© Beam Business Beam Ventures Launches $150m Gaming Fund to Make Abu Dhabi a Global Gaming Hub The Beam Foundation has announced plans to launch Beam Ventures, a gaming-focused venture fund, in Abu Dhabi. The $150 million fund aims to accelerate founders and contribute to Abu Dhabi's transformation into a global gaming hub. Beam Ventures, established by the Beam Foundation, is a gaming-focused By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The Apple Arcade Game of the Year is Balatro+ from Playstack. © Playstack Business Apple Selects Games of the Year 2024 As with every year, Apple has honoured outstanding apps and games on the App Store. The iPhone Game of the Year is AFK Journey from Farlight Games. The Apple Arcade Game of the Year is Balatro+ from Playstack. Several games are also among the Cultural Impact Winners. Apple has announced By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
New Games/Bavaria Team Lead Robin Rottmann © Robin Rottmann Business Robin Rottmann is New Team Lead Games/Bavaria at Medien.Bayern Before the end of the year, Games/Bavaria has a new team lead: Robin Rottmann takes over the lead of the initiative, which is based at Medien.Bayern. The name Robin and Games/Bavaria seem to go well together. Until 2021, Robin Hartmann, now at devcom, was responsible as team By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Wholesome Business G+ Wholesome Snack With Stray Fawn, Metaroot, Rokaplay, Tiny Roar, Toukana and More By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Gamevasion Cosplay Contest © Freaks 4U Gaming Business Gamevasion Powered by DreamHack Attracts 18,000 Visitors The first Gamevasion powered by DreamHack took place under its new name in the halls of the Hannover Exhibition Centre from 5 to 8 December. The gaming festival kicked off with 18,000 visitors, including gamers, tabletop enthusiasts, artists and cosplayers. At the opening ceremony, the Lord Mayor of Hannover, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Marco Alessandro Minoli, Director of Publishing © Slitherine Publishing Slitherine Presents Games Line-Up for 2025 2025 will be a big year for strategy games specialist Slitherine. That's because next year will see the release of RuneQuest: Warlords, which was announced yesterday, and Broken Arrow, which is likely to be their biggest release to date. Slitherine, a UK and Italy-based publisher of strategy By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Archive Business GameStop Confirms Wind Down of Operations in Germany As part of its current quarterly results, GameStop has also confirmed its withdrawal from Germany. This will be completed before the end of the current financial year. GameStop does not want to rule out further, even extensive store closures at this time. After the closure of all German branches of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Bavaria's Digital Minister Fabian Mehring and the team von Games Bavaria/Medien.Bayern © Picture: Pascal Wagner Business Fabian Mehring Announces Funding and Bavaria’s Bid for DCP 2026 At the Games/Bavaria Christmas party held at Munich’s new Gamerei venue, Bavarian Digital Minister Fabian Mehring presented the Games/Bavaria initiative with a funding check for 644,000 Euro and confirmed Bavaria’s bid to host the Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2026 (DCP; German Computer Games Award). For the first By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
EA Sports FC 25 / Farming Simulator 25 © EA / Giants Publishing German Games Charts November 2024: A Giant Leap for Giants Software The best new entry in the German November Games Charts is Farming Simulator 25 from Giants Software, even tough it didn't make it to the first place. At the top kicks EA Sports FC 25 again. Speaking of EA. Eight games in the top 20 are from Electronic By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Happy Broccoli Games Publishing Happy Broccoli Games Develops Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping At the Wholesome Snack before The Game Awards, Happy Broccoli Games from Berlin announced the return of Eugene McQuacklin. Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping is set to build on the success of its predecessor in 2025. German indie studio Happy Broccoli Games is back with another stand-alone adventure By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Johannes Gorzel and Hendrik Ruhe are the CEOs of Gute Gesellschaft © Eintracht Spandau, Instinct3 Business GG: Instinct3 Parent Company is now "Gute Gesellschaft" I3 Holding, the parent company behind Instinct3 and Eintracht Spandau, has a new name. The holding organisation of the Spandau-based group of companies is sharpening its own brand essence and purpose as "Gute Gesellschaft", which translates as "Good Company". Gute Gesellschaft (GG in short) is By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Odile Limpach and Thierry Baujard © SpielFabrique Development European Video Game Accelerator Returns for Third Round Until mid-January, studios from Europe can apply for this year's European Video Game Accelerator. Selected teams get mentoring, workshops with industry experts and direct access to investors and publishers. SpielFabrique, together with its partners Polo Nacional de Contenidos Digitales de Málaga and Arctic Game, is seeking indie By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
