The German delegation to Poland: After a stop in Katowice, they held the German-Polish Summit at GIC 2024. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business G+ GIC Industry Summit Brings German and Polish Game Companies Together By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Alvin Tan, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry of Singapore, at gamescom asia 2024 © Photo: Koelnmesse Pte Ltd / gamescom asia Business Gamescom Asia With 20% Increase in Visitor Numbers More than 41,000 visitors, satisfied faces among organizers and participants, and a date set for 2025 – gamescom asia was a resounding success in its fourth year. The numbers are certainly impressive: a total of 41,013 visitors from 78 countries came to this year's fourth gamescom asia By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Pexels/Pavel Danilyuk Business Is the Supreme Court Decision on Loot Boxes Finally Coming in Austria? Apparently as early as the end of September, the Vienna Higher Regional Court handed down a potential landmark ruling, that loot boxes are not gambling. In doing so, the court explicitly cleared the way for the question to be brought before Austria's highest court. This time it could By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Xsolla Business Empowering Developers and Elevating Player Experiences by Revolutionizing Gaming In today’s hyper-connected, fast-paced digital economy, businesses need more than a sleek platform to stand out. They need an ecosystem that delivers tangible value to developers and their end-users while maintaining a deep understanding of the nuanced needs of diverse marketplaces. At Xsolla, we’ve long By Promotion • 4 min read
Former gamescom PR Manager Franz Mann joins Burson as Team Lead Gaming & Entertainment © Franz Mann Business Franz Mann Joins Burson as Team Lead Gaming and Entertainment Franz Mann, former gamescom PR manager, is now responsible as Team Lead Gaming & Entertainment at Burson. The agency is handling PR for Activision Blizzard in Germany. With his move to Burson, Franz Mann is returning to the agency side. Until 2020, Mann worked for the global network agency FleishmanHillard. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The organisation board of the Legal Summit and GIC. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business G+ Game Industry Conference Law Summit Brings EU Commission and AI Into Focus By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Grownarts Development Grownarts Relies on Crowdfunding for Paws and Leaves - A Last Tale In early November, grownarts, a studio based in Lower Saxony, will launch a Kickstarter campaign for its first game, Paws and Leaves - A Last Tale. The title was funded by nordmedia and won the Ubisoft Newcomer Award (2022). Indie developer grownarts is preparing to launch the Kickstarter campaign for its By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Son and father, developer duo: Charles Cecil (right) and his son David, game designer at Revolution Software. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business G+ Charles Cecil: "From a Simple Interface, Complexity Emerges" By Pascal Wagner • 14 min read
An orange outline highlights people on the other timeline. © Square Enix Products Life is Strange: Double Exposure The fourth instalment in the Life is Strange series sees the main character from the first game return for a new adventure with new time powers. Speaking of time powers: Publisher Square Enix is also backing Advanced Access, with the pre-release model of the Ultimate Edition meant to evoke By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Harold Halibut, Project Z: Beyond Order, No Rest for the Wicket, Morbid Metal (from left to right) © Screenshots Business Update: No Unity Awards for GSA Studios Two awards from four nominations would have been possible at the 16th Unity Awards, which were presented today. But the jury decided differently. These are the winners. In the end, none of the four studios from Germany and Austria managed to win. However, the competition was fierce and the winners By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Frank Weber is Director Corporate Marketing & Olympics at the Esports World Cup Foundation © GamesMarkt archive/Jacek Prondzynski (trophy) Esports Frank Weber Responsible for Olympics at Esports World Cup Foundation The German manager Frank Weber has been responsible for the Esports World Cup Foundation as Director Corporate Marketing & Olympics since September. His title raises the question of how closely the World Esports Cup will be linked to the Olympic Esports Games, which are planned for the first time in By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tatort-Game 2 with Lena Odenthal (Ulrike Folkerts) and Johanna Stern (Lisa Bitter) © SWR/Sabine Hackenberg Publishing SWR Continues Chat-Based "Tatort Game" on 27 October The "Tatort Game", released in 2023, gets a sequel, again as a browser-based online crime game via Messenger dialogue, linked to the next episode of Tatort. The project was developed by SWR X Lab in collaboration with the Tatort editorial team. On 27 October, Südwestrundfunk (SWR) will By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
