The board of the Cologne Game Syndicate, elected on 30 October 2024. © Cologne Game Syndicate Business Cologne Game Syndicate Founded, Looking to Grow Under the aegis of KölnBusiness, the Cologne Game Syndicate e.V. has consolidated yesterday. The first board election favored Dieter Schoeller (Headup GmbH), Stefan Schmidt (Indie Hub), Florian Köster (Critical Rabbit), Wolfgang Schmitz (Ahoiii Entertainment), Frank Obermaier (KölnBusiness Wirtschaftsförderung) and Thomas Rössig (former Flying Sheep Studios). As KölnBusiness had announced By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Lynked: Banner of the Spark © FuzzyBot / Dreamhaven Products Lynked: Banner of the Spark Dreamhaven has released its first game as a publisher: Lynked: Banner of the Spark, developed by FuzzyBot. It is a surprisingly good (cooperative) roguelite action game. But that's not surprising, as the company is backed by well-known people with a lot of experience in the industry. Lynked: By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
E-Paper G+ GamesMarkt 466 Topics in this issue include: Alternative app stores, youth protection, Super Mario Party Jamboree and the best games of the season. By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read
The Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2024. © Rolf Otzipka Business Indie Arena Booth Gets 370,000 Euro Creative Europe Funding As part of the current Creative Europe Media round for market funding, the Indie Arena Booth by Super Crowd has received 370,000 euros in EU funds. In the current funding round of Creative Europe Media for European markets, 16.3 million euros have been allocated. 3.4 million euros By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© 1Up Publishing German Indie Showcase Enters Third Round The largest German-language indie games keynote, the "German Indie Showcase", enters its third round. 1UP Management invites indie developers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to present their games to a large audience. German influencer agency 1UP Management will stream the next iteration of the German Indie Showcase By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Steve Collins, CTO © Unity Business Steve Collins Joins Unity As New Chief Technology Officer Former King CTO and Havok co-founder Steve Collins joins Unity as its new Chief Technology Officer. The company, which has just released Unity 6, is strengthening its technical leadership as it accelerates transformation. Unity today announced that Steve Collins is joining Unity as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), providing key By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Sonia Fizek speaking on last year's Sustainability Nexus. © CGL, SpielFabrique Business Sustainability Nexus 2024 Connects Nordics and Germany The second Sustainability Nexus of BSG!Go and SpielFabrique happens on 12 November in several Nordic cities as well as in Cologne, Berlin and online. Participation online or at the Cologne Game Lab event is free of charge. Together with interregional EU project BSG-Go!, the agency SpielFabrique invites to By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Tavern Talk: Tempest Tantrum © Gentle Troll Entertainment Publishing Gentle Troll Expands Tavern Talk Indie developer Gentle Troll Entertainment has announced a new DLC for its cozy visual novel Tavern Talk. The Würzburg-based company is adding a new storyline to its "very positively" received game. On 20 June, Gentle Troll Entertainment released Tavern Talk for PC and Switch, a visual novel By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Pokemon Company Publishing Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is Now Live Announced in February, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is now live for mobile. The game wants to streamline the card battles while simulating the rush of opening packs of visually appealing cards. The Pokémon Company group has launched the new Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket app for iOS and By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Cam Weber President EA Sports, Laura Miele, President EA Entertainment & Technology, Andrew Wilson, CEO Electronic Arts, Byron Beed, Group General Manager Battlefield (from left to right) © Screenshot EA Webcast of Investor Day 2024 Business Performance of EA Sports Games Drives Record Q2 Net Bookings for EA American Football and Global Football have led Electronic Arts to its best second quarter ever, despite lowered expectations for Apex Legends. The publisher will release Dragon Age: The Veilguard tomorrow. Electronic Arts has announced its preliminary financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year ended 30 September 2024. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Hermen Hulst, CEO, Studio Business Group, Sony Interactive Entertainment © SIE Publishing Sony Interactive Entertainment Closes Firewalk Studios and Neon Koi, With German Site Also Affected Firewalk Studios and Neon Koi are being closed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Firewalk is the studio behind Concord. Neon Koi was working on a mobile action game. Hermen Hulst, CEO, Studio Business Group, Sony Interactive Entertainment, has announced the closure of two studios: Neon Koi and Firewalk Studios. "While By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The founders of Aldamami (from left to right): David Cafisso, Katharina "Mikey" Müller, Alicja Schneider and Marvin Braun © Aldamami Games Business Aldamami is Excited to Start The Rabbit This year's The Rabbit starts on October 31. One of the participating teams is Aldamami, which was nominated for this year's DCP in the category Best Prototype. We talked to the four founders about their expectations of the extraordinary program. On Thursday, The Rabbit 2024 begins, By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
