Still Wakes the Deep Marcel Kleffmann June 11, 2024 – 1 min read Share this post © Sumo The Miner Was Replaced © Timon Herzog and Metaroot Products The Farmer Was Replaced: 1M Sales, Mobile Port and The Miner Was Replaced Timon Herzog and Metaroot have released the DLC The Miner Was Replaced for the programming game The Farmer Was Replaced, which has now sold over a million copies. A mobile version of the game has also been developed in collaboration with Ateo. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim © Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild Products Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Indie publisher tinyBuild is going strong at the moment. Sand: Raiders of Sophie in June, ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs in August, and Graveyard Keeper 2 in September, were all commercial successes. However, Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim easily tops them all. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read The Miner Was Replaced © Timon Herzog and Metaroot Products The Farmer Was Replaced: 1M Sales, Mobile Port and The Miner Was Replaced Timon Herzog and Metaroot have released the DLC The Miner Was Replaced for the programming game The Farmer Was Replaced, which has now sold over a million copies. A mobile version of the game has also been developed in collaboration with Ateo. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Lower Saxony, Bremen, and Hamburg Form Germany's First Regional Esports Association © e-sport. NDS Esports Bremen, Hamburg and Lower Saxony Form Germany's First Regional Esports Association The organised esports scene in north-western Germany is getting closer together. The Lower Saxony Esports Association, part of the German Esports Federation (ESBD), is merging with the associations in Bremen and Hamburg to form the E-Sport-Verband Nordwest (North-West Esports Association). By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Insights Game Buyers Are Price-Sensitive and Have an Idea of Appealing Discounts G2A and Newzoo have published a comprehensive study on gamers’ purchasing behaviour, which offers interesting and, in some cases, surprising insights that are likely to be of particular interest to developers and publishers of premium games. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read (Pexels/RNDE) Business How IP Rights and Terms of Use Can Stop Third Parties from Profiting from Your Game IT law expert Sandra Spensberger dissects a German court decision that put a stop to the sale of modded and boosted game accounts for a popular online multiplayer game via a Lithuanian third-party platform. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read Empire: Four Kingdoms © Goodgame Studios Funding Federal Funding Goes to Stillfront Germany The German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme has awarded Stillfront Germany GmbH just over one million euros in funding for Empire New Horizons. This is the company's second grant, despite the fact that the period for the first one is still ongoing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The Miner Was Replaced © Timon Herzog and Metaroot Products The Farmer Was Replaced: 1M Sales, Mobile Port and The Miner Was Replaced Timon Herzog and Metaroot have released the DLC The Miner Was Replaced for the programming game The Farmer Was Replaced, which has now sold over a million copies. A mobile version of the game has also been developed in collaboration with Ateo. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim © Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild Products Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Indie publisher tinyBuild is going strong at the moment. Sand: Raiders of Sophie in June, ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs in August, and Graveyard Keeper 2 in September, were all commercial successes. However, Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim easily tops them all. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
The Miner Was Replaced © Timon Herzog and Metaroot Products The Farmer Was Replaced: 1M Sales, Mobile Port and The Miner Was Replaced Timon Herzog and Metaroot have released the DLC The Miner Was Replaced for the programming game The Farmer Was Replaced, which has now sold over a million copies. A mobile version of the game has also been developed in collaboration with Ateo. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Lower Saxony, Bremen, and Hamburg Form Germany's First Regional Esports Association © e-sport. NDS Esports Bremen, Hamburg and Lower Saxony Form Germany's First Regional Esports Association The organised esports scene in north-western Germany is getting closer together. The Lower Saxony Esports Association, part of the German Esports Federation (ESBD), is merging with the associations in Bremen and Hamburg to form the E-Sport-Verband Nordwest (North-West Esports Association). By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Insights Game Buyers Are Price-Sensitive and Have an Idea of Appealing Discounts G2A and Newzoo have published a comprehensive study on gamers’ purchasing behaviour, which offers interesting and, in some cases, surprising insights that are likely to be of particular interest to developers and publishers of premium games. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
(Pexels/RNDE) Business How IP Rights and Terms of Use Can Stop Third Parties from Profiting from Your Game IT law expert Sandra Spensberger dissects a German court decision that put a stop to the sale of modded and boosted game accounts for a popular online multiplayer game via a Lithuanian third-party platform. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read
Empire: Four Kingdoms © Goodgame Studios Funding Federal Funding Goes to Stillfront Germany The German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme has awarded Stillfront Germany GmbH just over one million euros in funding for Empire New Horizons. This is the company's second grant, despite the fact that the period for the first one is still ongoing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read