Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ubisoft © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Publishing Ubisoft Postpones Assassin's Creed Shadows, Adjusts Financial Targets, and Returns to Steam Following the softer-than-expected launch of Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft has adjusted its financial targets, postponed Assassin's Creed Shadows to give its development teams more time to polish it, and announced the return of day-one releases on Steam. "We are departing from the traditional Season By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
700 visitors attended the first iteration of NerdiCon. © Nerdic GmbH Business First NerdiCon Defies Schedule Chaos with Solid Visitor Numbers The first NerdiCon in Leipzig had its share of challenges before it began, with a sudden venue change and a very spontaneous schedule announcement. Nevertheless, over 700 people attended the first event, with 160 showing up to the adjunct conference format at the MacroMedia. The NerdiCon event took place in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Twin Sails Interactive Products Bloomtown: A Different Story With a mix of eerie horror, social sim and monster catching, Bloomtown: A Different Story brings big potential to the cosy gaming space. Many, many social and farming simulations have entered the market in the eight years since Stardew Valley brought back the classic Harvest Moon a.k.a Story By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Thomas Schade and Stefan Sommer (right) © AOC/MMD Business Stefan Sommer Succeeds Thomas Schade as VP Europe at MMD and AOC There has been a change in leadership in the European operations of monitor manufacturers MMD and AOC: On 1 September, Stefan Sommer took over from Thomas Schade, who was previously Vice President Europe. The handover will continue until the end of the year. The Amsterdam-based European headquarters of the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Christopher Flato, board member of the ESBD. © Flato ESBD Esports Call for Non-Profit Status for Esports From Three Associations The German eSports Association (ESBD), game - the German Games Industry Association and the North Rhine-Westphalian Sports Association have joined forces to appeal to politicians to finally recognise the non-profit status of esports. On Monday, the German eSports Association (eSport-Bund Deutschland e.V. - ESBD), game - the German Games By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dr Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Director for Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, and Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe. © IMAGO / CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl Business European Teenager Spend too Much Time on Social Media and Playing Games The WHO has issued an alarming report on the problematic use of social media and digital games by young people in Europe. Although the trend appears to be true, the incomplete data basis for the gaming statements does not make them universally valid. The European office of the World Health By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Paladin Charity Events Paladin Charity Team Starts Off With New Donation Stream for Deepwave The new German charity network Paladin Charity by Manasoup, organised with partners from Gamesground, Games Academy and several gamedev studios, starts of with a charity stream for maritime conservation group Deepwave on 5 October. The indie gamedev network Manasoup Network from Germany has presented a new charity programme together with By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
During State of Play, Ghost of Yōtei was announced. © Sony Interactive Entertainment Publishing State of Play - All the Announcements, Games and Release Dates A new edition of State of Play took place last night. The livestream, which ran for over 30 minutes, revealed new PlayStation highlights including Ghost of Yōtei and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. Capcom, Epic Games, Koei Tecmo and Square Enix also made a number of (big) announcements. Sony Interactive Entertainment By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Kind of Art Business Kind of Art Copenhagen Connects Animation, Game Art & VFX From 25-26 October at the Palads Theater in Copenhagen, the second edition of Kind of Art brings experts from Animation, Game Art and VFX together. The event consists of talks and panels, demonstrations of new technology, networking, portfolio reviews and more. The games industry is especially strongly represented in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Abylight, SciFunGames Products Exographer A game based on the science of particle physics: Made real by SciFunGames, a new studio emerged from Ecole polytechnique in France. Published by Barcelona stable Abylight, Exographer tries something unique in the metroidvania genre. In a Franco-Spanish cooperation, Barcelona publisher Abylight Studios and Paris studio SciFunGames are releasing By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Eva Stemmer, Managing Director of Brandmate, and Christian Ulrich, also Managing Director of Brandmate and Spokesman of the Board of Spielwarenmesse eG © BRANDmate GmbH / Foto: Christof Kreutzer Business Brandmate Will Take Place in a New Location in Essen in 2025 Next year, Brandmate will take place for the fourth time, but no longer in Frankfurt. The brand festival is moving from Frankfurt to the Grand Hall of the Kokerei at the disused Zeche Zollverein in Essen. New location, new event – the organisers have now revealed the first details of Brandmate By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Fallout 4 / Old World Blues - Fallout © Bethesda, Xbox / Büchner-Verlag Publishing Open Access Research Compendium on the Fallout Series in German Language Fallout as a reflection of the post-apocalypse - an academic German-language anthology on the Fallout computer game universe has been published by Büchner-Verlag. 22 authors approach the series from various media studies perspectives: from production and product analysis to reception analysis. A scientific analysis of the Fallout series By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
