Retro Gaming: Atari's 800XL Home Computer Returns

Tabletop

Reality Fracture

Sandwiched between several Universes Beyond franchise and mini sets, Reality Fracture had a lot to prove. But the current Magic: The Gathering set is one of the best of the year, if not the best altogether.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Products

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen

It was Dark Arisen that first made Dragon's Dogma truly popular. Now, Japanese developer and publisher Capcom is building on that success, taking Dragon's Dogma 2 to a whole new level with the Dark Arisen expansion.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Products

Complete Shake-up in German Games Charts in September

September brought the expected shake-up in the monthly charts. As anticipated, EA Sports FC 27 took the top spot, but there was no shortage of new entries or comebacks into the top 20 either.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

People

Xbox: Kayleen Walters Become President of XP, Maria Angelidou-Smith CEO of Mojang and Minecraft

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is making further changes to the leadership team of Microsoft’s gaming division: Kayleen Walters heads the new XP business unit, which includes the licensing business. Maria Angelidou-Smith, a former manager at Meta and Personio, is taking charge of Mojang and Minecraft.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Business

Safe in Our World Looking for More Visible Mental Health Support in Games

With their Four Billion Gamers campaign, charity Safe in Our World wants to put better visible mental health resources into games and game spaces. For this, it is looking for studios to participate.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Business

Central Hub for the Games Industry in Bavaria

Events, funding programs, and a strong network – Games/Bavaria connects studios and publisher, freelancers and companies with policymakers, the public, and related industries. This creates space for innovation, visibility, growth and builds a strong games industry in Bavaria.

By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read

Tabletop

Reality Fracture

Sandwiched between several Universes Beyond franchise and mini sets, Reality Fracture had a lot to prove. But the current Magic: The Gathering set is one of the best of the year, if not the best altogether.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Business

Fireshine Games (EG7) Acquires Fair Games

Enad Global 7 has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Fireshine Games, has acquired Fair Games. The Danish game studio, based in Aarhus, is the developer and owner of the survival-crafting PC game Necesse, which has sold approximately 2.5 million units to date.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

G+ Federico Cardini on Changing Screamer's Control Systems After Player Feedback

With yesterday's big update, Milestone has made the unique twin-stick controls of anime racing game Screamer optional. We spoke to Federico Cardini, Game Director, on implementing player feedback even if that contradicts with the artistic vision of a game.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read