At the end of the 2023 fiscal year, GameStop had more than 4,000 stores worldwide. © Archive Picture Business All GameStop Stores in Germany Apparently Facing Closure Following the sale of all GameStop stores in Italy to Cidiverte (GameLife), the fate of the German GameStop stores has apparently been decided. According to unconfirmed reports, all GameStop stores in Germany will close at the beginning of January. The news is currently spreading like wildfire across the internet: GameSpot By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Lionel Lovisa and Gary Paulini will lead Limbic Entertainment after the founder Stephan Winter and Alexander Frey step down from their active role as Managing Directors (from left to right) © Bandai Namco/Limbic Enertainment Business Lionel Lovisa and Gary Paulini To Lead Limbic Entertainment Limbic Entertainment is undergoing a major leadership transition as founders and managing directors Stephan Winter and Alexander Frey step down from their active roles at the end of the year. Lionel Lovisa and Gary Paulini will take over as the studio's new leaders. Founded in 2002, Studio Limbic By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
This fall, Games for Families took place at the offerta in Karlsruhe and the Spielraum in Dresden (left). © planetlan Business More Demand and More Gamer at Games for Families 2024 was a successful year for Games for Families, as Michael Wegner from planetlan told GamesMarkt. Visitor numbers were great, on-site sales grew, and post-event purchase intentions were notably higher. Most significantly, there has been a fundamental shift in the profile of families attending the stands compared to pre-pandemic years. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© René Rother / Devolver Digital Business René Rother on Children of the Sun, Being an Indie Developer, and His Failed but Successful Publisher Pitch German indie developer René Rother is behind the creative shooter Children of the Sun. Over the course of the year, we had the opportunity to talk to him about the game, the challenges of being an indie developer, and the failed pitch that led to a deal with Devolver Digital. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
From left to Right: Tim Lukas Leinert (Arctic Game), Christopher Hohage (Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises), Christoph Kohlhaas (KölnBusiness), Amanda Förtsch (MBB), Arjuna AJ Sath (Head of Partnerships Games Ground) and Gianni Sommer (CFO Games Ground) © Games Ground GmbH Business Games Ground 2024 Increases Internationality Games Ground Berlin became more international this year. For example, Publisher Connect featured many companies from Japan, while Arctic Game brought studios from Sweden. This year, Games Ground Berlin (GamesMarkt reported) hosted international delegations through partnerships with KölnBusiness (Cologne) and Arctic Game (Sweden). Cologne was Games Ground's first By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Freshly confirmed: Glenn Micallef is among the members of the European Commission team led by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (front, 4th from right). However, the Maltese-born Social Democrat, who is the EU Commissioner for Youth, Culture and Sport, only partially makes it into the spotlight in the group photo (back, 2nd from right). Photo: Dati Bendo, European Union, 2024 © Dati Bendo, European Union, 2024 Business New EU Commission Confirmed: Glenn Micallef Takes Over Culture Portfolio On November 27, 2024, the European Parliament approved the new EU Commission. Alongside Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's team, Glenn Micallef was confirmed as the EU Commissioner for Youth, Culture, and Sport. The formation of the new European Commission was far from a foregone conclusion. Notably, debates By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
Elon Musk @ X © X Business Elon Musk Plans AI Game Studio at xAI The world's richest man wants to "make games great again". To do this, he plans to set up an AI game studio at xAI because "too many game studios are owned by massive corporations". Once again, he lashed out at the woke culture. Elon By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Winfried Diekmann, Managing Director of Aerosoft © Aerosoft Business Aerosoft's FS Conference 2024 With Over 400 Visitors Last weekend, Aerosoft hosted the FS Conference, the biggest German event for FlightSim fans. More than 400 visitors and over 20 exhibitors were present. The event will take place again next year. On 23 November 2020, the FS Conference, the largest German event for flight sim fans, took place in By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© devcom Business Devcom Team Hosts Charity Stream for a Good Cause Next Monday, the devcom team will be hosting the charity stream “Play for Ukraine”. In addition to donations, the aim is to provide information about the situation of the games industry in Ukraine. On Monday, December 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the devcom team will host By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© CD Projekt Business Cyberpunk 2077 Breaks Milestones, New Witcher Game in Full Production CD Projekt continues to do well, with Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 selling strongly. The first part of the new Witcher trilogy is in full production, and a new Cyberpunk animation project with Netflix is in development. In the third quarter of 2024, the CD Projekt Group's By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Appcharge Business Appcharge Secures Funding from Creandum, Supercell and Bitkraft The Israeli start-up Appcharge has raised around 26 million US dollars in a recently concluded round of financing. The DTC service provider was supported by existing investors, as well as by Creandum, Supercell and Bikraft, among others. The ongoing lawsuits against Apple and Google for their role as gatekeepers for By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Shuhei Yoshida, Head of the Indies Initiative © PlayStation Blog Business Shuhei Yoshida is Leaving PlayStation and Sony Interactive Entertainment With Shuhei Yoshida, the Sony group is losing another experienced manager from the early days of the PlayStation business. Yoshida was in charge of studio activities for a long time and was most recently head of the indie initiative at Sony Interactive Entertainment. Shuhei Yoshida revealed his intention to leave By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
