Wegesrand CEO Thorsten Unger. © Wegesrand Business Wegesrand and Edtech Provider ovos Sign Cooperation Agreement Wegesrand and Austrian edtech company Ovos have signed a cooperation agreement. Under the agreement, Wegesrand will license the ovos tool, providing a standardised tool for the production of customised solutions and content. Wegesrand, which is based in Mönchengladbach, is continuing its expansion in the GSA region and has entered into By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Frostpunk 2 will be released at the end of July this year. © 11 bit Publishing Over Five Million Frostpunk Units Sold in six Years Survival city builder Frostpunk has been a huge success for 11 bit studios, selling five million units in six years. The sequel, due out in July, is already on more than two million Steam wishlists. On the sixth anniversary of Frostpunk's release, 11 bit studios have announced that By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
CEO Satya Nadella und CFO Amy Hood Microsoft. © Microsoft Business Xbox Gaming Revenue up 51%, but Only Thanks to Activision Blizzard Microsoft has released its FY24 Q3 financial report. Revenues in the gaming segment were up 51 per cent, mainly due to the impact of the Activision Blizzard acquisition. Xbox consoles, on the other hand, saw a considerable drop in sales. Microsoft's total gaming revenue for the three months By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The shirt shows Franconia, but the walls are in Lower Saxony: Dennis Quaisser is now part of Pixel Maniacs. © Quaisser Business Pixel Maniacs Recruits Dennis Quaisser as Business and Funding Manager After having had to close his own studio in February, Dennis Quaisser becomes a remote Franconian with a new job: As Business Developer & Funding Manager at Nuremberg's indie center Pixel Maniacs. After he had to close down his six-person studio Suspicious Games in February due to By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Yager under MD Ullmann is co-developing Exoborne with Sharkmob. © Yager, Ullmann / Tencent Development Yager is Co-Developing Two New Tencent Games Since 2022, MD Timo Ullmann's Yager is developing Dune: Awakening in the Tencent parent company. Now, the Berlin studio is taking up another co-development: Exoborne together with Swedish-British Sharkmob. The announcement comes in Yager's 25th anniversary year, following a rebranding. In the year of By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Songs of Silence is a fantasy 4X Strategy game in a Art Nouveau style. © Chimera Entertainment Publishing Kickstarter for Songs of Silence Ends With 4.5 Times Funding Target The goal was 23,000 Euros, in the end over 103,000 Euros were raised. Chimera Entertainment's Kickstarter for Songs of Silence has been successful. The game will go into early access in May. For the Munich-based company, the Kickstarter was more of a marketing tool. The By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dr Fabian Mehring surrounded by the recipients of the grants. © StMD Business Digital Minister Mehring Praises Bavarian "Creative Champions" and Appeals to the Federal Government At the presentation of the funding certificates for the 13 games projects funded in Bavaria, Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring praised the Bavarian "creative champions" and appealed to the Federal Government regarding the current funding situation. In March 2024, 13 new games projects received a total of 1, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
The Gothic 1 Remake is developed by Alkimia Interactive © THQ Nordic Publishing THQ Nordic Reveals Store Pages and Collector's Edition for Gothic 1 Remake With an expensive and limited Collector's Edition, THQ Nordic is revealing more details about Gothic 1 Remake developed by Alkimia. While THQ Nordic, soon to be Coffee Stain & Friends subsidiary, is still not revealing the release date of their Gothic 1 Remake made by Alkimia Interactive (not By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Felix Dreyfus (left) and Jens Kortboyer, Tarock Interactive. © Tarock Interactive Development Tarock Interactive Working on "Credible Historic Basis" for Roman Germanic Survival Game Following the reveal of their MBB-funded survival game Lost Legions yesterday, Berlin studio Tarock Interactive alias Felix Dreyfus and Jens Kortboyer are working with the Archeology department of Humboldt University on the Roman Germanic setting of their debut title. Yesterday, Berlin based development team Tarock Interactive announced their game By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Rendering of the fan zone. © Playerone Esports Playerone Implements Esports Activations in Dortmund's Euro 2024 Fan Zone In a few weeks, Germany will host the European Football Championship. In Dortmund, one of the host cities, the official fan zone will also focus on esports. In the ten German host cities of Euro 2024, an accompanying programme will be offered in the official fan zones. The city of By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
