Haruki Satomi, President and Group CEO, Representative Director, Sega Sammy Holdings. © Sega Sammy Holdings IR Business Sega Sells Relic, Cuts European Staff and Cancels Projects Sega sells Relic Entertainment and announces a restructuring of its European division. Around 240 jobs will be cut, and several projects will be cancelled. Sega Sammy Holdings has announced the sale of Relic Entertainment. The Canadian studio, best known for Company of Heroes, Dawn of War and Age of Empires By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
ByteRockers' Games will digitally release "Beat Slayer" for PC on 4 April 2024. © ByteRockers' Games Products G+ Beat Slayer By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Dieter Schoeller, founder of Headup Games, buys back his former company © Thunderful Business Dieter Schoeller Buys Back Headup Games from Thunderful The Swedish Thunderful Group is selling its German publishing subsidiary Headup Games to Microcuts Holding, which is backed by Headup founder Dieter Schoeller. Headups subsidiary Studio Fizbin will apparently remain part of the Thunderful Group. In November, Thunderful announced that it was reviewing the sale of its German subsidiary Headup By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Sebastian Gutknecht is the first director of the BzKJ since it emerged from the Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors in May 2021. © BzKJ Business BzKJ supports up to eight child-friendly digital projects From now until 3 May, companies, foundations and associations can apply to the BzKJ for funding for digital projects suitable for children or for information and classification of such projects. The tasks of the Federal Agency for the Protection of Children and Young Persons in the Media (Bundeszentrale für Kinder- By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer during Xbox Official Podcast. © Microsoft Publishing Phil Spencer Considers Alternative Digital Retailers on Xbox Consoles With the console market stagnating and hardware subsidies outdated, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has talked about opening up the Xbox console ecosystem to other digital retailers. Such openness would help reduce the fragmentation of the gaming system as a whole. Xbox boss Phil Spencer is open to the idea of By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
HanseMerkur and Uniliga form strategic partnership. © Uniliga Business HanseMerkur and Uniliga Form Strategic Partnership HanseMerkur is expanding its e-sports commitment with a strategic partnership with Uniliga. The insurer recently became the naming partner of the Valorant Challengers GSA. The HanseMerkur Insurance Group and Uniliga are starting a strategic partnership on 1 April, initially for one year. The aim of the cooperation is to By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Chris Müller, Managing Director of the SAE Institute in Germany. © SAE Institute GmbH Business More Creative Young Talent Than Ever Before at SAE Institute A record is set. With 800 young people, the SAE Institute is welcoming more new students than ever before for the start of the summer semester. In total, around 4,000 young people are studying at the twelve campuses in GSA. With 800 young people, the SAE Institute is welcoming By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Older gamers in particular are much less interested in the young handheld PC device category © game Business High Interest in Handheld PCs in Germany One third of all gamers in Germany are at least interested in handheld PCs or plan to buy one. This is the result of a survey conducted by the industry association game. The trend towards mobile gaming computers is arousing great interest among German gamers. At least that is what By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Songs of Silence is a fantasy 4X Strategy game in a Art Nouveau style. © Chimera Entertainment Development Chimera Launches Kickstarter for Songs of Silence, Funding Goal Already Reached That was fast! The Kickstarter campaign for Songs of Silence reached its goal in less than eight hours. Chimera Entertainment is very pleased with this success. Yesterday evening, Chimera Entertainment launched the Kickstarter campaign for Songs of Silence. After only eight hours, the funding goal of 23,000 Euros was By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Gunzilla Games' CEO and co-founder Vlad Korolov © Gunzilla Games Development Gunzilla Games Secures 30 Million Dollar Funding In the run-up to the launch of the battle royale shooter Off the Grid and the blockchain platform Gunz, Gunzilla Games has secured 30 million dollars in fresh capital. The German-Ukrainian studio raised a third, 10 million dollars, by issuing tokens. CoinFund and Avalanche's Blizzard Fund By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Royal Revolt 2 celebrates 10th anniversary with over 40 million downloads. © Upright Games Publishing Royal Revolt 2 Celebrates 10 Years With Over 40 Million Downloads The free-to-play strategy tower defence game Royal Revolt 2 celebrates its 10th anniversary with over 40 million downloads. The game is a success story for Frankfurt-based Upright Games. A decade after its initial release in 2014, Royal Revolt 2 continues to be a success. Developed by Upright By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The CS:GO team from Sprout won a total of seven times at the ESL Championship. The picture shows them at the award ceremony of the 2019 Winter Championship, which was played in Magdeburg © Stephanie Lieske/ESL (Archive picture) Esports Berlin-based Esports Organisation Sprout Ceases Operations Sprout has ceased operations with immediate effect. This was announced by the Berlin-based e-sports organisation on its website. Sprout is one of the founding members of the German e-sports organisation ESBD. It is a surprising end. Berlin-based e-sports organisation Sprout has announced on its website By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
