© Games London Business London Games Festival Plans New Consumer Trade Show New Game Plus For the 10th anniversary of the London Games Festival, the organizers of Games London are planning the biggest festival to date. The focus will be on the new consumer fair New Game Plus, which will kick off the event days. The London Games Festival (LGF) itself starts on April 2, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© 505 Pulse Business Hook Indie Publishing Label Rebranded as 505 Pulse Digital Bros, the Italian company behind publisher 505 Games, announced the rebranding of its indie-focused publishing label Hook as 505 Pulse. This should strengthen the connection between the Indie Division and 505 Games. By rebranding as 505 Pulse, Digital Bros aims to increase the synergy between its indie division and By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Samantha Brock and Henner Hentsch © game Business Hate and Hate Speech: What Challenges are There for Games Companies? Hate and hate speech are and remain an issue that affects not only platform operators but also game companies. Samantha Brock and Henner Hentsch from game - The German Games Industry Association, summarize the challenges for game publishers and developers in a guest article. At the end of September, the By Team Gamesmarkt • 5 min read
GameMentors.be is designed to help mentors and mentees find each other © nappy/Pexels Business ForsVC Launches Mentorship Platform for the Belgian Games Industry The Belgian venture capital firm ForsVC has launched a new website to support the Belgian games industry: GameMentors.be is designed to help mentors and mentees find each other. The Belgian VC firm ForsVC sees itself as a link between the Belgian games industry and investors and is therefore expanding By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Strauss Zelnick, Chairman and CEO of Take-Two Interactive © Take-Two Interactive IR Business Strong Net Sales, but Continued Loss: Take-Two Interactive Prepares for Record Releases Take-Two Interactive reports strong net bookings and a narrowing of its loss to $365.5 million (€340 million). Once again, the Grand Theft Auto and Borderlands franchises are driving this performance. GTA 6 is still scheduled for release in autumn 2025, with Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country following By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Xperion is cooperating with TheCircle Vibe, the B2B industry get-together from TaKeTV, to organize the B2B opening in Hamburg on November 22 © TaKe TV Business Xperion Hamburg Hosts B2B Meet-up in Cooperation with TakeTV 16 masterclasses and 4 panels will take place on November 22 at Xperion in Hamburg. Xperion is cooperating with TheCircle Vibe, the B2B industry get-together from TaKeTV, to organize the B2B opening. In the summer, Media-Saturn opened the third Xperion experience world in Hamburg, Germany. And as with the other By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Christopher Pollak (left) and Moritz Lechner with the New Fluence team © 1SP Agency / New Fluence Business 1SP Agency Acquires New Fluence The 1SP Agency group continues to grow and has acquired New Fluence. The Austrian agency specialises in micro-influencer marketing and viral campaigns. Moritz Lechner and Chris Pollak, the founders and managing directors of New Fluence, will remain on board. The management of 1SP Agency describes the acquisition of New Fluence By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Take-Two Interactive IR Business Take-Two Interactive Has Sold Private Division, No Rest for the Wicked goes to T2 It loomed: Take-Two Interactive has sold its indie publishing label Private Division. The buyer has not yet been announced. From the Private Division portfolio, Take-Two will take over No Rest for the Wicked from Austria's Moon Studios. Take-Two Interactive has sold its independent games publishing label Private Division By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
from left: Wolfgang Koller (IWI), Reanne Leuning (Außenwirtschaft Austria), Alfred Harl (UBIT) and Martin Filipp (PGDA). © Strasnik/FV Ubit Business New Study Shows Growth and Baseline of Austrian Game Industry 71.3 per cent more game companies than 2018, a turnover of 188.7 million euros in 2023 and a massively important academic game landscape: A new study by the Austrian WKO's association for IT (UBIT) shines a spotlight on the Alpine republic's game industry. There By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Nintendo Business Mario Party: The Party Never Stops With Mario and Nintendo By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
© Freaks 4U Gaming Business Freaks 4U Gaming Renews League of Legends Esports Prime League Operator Licence Freaks 4U Gaming has announced the renewal of its operator licence with Riot Games for the League of Legends Esports Prime League, the official regional league for Germany, Switzerland and Austria, from 2025 to 2027. Furthermore, the company confirms that the Techniker Krankenkasse will continue to be the Title Partner By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Games Ground Business Games Ground Berlin 2024 Schedule is Online The full business schedule and exhibition programme for Games Ground Berlin 2024 are now online. More than 120 speakers will participate, with various side events, a games exhibition full of 70 titles as well as student showcases, and the conference "AI Utopia and Dystopia" of Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
