© GamerLegion Esports Age of Empires II Tournament to Be Held in Berlin by GamerLegion Just before Christmas, the Age of Empires II "Noble Apartment Cup" tournament will take place in Berlin with a prize pool of over $50,000. Sponsored by developer World's Edge, the tournament will take place as a LAN event at the GamerLegion Gaming House in Berlin. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Instinct3/Sparkasse Business Sparkasse, Instinct3 and Jung von Matt Plan Improvisational Special With a new format, a reinterpretation of an improvisational comedy show, the Sparkasse (Savings Bank) is entering the Twitch stage together with Jung von Matt Sports and Instinct3. The main protagonist "Sparkassen-Hänno", a character created by content creator and Instinct3 founder HandOfBlood, gets active support from comedians and By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Uniliga Business Uniliga Starts Campus Tour at German Universities The Uniliga campus tour starts in Hannover and will also visit universities in Bielefeld and Berlin. The tour gives students the opportunity to get in touch with companies and esports clubs. To mark the start of the winter semester at German universities, Uniliga, Germany's largest student gaming league, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Nintendo is the favourite Consumer Electronics brand of German families according to the YouGov BrandIndex © Imago Business Best Family Brands: Nintendo Beats PlayStation and Apple Together with the SZ Institut of Süddeutsche Zeitung, YouGov Germany has identified the top family brands of 2024. Netflix is ahead in the overall ranking, while Nintendo beats the competition in the consumer electronics sector. No dedicated gaming brand made it into the top ten of the overall evaluation, in By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 © Xbox Business Even More Simulation Games From a Wide Range of Publishers By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Speaker at USK's 30th anniversary with a ceremony © Natalia Morkhova for USK Business Politicians and Industry Celebrate Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle One hundred high-ranking guests from the fields of business, society, politics and administration celebrated the USK's 30th anniversary with a ceremony. There were words of praise, particularly from the world of politics, but this was not always the case over the past 30 years. The founding of the By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Jari-Pekka Kaleva, Managing Director of the European Game Developers Federation © EGDF Business WALGA Becomes the 24th Member of EGDF The European umbrella organisation for games developers, European Game Developers Federation (EGDF), welcomes WALGA as a new member. It is the second new member this year, after the Estonian association Gamedev Estonia. The total number of member organisations has thus increased to 24 from 22 countries. The discrepancy is due By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dirk Ohler, Head of Product Management & Winfried Diekmann, Managing Director © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Aerosoft - A German Simulation Pioneer Looks Ahead By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
The Game:in e.V. founders announcing their way to registration in August 2023. © GamesMarkt Business Game:in Now Officially Registered as Association The diversity initiative Game:in is now Game:in e.V.: After the registration process, the association now accepts individual members who want to support their endeavours for equality and diversity in the gaming industry. Game:in goes “e.V.”: The initiative for diversity in gaming is now a “eingetragener By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Koji Kobayashi, Senior Executive Officer, Konami Digital Entertainment and Romy Gai, Chief Business Officer at FIFA © Konami Digital Entertainment and FIFA Esports Esports Cooperation Agreement Between FIFA and Konami Konami Digital Entertainment and FIFA have announced an esports collaboration. Two FIFAe World Cups will take place on mobile and console later this year. The matches will be played in eFootball. Among the member associations taking part in the first FIFAe World Cup are many big names, but not Germany, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Nintendo Business Nintendo Announces Alarm Clock Alarmo As if Pokémon Sleep went physical: Nintendo has announced Alarmo, a physical alarm clock full of sensors and Nintendo gaming content. The clock can measure sleep movements, provide Nintendo game audioscapes and can be updated via the Nintendo Online network. It's as if Pokémon Sleep went physical: Nintendo By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
