Start-ups in Gründer-Hochburgen kommen leichter an Geld Tim Pototzki June 11, 2015 – 2 min read Share this post Der Kapitalbedarf deutscher Start-ups ist hoch. Im Schnitt 2,5 Mio. Euro werden mittelfristig benötigt © Creatas Publishing Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Sells 2 Million Copies at Launch Ubisoft has drawn an initial positive conclusion following the launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. There were almost 100,000 concurrent players on Steam and two million units sold on the very first day. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Publishing Aesir Interactive is Launching EverRail in Early Access in July A week after Aesir Interactive unveiled a new logo and a new game, there is also news about EverRail: on 20 July, the first game published by Aesir itself will launch in Early Access. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Publishing Wild River Games Expands Horse Club Franchise with Ride West Wild River Games is set to release the next game in the Horse Club franchise from toy manufacturer Schleich this October. ‘Horse Club Ride West’ will be released on 9 October for Switch, PS5, Xbox Series and PC (Steam). By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read People Olga Ivanova Joins House of Games Team The House of Games team has welcomed another new member: Olga Ivanova. The journalist and content marketing expert has taken on the role of Community Manager. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Dawid Hallmann (left) takes over the German CEO position from Marc-Andreas Albert. In Paris, Sylvain Andries becomes new CFO (Webedia) People Webedia makes Sylvain Andries New Group CFO and Dawid Hallmann New German CEO Dawid Hallmann becomes the new CEO of Webedia Germany, taking over from Marc-Andreas Albert. At the Paris group mother, Sylvain Andries will become CFO in September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Second Stone and The 9th Dragon are what Headup brings to gamescom 2026 (Headup) gamescom Headup Announces gamescom 2026 Lineup Düren publisher Headup has revealed its full lineup for gamescom 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read The projects receiving the highest sums in production funding: Bellfrost and Jeppe & Oswald Funding NRW is Funding 10 Games With 603,000 Euros At its latest meeting, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW’s Digital Games Funding Committee approved just over 600,000 euros in funding. This will go to a total of 10 projects at various stages of development. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read (Background: Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2025; Indie Arena Booth 2025/Rolf Otzipka) gamescom Indie Arena Booth: Full gamescom 2026 Lineup The Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2026 features 11 delegations, 17 publishers and over 180 developers showing their game in the entertainment area. Find every single one in our list. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read Nathanael Liminski, Minister for Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and Marius Loewe, President of e-sport.nrw (right; Picture: e-sport.nrw) Esports North Rhine-Westphalia is Funding 30 Apprenticeships for Esports Coaches North Rhine-Westphalia is continuing its support for esports in Germany’s most populous federal state. Thanks to new funding, 30 subsidised training places for esports coaches will be available in 2026. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Publishing Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Sells 2 Million Copies at Launch Ubisoft has drawn an initial positive conclusion following the launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. There were almost 100,000 concurrent players on Steam and two million units sold on the very first day. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Publishing Aesir Interactive is Launching EverRail in Early Access in July A week after Aesir Interactive unveiled a new logo and a new game, there is also news about EverRail: on 20 July, the first game published by Aesir itself will launch in Early Access. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Publishing Wild River Games Expands Horse Club Franchise with Ride West Wild River Games is set to release the next game in the Horse Club franchise from toy manufacturer Schleich this October. ‘Horse Club Ride West’ will be released on 9 October for Switch, PS5, Xbox Series and PC (Steam). By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
People Olga Ivanova Joins House of Games Team The House of Games team has welcomed another new member: Olga Ivanova. The journalist and content marketing expert has taken on the role of Community Manager. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dawid Hallmann (left) takes over the German CEO position from Marc-Andreas Albert. In Paris, Sylvain Andries becomes new CFO (Webedia) People Webedia makes Sylvain Andries New Group CFO and Dawid Hallmann New German CEO Dawid Hallmann becomes the new CEO of Webedia Germany, taking over from Marc-Andreas Albert. At the Paris group mother, Sylvain Andries will become CFO in September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Second Stone and The 9th Dragon are what Headup brings to gamescom 2026 (Headup) gamescom Headup Announces gamescom 2026 Lineup Düren publisher Headup has revealed its full lineup for gamescom 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The projects receiving the highest sums in production funding: Bellfrost and Jeppe & Oswald Funding NRW is Funding 10 Games With 603,000 Euros At its latest meeting, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW’s Digital Games Funding Committee approved just over 600,000 euros in funding. This will go to a total of 10 projects at various stages of development. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
(Background: Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2025; Indie Arena Booth 2025/Rolf Otzipka) gamescom Indie Arena Booth: Full gamescom 2026 Lineup The Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2026 features 11 delegations, 17 publishers and over 180 developers showing their game in the entertainment area. Find every single one in our list. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Nathanael Liminski, Minister for Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and Marius Loewe, President of e-sport.nrw (right; Picture: e-sport.nrw) Esports North Rhine-Westphalia is Funding 30 Apprenticeships for Esports Coaches North Rhine-Westphalia is continuing its support for esports in Germany’s most populous federal state. Thanks to new funding, 30 subsidised training places for esports coaches will be available in 2026. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
