© Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur People Çiğdem Uzunoğlu to Lead Grimme Institute as New Director Starting January The renowned Grimme Institute is set to gain valuable gaming expertise at the start of the new year. After a thorough selection process, the institute's shareholders have appointed Çiğdem Uzunoğlu as the new director and managing director. Uzunoğlu most recently served as the head of the Digital Game By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© b.ReX Business Inklu Game by b.ReX wins 'The Creative Länd Chällenge 2024' Competition The Inklu Game app by b.ReX from Stuttgart has won the games category of 'The Creative Länd Chällenge 2024' competition. The exhibition at the Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart will showcase the award-winning works of Baden-Württemberg's creatives until 18 December. The twelve winners By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© FFF Business FFF Bavaria Funds Seven XR Projects With €300,000 The FFF allocation committee for Bavarian Extended Realities funding met this week and decided to support two productions and the development of five prototypes with a total of €300,000. The various XR experiences being funded cover the fields of entertainment, art and culture, social participation and awareness raising for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Dennis Korf / Nai Chang © Korf / Kay Herschelmann Business Dennis Korf to Become New Managing Director of Wooga Dennis Korf will take over as Managing Director of Wooga from January 2025. He will succeed Nai Chang in this role. Under Chang's leadership, the Berlin-based games company broke the billion-dollar revenue mark last year with June's Journey. Wooga will have a new Managing By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Behind the Gaming Zone: The BXDXO Team. © BXDXO Business Gaming Zone at Comic Con Stuttgart Builds on Last Year's Success The Gaming Zone at CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart 2024, organised once again by BXDXO, was once again a magnet for visitors. Compared to the premiere, the exhibition area grew by 20 per cent. Around 48,000 people attended CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart 2024 this year - about the same as last By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Imago/Westend61 Business OMG Fuse and inStreamly Form Strategic Partnership OMG Fuse has partnered with inStreamly to offer clients the ability to deliver advertising messages through nearly 11,000 micro-streams on platforms like Twitch and YouTube, precisely targeting specific audiences. This new offering is marketed under the name "NeverNotNew powered by inStreamly". The marketing agency OMG Fuse, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Kicking Brass © Stepheight Business MDM Funds Kicking Brass With €100,000 In its fourth and final meeting of the year, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM, Central German Media Funding) awarded a total of €3,953,000.00 to 34 projects on 4 December. Among them is a game project. Kicking Brass from Stepheight Studio (Sam Flentje, Peter Dunn, Oskar Kraska McKone) is By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© SIE Publishing Sony Interactive Entertainment Makes Düsseldorf's Rheinturm Playable As part of the ongoing PlayStation campaign, selected city landmarks are being transformed under the motto 'Play Has No Limits'. In Düsseldorf, this will be the Rheinturm. As darkness falls on 6 December, Sony Interactive Entertainment will transform Düsseldorf's Rhine Tower (Rheinturm) into a giant game, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tobias Stolz-Zwilling, Global Public Relations Manager at Warhorse Studios © Warhorse Publishing Kingdom Come Deliverance II to Be Released Slightly Earlier February 2025 will see the release of many gaming highlights. Moving Kingdom Come Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios and Plaion) up a week will increase the window between releases slightly. The packed month of February 2025 will be a little more spread out. Kingdom Come Deliverance II from Warhorse Studios and By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Riot Esports Riot Hands Over Valorant Ecosystem in GSA to TaKeTV and 4 Clubs Starting in 2025, TaKeTV, in collaboration with esports organizations Mouz, SK Gaming, Fokus and Eintracht Frankfurt, will be responsible for the Valorant e-sports ecosystem in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The partners see the trust placed in them by Riot as an opportunity and plan to make structural changes. The By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
Arthur Parsons, Head of Publishing and co-founder of 10:10 Games © 10:10 Games Business G+ Working With Many Licensors - an Interview With Arthur Parsons of 10:10 Games By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
Fantasian Neo Dimension © Mistwalker/Square Enix Products Fantasian Neo Dimension Fantasian brings together two of the biggest names in Japanese games: Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final Fantasy, and renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu. In collaboration with Square Enix, they are bringing the role-playing game previously exclusive to the Apple Arcade to PC and consoles as Fantasian Neo Dimension. Hironobu By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
