Gerhold: Building an Alternative to Established Labels Stephan Steininger May 24, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Mario Gerhold © Gerhold People Giles Derrington Switches from TikTok to Take-Two Just before GTA VI drops, Take-Two gets a new Director for Global Affairs with focus on EU and UK: Giles Derrington, former Head of Public Affairs at TikTok, will be the public head for the GTA publisher in Brussels. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Constantin Winkler, new Project Lead at the Center for Critical Social Sciences (Winkler/ZKSW) People Constantin Winkler Leads New Project About Anti-Semitism in Gaming One of the researchers of the now ended RadiGaMe project, Constantin Winkler, now leads the project Anti-Semitism in Gaming at the Center for Critical Social Sciences in Berlin. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read (all photos in this article: Louise McMahon) People Game Music Makers: Louise McMahon Composer and vocalist Louise McMahon can be heard on the Pacific Drive soundtrack and made the orchestral video game concept Butterfly Wars. We spoke to her about her technical process, inspirations and way into game music. By Pascal Wagner • 12 min read CygamesEdge © Cygames Business Cygames Launched New Brand CygamesEdge Tokyo-based video game publisher and developer Cygames has launched CygamesEdge, a new brand focused on small- and medium-sized projects. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read gamescom 2026 Business Area hall 4.1 © Koelnmesse GmbH Oliver Wachenfeld gamescom Gamescom Organisers Respond to Hardware Theft At gamescom 2026, hardware was stolen from the business area. This fact quickly spread throughout the industry. While the organisers' initial response was largely met with rejection and criticism, they are now striking a different tone. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Sil and the Fading World © IceCrack Games / Arc Games Products Arc Games Signed Icecrack Games' Sil and the Fading World IceCrack Games, an independent game development studio based in Switzerland, has found a publisher for its debut game, Sil and the Fading World: Arc Games. It's a solo-raiding action RPG that combines MMO-inspired raid boss encounters with ARPG character progression and buildcrafting. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Xbox Cloud Gaming - Cloud Playtime Update © Xbo Business Xbox Cloud Gaming: Monthly Xbox Game Pass Hour Limit and Access Without Game Pass Microsoft is introducing changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming. From November, a playtime limit will be introduced for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, depending on their subscription type. Additionally, users will be able to purchase cloud gaming hours without a Game Pass subscription. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Campus FH of BFI Vienna Rebrands to HWG Vienna BFI Vienna University of Applied Sciences rebrands to BFI Vienna University of Business and Society. The school is one of Vienna's games business education institutes. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Pax Autocratica (c) Multiverse Products Pax Autocratica In the satirical colony simulation and first-person shooter roguelite hybrid Pax Autocratica from Multiverse, the aim is to establish the greatest totalitarian regime in history. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
People Giles Derrington Switches from TikTok to Take-Two Just before GTA VI drops, Take-Two gets a new Director for Global Affairs with focus on EU and UK: Giles Derrington, former Head of Public Affairs at TikTok, will be the public head for the GTA publisher in Brussels. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Constantin Winkler, new Project Lead at the Center for Critical Social Sciences (Winkler/ZKSW) People Constantin Winkler Leads New Project About Anti-Semitism in Gaming One of the researchers of the now ended RadiGaMe project, Constantin Winkler, now leads the project Anti-Semitism in Gaming at the Center for Critical Social Sciences in Berlin. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(all photos in this article: Louise McMahon) People Game Music Makers: Louise McMahon Composer and vocalist Louise McMahon can be heard on the Pacific Drive soundtrack and made the orchestral video game concept Butterfly Wars. We spoke to her about her technical process, inspirations and way into game music. By Pascal Wagner • 12 min read
CygamesEdge © Cygames Business Cygames Launched New Brand CygamesEdge Tokyo-based video game publisher and developer Cygames has launched CygamesEdge, a new brand focused on small- and medium-sized projects. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
gamescom 2026 Business Area hall 4.1 © Koelnmesse GmbH Oliver Wachenfeld gamescom Gamescom Organisers Respond to Hardware Theft At gamescom 2026, hardware was stolen from the business area. This fact quickly spread throughout the industry. While the organisers' initial response was largely met with rejection and criticism, they are now striking a different tone. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Sil and the Fading World © IceCrack Games / Arc Games Products Arc Games Signed Icecrack Games' Sil and the Fading World IceCrack Games, an independent game development studio based in Switzerland, has found a publisher for its debut game, Sil and the Fading World: Arc Games. It's a solo-raiding action RPG that combines MMO-inspired raid boss encounters with ARPG character progression and buildcrafting. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Xbox Cloud Gaming - Cloud Playtime Update © Xbo Business Xbox Cloud Gaming: Monthly Xbox Game Pass Hour Limit and Access Without Game Pass Microsoft is introducing changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming. From November, a playtime limit will be introduced for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, depending on their subscription type. Additionally, users will be able to purchase cloud gaming hours without a Game Pass subscription. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Campus FH of BFI Vienna Rebrands to HWG Vienna BFI Vienna University of Applied Sciences rebrands to BFI Vienna University of Business and Society. The school is one of Vienna's games business education institutes. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Pax Autocratica (c) Multiverse Products Pax Autocratica In the satirical colony simulation and first-person shooter roguelite hybrid Pax Autocratica from Multiverse, the aim is to establish the greatest totalitarian regime in history. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
