SAE-Absolventen zeigen Abschlussarbeiten Tim Pototzki October 07, 2014 – 1 min read Share this post © None Business Over 1,000 Employees Are Being Made Redundant at Epic Games Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has announced that the company is laying off over 1,000 employees. The decline in Fortnite engagement since 2025 has forced Epic Games to take this step in order to keep the business afloat. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Larry Kuperman, Vice President of Business Development, Nightdive Studios © Nightdive Business Interview: What Makes Nightdive Studios Decide to Bring Back a Classic? Remasters and Enhanced Editions of classic games are Nightdive Studios' speciality. We spoke to Larry Kuperman, VP of Business Development, about their current remasters, the challenges of obtaining the original games, their selection process for re-releases, and this unique market segment. By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read The stage at Spiel Essen 2025 (Spiel Essen) Events Spiel.Talks Submissions for Spiel Essen 2026 Now Open Boardgame designers, researchers and other experts can now submit Spiel.Talks for the main stage at Spiel Essen 2026 from 22-25 October. Three days will focus on B2C, while the Educator's Day on Friday welcomes all scientific and scholarly perspectives. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Death Stranding 2: On the Beach © Kojima Productions, Nixxes Software, Sony Interactive Entertainment Products Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (PC) Although there are currently unconfirmed reports that Sony Interactive Entertainment is reconsidering its strategy of releasing PS5-exclusive single-player games on PC, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has been released on the platform. Nixxes has once again produced a superb port. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Business Over 1,000 Employees Are Being Made Redundant at Epic Games Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has announced that the company is laying off over 1,000 employees. The decline in Fortnite engagement since 2025 has forced Epic Games to take this step in order to keep the business afloat. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Products Sandbox Interactive is Launching Albion Online on Xbox in April On 21 April, Sandbox Interactive’s Albion Online will launch on Xbox as a fully optimised gaming experience. Thanks to seamless account linking, the game is available across PC, mobile and Xbox – the first console platform to support this cross-platform play. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Products Funtainment Cooperates with Figuya x Konsolenkost At New Munich Location Figuya x Konsolenkost and Funtainment are cooperating at a new Munich location with store in store concepts. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read From Left: Colin Anderson, Ross Laurie, and Peter van der Watt of Reforged (Reforged). People Reforged Studios Acquires Headup Games from Düren After divesting from Thunderful in 2024, the until-now independent indie publisher Headup has been fully acquired by Reforged Studios from Malta. Dieter Schoeller will remain in charge while also becoming Chief Publishing Officer at group level. No jobs are supposed to be lost. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Larry Kuperman, Vice President of Business Development, Nightdive Studios © Nightdive Business Interview: What Makes Nightdive Studios Decide to Bring Back a Classic? Remasters and Enhanced Editions of classic games are Nightdive Studios' speciality. We spoke to Larry Kuperman, VP of Business Development, about their current remasters, the challenges of obtaining the original games, their selection process for re-releases, and this unique market segment. By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
Business Over 1,000 Employees Are Being Made Redundant at Epic Games Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has announced that the company is laying off over 1,000 employees. The decline in Fortnite engagement since 2025 has forced Epic Games to take this step in order to keep the business afloat. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Larry Kuperman, Vice President of Business Development, Nightdive Studios © Nightdive Business Interview: What Makes Nightdive Studios Decide to Bring Back a Classic? Remasters and Enhanced Editions of classic games are Nightdive Studios' speciality. We spoke to Larry Kuperman, VP of Business Development, about their current remasters, the challenges of obtaining the original games, their selection process for re-releases, and this unique market segment. By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
The stage at Spiel Essen 2025 (Spiel Essen) Events Spiel.Talks Submissions for Spiel Essen 2026 Now Open Boardgame designers, researchers and other experts can now submit Spiel.Talks for the main stage at Spiel Essen 2026 from 22-25 October. Three days will focus on B2C, while the Educator's Day on Friday welcomes all scientific and scholarly perspectives. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach © Kojima Productions, Nixxes Software, Sony Interactive Entertainment Products Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (PC) Although there are currently unconfirmed reports that Sony Interactive Entertainment is reconsidering its strategy of releasing PS5-exclusive single-player games on PC, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has been released on the platform. Nixxes has once again produced a superb port. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Business Over 1,000 Employees Are Being Made Redundant at Epic Games Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has announced that the company is laying off over 1,000 employees. The decline in Fortnite engagement since 2025 has forced Epic Games to take this step in order to keep the business afloat. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Products Sandbox Interactive is Launching Albion Online on Xbox in April On 21 April, Sandbox Interactive’s Albion Online will launch on Xbox as a fully optimised gaming experience. Thanks to seamless account linking, the game is available across PC, mobile and Xbox – the first console platform to support this cross-platform play. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Products Funtainment Cooperates with Figuya x Konsolenkost At New Munich Location Figuya x Konsolenkost and Funtainment are cooperating at a new Munich location with store in store concepts. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
From Left: Colin Anderson, Ross Laurie, and Peter van der Watt of Reforged (Reforged). People Reforged Studios Acquires Headup Games from Düren After divesting from Thunderful in 2024, the until-now independent indie publisher Headup has been fully acquired by Reforged Studios from Malta. Dieter Schoeller will remain in charge while also becoming Chief Publishing Officer at group level. No jobs are supposed to be lost. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Larry Kuperman, Vice President of Business Development, Nightdive Studios © Nightdive Business Interview: What Makes Nightdive Studios Decide to Bring Back a Classic? Remasters and Enhanced Editions of classic games are Nightdive Studios' speciality. We spoke to Larry Kuperman, VP of Business Development, about their current remasters, the challenges of obtaining the original games, their selection process for re-releases, and this unique market segment. By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
