Managing Director Felix Falk (left) and Chairman of the Board Lars Janssen (right) with Michael Kellner © Franziska Krug for game Business Much Support From Politicians, But No Breakthrough in Funding Around 500 guests, including numerous representatives from the world of politics, attended yesterday's summer party of the game industry association at the Zollpackhof in Berlin, with a direct view of the Chancellery. Despite the positive response, the industry is still waiting for a breakthrough in the future of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Blaze Entertainment Publishing Blaze Expands Evercade Family With Bartop Arcade Systems Blaze Entertainment has announced two bartop arcade systems for November 2024 that will expand the Evercade product family. With the 50 Evercade modules now available, the Evercade ecosystem includes more than 500 titles, including numerous retro classics. The announcement was made by Blaze Entertainment itself, as well as its distribution By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Als Gott Schlief was one of the exhibition pieces last year. This year, a documentary featuring "Dota 2" is in focus. © Yaar Harrell, Sebastian Rhotert Business DokFest in Stuttgart Presents Documentary Games On 20 and 21 June, the Haus des Dokumentarfilms invites to the renowned industry get-together ‘Dokville’ to reflect on the topic of WAR AND DES:INFORMATION in panels on documentary long-form formats, docu-series and games interfaces. This year the AngeDokt special will talk about the documentary " By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business Womenize! Returns With Passion With the first face-to-face event since the beginning of the pandemic, Womenize! is back as an important and inspiring event for women in the games industry. Right from the welcome, a very important aspect becomes clear: passion. Passion is a very personal thing. This quickly becomes apparent at By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
“Fireside” has released to favourable reception on 4 June 2024. © Emergo Development Emergo Entertainment’s “Fireside” Enters Sale Period to 10.000 Wishlists With a 100 per cent positive review rate, 10.000 wishlist entries and first positive international press after yesterday's release, Emergo Entertainment CEO Paul Redetzky is happy with “Fireside's” first 24 hours. After a successful first 24 hours, Emergo Entertainment looks back positively on yesterday’s By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Smurfs - Village Party. © Microids Products G+ The Smurfs - Village Party By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
game board of directors (from left to right): Clemens Mayer-Wegelin, Johanna Janiszewski, Lars Janssen, Julia Pfiffer and Ralf Wirsing © C:Franziska Krug for game Business game Board Election: Janssen Remains Chairman, Pfiffer Deputy Chairwomen The General Assembly of the german games industry association game also elected the game's Board of Directors. The Board remains unchanged, with one exception. Continuity is important for the work of the association. It is therefore a positive signal that the member companies of Game - The German Games By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© VaultN Publishing Team17 and VaultN announce strategic partnership Dutch company VaultN has signed another international developer and publisher as partner, Team17. It is not yet known whether all of Team17's subsidiaries, including astragon, will use the platform. Since the launch of its platform, VaultN has already attracted a number of international partners for its smart digital By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
WIP Screenshot of "Ultimate Indie Racing" featuring Smushi from "Smushi come Home". © ZoroArts Development How a German Dev Came to Build an Indie Crossover Racer In just a week, Mateo Covic alias ZoroArts, developer of “Maki’s Adventure”, has brought indie devs together for a crossover indie cart racer project. With “Ultimate Indie Racing”, the young dev combines IPs like “Frogun”, “Smushi come Home” and more and is still looking for devs that want their By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
In the office and hybrid - A part of the team behind Songs of Silence. © Chimera Entertainment Business G+ How Chimera Entertainment is Reinventing Itself By Marcel Kleffmann • 11 min read
