needs of gamers and those who live with them, Ikea is launching the Brännboll collection this year. The collection includes 20 items that help gamers create a comfortable setup during and after gaming. Building on Ikea's first gaming series "Republic of Gamers" in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
This year's youth jury, including last year's leader Alex Chumak (rear center) and organiser Ulrich Tausend (second from right). © GamesFestival Business GamesFestival24 Reveals Full Schedule At this year's GamesFestival in Munich, Julius Girbig from CDPR will show his way to success, Active Fungus brings historical gaming to the audience and the Amadeu-Antonio-Stiftung talk about hatespeech in games. This and much more is part of the full programme reveal. The fourth GamesFestival in Munich By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
