© BIG Esports Philips OneBlade Sponsors Berlin International Gaming in Young Player Programme As cooperating partner for Berlin International Gaming's BIG Selecta talent programme, Philips OneBlade is entering esports. From today on until 22 September, a bootcamp with developmental mentoring programme will prepare young players for professional esports careers. Esports association Berlin International Gaming (BIG) has acquired a new sponsor for By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Gamevasion powered by DreamHack to debut in Hannover in December 2024. © Freaks 4U Gaming Business Update: Gamevasion Starts Ticket Sales From 5 to 8 December 2024, Gamevasion powered by DreamHack will make its debut in Hannover (Germany). This new gaming festival, organised by Freaks 4U Gaming, will replace the previous DreamHack event. It includes a BYOC LAN event and an Expo. Ticket sales have now started. The new festival Gamevasion By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Matt Bromberg, CEO and President of Unity on stage at Unite 24 © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Unity Is Fully Committed to the Games Industry With the Release of Unity 6 in October At Unite 24 in Barcelona, Unity announced that Unity 6 will be released in mid-October. Performance, stability, ease of use and long-term support are promised. At the same time, the company has made it clear that it is returning its full focus to the games industry. Unity has announced that By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Helge Jürgens, Nandita Wegehaupt and Fernanda Pagani (From Left to Right) © Friederike Werner / Die Hoffotografen / Fernanda Pagani Business Berlin Games Ground to Host AI Conference as a Side Event The Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur (Digital Game Culture Foundation) is organising a conference together with Games Ground on the topic of AI, which will not only focus on the use of AI in game development, but also on AI utopias and dystopias in games. The conference is supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Nina Kiel joins TH Cologne as Research Assistant. Their expertise in inclusion fits exceptionally well. © Nina Kiel / TH Cologne. Campus Nina Kiel Joins TH Cologne's Inclusive Gaming Project as Research Assistant They have been an advocate for inclusive gaming for years, a Head of Diversity & Inclusion in the industry and a renowned games journalist and researcher. Now, Nina Kiel has started as Research Assistant for a project on inclusion in gaming at TH Cologne. They have been Head of Diversity By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© DevGamm Business DevGamm Lisbon Award Registrations Looking for Games The DevGamm Awards are open for game registrations until 30 September. Teams under 50 people are eligible to be nominated for cash prizes of 100,000 dollars in total. The ceremony will be held on 15 November in Cascais, near Lisbon in Portugal. Up until 30 September, developers can still By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The caggtus 2024. © niclass.de Business caggtus 2025: Exhibitor Registration Begins in October, Product Sales at Booths Now Possible The exhibitor registration for caggtus 2025 in Leipzig begins mid-October. For the first time, regular exhibitors are also allowed to sell their own products directly at the booths. From 11 to 13 April 2025, the third iteration of caggtus Leipzig comes back. Now, the date for the coming exhibitor registration By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Pocketpair Business Nintendo Sues Palworld Dev Pocketpair Over Patent Claims After nine months of deliberation, Nintendo is now sueing Palworld developer Pocketpair over patent claims in Japan. The accusation of stolen Pokémon designs had put Palworld into the focus of the Japanese giant when the survival game launched to great success in January. Nintendo of Japan has released a statement By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© HTC Vive Business HTC Vive Shows New Focus Vision Headset With a new headset in their Focus line, HTC Vive wants to further improve their product line for business and gaming use. The technical data is impressive, as is the price. XR headset manufacturer HTC Vive has revealed its new headset Vive Focus Vision. It builds on the Vive Focus By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Cam Weber President EA Sports, Laura Miele, President EA Entertainment & Technology, Andrew Wilson, CEO Electronic Arts, Byron Beed, Group General Manager Battlefield (from left to right) © Screenshot EA Webcast of Investor Day 2024 Business How Electronic Arts Plans to Lead the Market With Its Major Brands At Investor Day, Electronic Arts provided an interesting insight into how the major sees its future. In addition to a lot of news about doubling the audience, the use of AI, a Sims movie or the setting of Battlefield, the information between the lines was particularly exciting: the EA brands By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
© Corsair Business Corsair Buys Fanatec Sim Racing from Endor Corsair has bought the Fanatec Sim Racing brand located in Landshut from Endor AG. All current staff will transfer with the brand as well. The Fanatec office will remain in Landshut. Corsair is buying the Fanatec Sim Racing product line from Endor AG. That includes the existing Fanatec staff at By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nintendo is no stranger to the Zurich Pop Con - as seen here in 2021. © Zurich Pop Con / Nintendo Business Nintendo Opens Pop-Up Store at Zurich Pop Con & Game Show 2024 Only the second official Nintendo event pop-up store in Europe: The Zurich Pop Con & Game Show has hooked a big one. The Nintendo presence will bring otherwise Japan-exclusive merchandise to the Swiss game festival on 5 and 6 October. The organisers of the Zurich Pop Con & Game Show By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
