Gerhold: Building an Alternative to Established Labels Stephan Steininger May 24, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Mario Gerhold © Gerhold Gregorios Kythreotis is founder of Eteo Games and editor of Eteo Archetypes (Eteo) People Why Does A Game Studio Start a Games Magazine? The Creative Director behind Sable has expanded: Not into a publishing scheme or PR, but into games culture journalism. Eteo Archetypes is an ongoing collection of writing by some of the best culture authors in gaming. We talked to head of Eteo, Gregorios Kythreotis, about it. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read People Jean Guédon is Assassin's Creed's New Head of Content Ubisoft has revealed series veteran Jean Guédon as Assassin's Creed new Head of Content. He starts off strong: With making Black Flag Resynced official, patching Unity up for current consoles and talking about Hexe, Invictus and the last phase of Shadows' support cycle. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Quantumfrog and Pumuckl at gamescom 2025, with MD and founder Hendrik Rump in the front right (Rump) People How the Northern Lights at Quantumfrog Made the First Pumuckl Game in 26 Years Pumuckl is a household name in Germany, and Quantumfrog from Oldenburg release his first game in 26 years today. We talked to MD and founder Hendrik Rump about crafting a Bavarian Kobold in Northern Germany and how three generations of Germans have been influenced by Pumuckl. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read Slay the Spire 2 © Mega Crit Games Products Slay the Spire 2 Achieves Strongest Steam Launch of the Year so Far With over 400,000 people playing simultaneously, Slay the Spire 2 from Mega Crit Games achieved the best launch of any game on Steam so far this year. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Events Game Industry Conference to be Held Twice in 2026 And is Seeking Speakers The organisers of the GIC - Game Industry Conference have launched their call for speakers. At the same time, the website shows that GIC 2026 will take place twice, at the usual time in October in Poznań and at the end of June in Katowice. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Products Marathon Marathon’s amazing gunplay and tremendous visuals are hampered only by the choices it doesn’t let players take, for now. A snapshot of a game in flux. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read Plaion X CI Games © Plaion & CI Games Business Plaion and CI Games Partner up for Lords of the Fallen II Following their collaboration on Lords of the Fallen, Plaion and CI Games have announced that they are joining forces once again. Plaion will be the global physical distributor for Lords of the Fallen II. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Products Blueberry from Mellow Games Releases 28 May Hidden Trap's and Mellow Games' Blueberry will release on 28 May 2026 on Steam. The game will also be features in Steam's Women's Day Sale Showcase starting today evening. A new demo is playable right now. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Project Helix © Microsoft Business Next Xbox "Will Lead in Performance" and Play PC and Xbox Games Following the change in leadership at Microsoft Gaming, the new CEO, Asha Sharma, has revealed that "Project Helix" is the codename for the next generation of Xbox consoles. "Project Helix will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games," she said. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Gregorios Kythreotis is founder of Eteo Games and editor of Eteo Archetypes (Eteo) People Why Does A Game Studio Start a Games Magazine? The Creative Director behind Sable has expanded: Not into a publishing scheme or PR, but into games culture journalism. Eteo Archetypes is an ongoing collection of writing by some of the best culture authors in gaming. We talked to head of Eteo, Gregorios Kythreotis, about it. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
People Jean Guédon is Assassin's Creed's New Head of Content Ubisoft has revealed series veteran Jean Guédon as Assassin's Creed new Head of Content. He starts off strong: With making Black Flag Resynced official, patching Unity up for current consoles and talking about Hexe, Invictus and the last phase of Shadows' support cycle. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Quantumfrog and Pumuckl at gamescom 2025, with MD and founder Hendrik Rump in the front right (Rump) People How the Northern Lights at Quantumfrog Made the First Pumuckl Game in 26 Years Pumuckl is a household name in Germany, and Quantumfrog from Oldenburg release his first game in 26 years today. We talked to MD and founder Hendrik Rump about crafting a Bavarian Kobold in Northern Germany and how three generations of Germans have been influenced by Pumuckl. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Slay the Spire 2 © Mega Crit Games Products Slay the Spire 2 Achieves Strongest Steam Launch of the Year so Far With over 400,000 people playing simultaneously, Slay the Spire 2 from Mega Crit Games achieved the best launch of any game on Steam so far this year. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Events Game Industry Conference to be Held Twice in 2026 And is Seeking Speakers The organisers of the GIC - Game Industry Conference have launched their call for speakers. At the same time, the website shows that GIC 2026 will take place twice, at the usual time in October in Poznań and at the end of June in Katowice. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Products Marathon Marathon’s amazing gunplay and tremendous visuals are hampered only by the choices it doesn’t let players take, for now. A snapshot of a game in flux. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Plaion X CI Games © Plaion & CI Games Business Plaion and CI Games Partner up for Lords of the Fallen II Following their collaboration on Lords of the Fallen, Plaion and CI Games have announced that they are joining forces once again. Plaion will be the global physical distributor for Lords of the Fallen II. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Products Blueberry from Mellow Games Releases 28 May Hidden Trap's and Mellow Games' Blueberry will release on 28 May 2026 on Steam. The game will also be features in Steam's Women's Day Sale Showcase starting today evening. A new demo is playable right now. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Project Helix © Microsoft Business Next Xbox "Will Lead in Performance" and Play PC and Xbox Games Following the change in leadership at Microsoft Gaming, the new CEO, Asha Sharma, has revealed that "Project Helix" is the codename for the next generation of Xbox consoles. "Project Helix will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games," she said. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
