The Belgian Game Awards 2023 © BIS, Belgian Game Awards Business The Belgian Game Awards 2024 Nominees The Belgian Game Awards 2024 will be presented on 18 October in Brussels, and now the nominations have been announced. Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 has 'only' been nominated for three awards. Flemish Games Association and BelgianGames want to showcase Belgian game developers' creativity By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Florian Teuteberg, CEO of Digitec Galaxus © Galaxus Business Migros Backs Further International Expansion of Galaxus The Swiss online retailer Galaxus wants to expand further in Europe. The majority owner Migros has now approved the budget for this expansion over the next four years. Galaxus has big plans, especially in Germany. In Switzerland, Galaxus' market share is even higher than Amazon's. Its share By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Sony Business Sony Outlines First PlayStation 30th Anniversary Celebrations This December, Sony Interactive Entertainment will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the first PlayStation. The company has now announced the first events to mark the occasion. There are also increasing signs of a PlayStation 5 Pro. The first PlayStation was released in Japan on 3 December 1994 By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Dutch Game Garden Business Incubator and Cluster Dutch Game Garden Closes After 17 Years Due to Funding Issues After 17 years and 130 incubated companies, game cluster and Indigo Showcase host Dutch Game Garden closes due to budget issues. The future of the Indigo Showcase indie festival in Utrecht is as of yet unsure. Dutch game incubator, support cluster and organiser of the Indigo game festival, Dutch Game By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 © Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment Business Focus Entertainment Sees Record Launch for Space Marine 2 With Advanced Access The trend of offering more expensive game editions with multi-day Advanced Access has also paid off for Focus Entertainment. The French publisher has outperformed all of its previous releases with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - and that's just with Advanced Access, as the regular version won& By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The CipSoft management team: Ulrich Schlott, Stephan Vogler, and Benjamin Zuckerer (pictured left to right) © CipSoft Business CipSoft's Continued Success and the MMO Market's Peculiarities CipSoft has been doing very well over the past few years. The company, which won the Best Studio award at the German Computer Games Awards (DCP), now employs more than 100 people for the first time and has just announced its second MMO. We spoke to Benjamin Zuckerer, Lead Product By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
The German PUBG team. © Krafton Esports Krafton Hosts PUBG Nations Cup 2024 in Seoul Again Like last year, Krafton will host the PUBG Nations Cup as part of Game eSports Seoul, from 6 to 9 September. The German team is one of the established participants, featuring René ‘Braexco’ Rehling, Tim ‘Myca’ Bodenseh, Christian ‘Itzz_ChrizZ’ Blank, Jan ‘PaiinZ’ Kösters and Ivo ‘Kowo’ Schenk. Norway joins By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Grossed More Than $800m on Steam in August © Game Science Business Black Myth: Wukong Grossed More Than $800m on Steam in August August 2024 was another record-breaking month on Steam. In addition to a record number of releases and a new CCU record, full games sales on the platform generated nearly $1.44 billion in revenue, with a single game, Black Myth: Wukong from China's Game Science, accounting for more By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Daniela Löhr, Managing Director, OMG FUSE. © OMG FUSE Business OMG FUSE Appoints Daniela Löhr as Managing Director With the appointment of Daniela Löhr as Managing Director, OMG FUSE, the agency for pop-cultural relevance marketing, has expanded its management team around Lucas Petermeier and Yvonne Lukas. The company has been on a growth path in recent years. Daniela Löhr has been promoted from Managing Partner to Managing Director By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Microsoft / Anna Spindelndreier Business Melanie Eilert and Dennis Winkens Join fjmk as Project Staff Inclusive Gaming The Fachstelle für Jugendmedienkultur NRW (fjmk) has hired Dennis Winkens and Melanie Eilert as Project Staff Inclusive Gaming. Both had already lent their expertise to the fjmk’s project and award show Gaming ohne Grenzen before. The Specialist Center for Youth Media Culture NRW (Fachstelle für Jugendmedienkultur NRW, fjmk) has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
