Nominations for the "Gaming ohne Grenzen" Award © congstar Business Nominations for the "Gaming ohne Grenzen" Award For the third time, mobile service provider congstar and the Gaming ohne Grenzen initiative are honouring projects, personalities and technologies that make gaming more accessible. Nominations for the award have now been announced. The 14-strong expert jury deliberated and selected the following shortlist for this year's Gaming ohne By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Annual Report of the German Games Industry 2025 Published © game Business Annual Report of the German Games Industry 2025 Published game - the German Games Industry Association has published its Annual Report of the German Games Industry 2025. It provides detailed insights into the market and features expert opinions. How many people in Germany play video games? Which federal states are particularly favoured by gaming companies? The Annual Report of By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Sparkasse Products Sparkasse Creates Own Fortnite Game With JvM Sports and Beyond Creative The Sparkasse (Saving banks) are stepping up their involvement in gaming. Following collaborations in esports and with creators such as HandsOfBlood, they are now launching their first Fortnite game – with known partners. Sparkasse is working with the creative agency Jung von Matt Sports to implement the game. Beyond Creative is By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Forge of the Fae © Datadyne / Deck13 Spotlight Products Deck13 Spotlight Signs Forge of the Fae Deck13 Spotlight has announced that the JRPG Forge of the Fae will be joining its publishing portfolio. Developed by Datadyne, the game is a fitting addition to the company's portfolio, which includes CrossCode and Chained Echoes. Following the success of CrossCode and Chained Echoes, Deck13 Spotlight, the indie By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Kalypso Media Unveils Its gamescom 2025 Line-Up © Kalypso Media Business Kalypso Media Unveils Its gamescom 2025 Line-Up Recently announced and soon to be presented at gamescom 2025: Kalypso Media will be showcasing Sudden Strike 5 (Kite Games) as well as Disciples: Domination (Artefacts Studio), and will reveal another title in Cologne. Kalypso Media has announced its line-up for this year's gamescom. In the entertainment area By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Jasmin Oestreicher, CEO Instinct3 & Co-CEO and Co-Founder Sidekick Publishing / Melvin Frank, Co-CEO & Co-Founder Sidekick Publishing © SAVO Media - Photography & Filming Business Instinct3 Launches Full-Service Game Publisher Sidekick Berlin-based creative agency Instinct3 has announced the launch of Sidekick Publishing, a new full-service publisher for indie and A to AA studios. The first title to be published under the Sidekick banner is Deadly Days: Roadtrip, developed by Pixelsplit and set to be showcased at gamescom. Instinct3 has already been By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Nintendo Products Donkey Kong is Coming, Mario is Driving Away The smaller installed base of the Switch 2 at launch leads to a curious picture in the charts. Apparently, so many console buyers purchased Mario Kart World on Day One that the title dropped out of the top 20. It was replaced by Donkey Kong. The curious change in the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Seafarer: The Ship Sim © astragon Entertainment Products Seafarer: The Ship Sim Sets Sail on Early Access in October Originally, astragon Entertainment and astragon Development had planned to release Seafarer: The Ship Sim this summer, but the game will now be given a little more development time before its Early Access launch. astragon Entertainment and astragon Development have announced the Early Access release date for their ship simulation game, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Torsten Oppermann (1SP) and Angelos Senis (Fijak; from left) © 1SP Business 1SP Agency Continues to Grow and Acquires Fijak 1SP Agency is expanding: The agency group has acquired Fijak, a full-service agency specialising in design, production, logistics and retail activation. The acquisition primarily strengthens 1SP's sales promotion and retail marketing. This is already the second acquisition this year to strengthen the Retail Marketing division: the Hamburg-based agency By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Xsolla Business Xsolla Expands Platform Support for Cross-Platform Direct-to-Consumer Commerce Xsolla is expanding the capabilities of its platform support with the latest SDKs for the Windows Store and the Epic Games Store, a new strategic partnership with Pley and the launch of the Xsolla Discord Bot. Xsolla has announced an expansion of its platform support capabilities. Thanks to the latest By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Pexels/Johannes Plenio/Christian Richert/Hert Niks Business German Cities Miss Out on the Top 10 European Gaming Hubs For the first time, Europe's gaming umbrella organisations have published a list of the top 20 game development locations in their report. While the UK has five cities in the top 10, German cities only appear from eleventh place onwards. Munich is not in the top 20, nor By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Manticore Products Frédéric Descamps: "Players Do Not Care About Industry Monikers" At the end of September, Manticore will launch its new game Out of Time. An unusual but logical step for the creators of the Core platform, as Manticore co-founder and CEO Frédéric Descamps reveals in an interview. For many years, Manticore Core has been successfully building a platform, a metaverse By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
