© Wholesome Games Business btf Games Part of Around 60 Games at Wholesome Direct 2025 The next Wholesome Direct digital showcase will take place on 7 June as part of this year's Summer Games Festival. In addition to the date, Wholesome Direct also announced some of the 60 participating studios, including btf Games from Germany. In the end, almost 1,500 submissions reached By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Sérgio Laranjeira is CTO at Metacore Games in Berlin © Gabriele Di Stefano Business G+ How Metacore Games Grows in Berlin and Gets Involved in the Local Scene By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Sérgio Laranjeira, CTO, Metacore © Metacore Business Metacore in Berlin: "From Day One, We've Focused on Becoming Part of the Local Ecosystem …" It has been almost a year and a half since Finland's Metacore Games opened its second office in Berlin. So it's time for CTO Sérgio Laranjeira to share his thoughts on how Metacore has integrated into and contributed to the local Berlin games ecosystem. GamesMarkt: How By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Andrew Byatt CEO Blaze Entertainment - Craig McNicol VP Plaion Partners © Blaze / Plaion Business Plaion Expands Distribution Deal With Blaze Entertainment The existing partnership between Plaion and Blaze Entertainment will be expanded. In the future, Plaion will take over the entire EMEA plus ANZ distribution. Plaion is expanding its distribution partnership with Blaze Entertainment, a leading name in retro gaming, particularly for Evercade. Under the terms of the expanded agreement, Plaion By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Sebastian Bulas © Super Crowd Entertainment Business Sebastian Bulas Joins Super Crowd as Chief Product Officer Super Crowd Entertainment strengthens its development team: Sebastian Bulas takes on the role of Chief Product Officer and will drive the development of the company's proprietary (gamification) event technology solutions. Sebastian Bulas is the new Chief Product Officer at Super Crowd Entertainment, the Hamburg-based company responsible for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Eva Stemmer, Founder Brandmate, and Christian Ulrich, Managing Director of Brandmate GmbH © Brandmate/Foto: Christof Kreutzer Business Brandmate Finalises Programme and Announces Retail Day The first Brandmate in Essen is taking shape: the organisers of Spielwarenmesse eG have unveiled the first items on the programme for the licensing and brand fair, which will take place on 25 and 26 June in Essen. For the first time, there will also be a Retail Day. This By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dorothee Bär © Tobias Koch Business Dorothee Bär to Become 'Games Minister' in Next Federal Government In the next federal government, responsibility for games will be transferred to the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Astronautics. This 'mega-ministry' will be headed by Dorothee Bär of the CSU. During today's announcement of the CDU/CSU ministers, it was mentioned almost in passing By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The game association offers its members many advantages, including a well-attended meeting place at gamescom (archive image). © © Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Business Netflix Joins German Games Industry Association game It is not unusual for the industry association game to continue to grow. As a post on social media reveals, April saw the addition of an internationally renowned company among its new members: Netflix. The game association usually only comments on the development of its membership in exceptional cases with By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© L’Oréal Men Expert / build a rocket Business Build a Rocket and Mapshot Create Fortnite Experience for L'Oréal Men Expert With Derma Control: Skin Defense, L'Oréal Men Expert is aiming to reach the young, male target group through its own Fortnite experience. The experience was realised by Build a Rocket in cooperation with Mapshot, which also organised an event with eight streamers to mark the launch. According to By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dr Karsten Wildberger, CEO of Ceconomy © Ceconomy Business MediaMarktSaturn CEO to Become Federal Minister for Digitalisation and State Modernisation Dr Karsten Wildberger, CEO of Ceconomy, is to become Minister for Digitalisation and State Modernisation. Thorsten Frei will head the Chancellery, Karin Prien will be Minister of Education and Katherina Reiche will be Minister of Economics. The CEO of Ceconomy AG, the company behind MediaMarkt, MediaWorld and Saturn, Dr Karsten By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Jari-Pekka Kaleva Managing Director European Games Developers Federation (EGDF) © EGDF Business EGDF welcomes EU Commission's findings on Apple and Alphabet According to the EDGF, Apple and Alphabet must be stopped from hindering third-party app stores and payment systems on their platforms. This is the response of the European Games Developers Federation (EGDF) to the latest findings of the EU Commission. Last week, the EU Commission imposed a fine of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The Nintendo team gathered briefly for a group picture at the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Berlin for GamesMarkt © GamesMarkt Business Nintendo Switch 2 Experience Successfully Launched in Berlin After content creators and journalists got a first look, selected consumers in Berlin now also have the opportunity to try out the new console for the first time at the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Germany. The number of tickets available for this exclusive event is strictly limited. In addition By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
