tea makes game / The Elision Effect © tea makes game Business "Tea Makes Games" and the Appeal of Experimental Games Last year, "tea makes games", a student from Trier, Germany, released her first commercial game, The Elision Effect. GamesMarkt spoke to her about the challenges, inspiration and making experimental games. Under the pseudonym "tea makes games", Theia Bähr released her first commercial game last year: The By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Rogue Command © Feneq Business Feneq: How a Two-Man Team Wants to Shake up the RTS Genre With the courage to create a game in the supposedly dead RTS genre and combine it with contemporary roguelike and deck-building mechanics, feneq released Rogue Command in November 2024. For the two-person team, this has been a journey of over five years. They are fully behind the concept, By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
© gamescom Business Gamescom Asia Joins Forces with Thailand Game Show After four successful years in Singapore, gamescom asia is moving to Thailand in 2025 and merging with the Thailand Game Show. Although the latter had fewer exhibitors and was less international, it attracted more than four times as many visitors. gamescom thrives on its unique combination of a consumer show By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Webedia/Screenshot Business Webedia Appoints Christian Bombrun as New Managing Director In March, the French media company Webedia will welcome a new Managing Director: Christian Bombrun. Bombrun, who joins from the South African telecommunications company MTN Group, will be responsible for long-term profitability and the further integration of Elephant at Webedia. As Managing Director, Bombrun will oversee Webedia’s operations By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
Christiane Gehrke, Senior Event Communication & Sales Manager at Factory-C © Factory-C Business Home of Indies at gamescom 2025 Keeps Growing Even more space, even more variety for indie games: The Home of Indies at gamescom 2025 is growing to 440 square metres this year and bookings are now open. Factory-C, the Berlin-based communications agency specializing in gaming and esports events, is returning to gamescom with Home of Indies. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© My.Games Business My.Games Celebrates Revenue Billionaire War Robots The tactical mobile PvP shooter War Robots has set a revenue milestone. According to publisher My.games, the title has generated more than $1 billion in revenue since its launch. It is a milestone that not many games achieve, even in the mobile business. But now War Robots from My. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Final Fantasy set for Magic: The Gathering © Wizards of the Coast / Square Enix Business Magic: The Gathering Reveals Final Fantasy Cooperation on Gaming Site For the first time, Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast has revealed the first concrete details of one of its gaming cooperations through a gaming website. On Monday, the company dropped the face cards of its commander decks on IGN. Over the last few days, Wizards of the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
In 2024, Pokémon Go was also part of gamescom in Cologne and launched exclusive promotions at the trade fair. © Archive image Business Niantic Reportedly in Talks With Scopely Over Pokémon Go The sale of Pokémon Go, which Scopely and Niantic are allegedly negotiating, is said to be worth $3.5 billion. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the discussions. The potential sale of Pokémon Go, as reported by Bloomberg, has sparked strong reactions within the gaming industry. The By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Stefan Marcinek, CEO of Assemble Entertainment and Organiser of the GermanDevDays © GDD / Assemble Entertainment Business GermanDevDays Announces Location and Free Exhibitor Tables GermanDevDays will return to Frankfurt for the seventh time in July 2025, and the venue has now been confirmed. Twelve exhibitor tables will again be made available free of charge to independent teams and developers. The location for GDD - GermanDevDays 2025 is now confirmed. As in 2018, 2019, 2023 and By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
On 14 February, the expert jury of the German Computer Games Award met to evaluate the numerous submissions and prepare for the main jury session, at which the winners will be determined. © BMWK, Steffen Goldacker Business Expert Jury of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis Has Met The first meeting of the two-stage selection process for DCP 2025 took place on February 14. The expert jury reviewed the submissions and prepared for the main jury meeting, where the final decisions will be made. The expert jury meeting also provided an opportunity for a new group photo, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Christian Lindner © Laurence Chaperon Business Christian Lindner Joins the #gamechanger Talk on the 2025 Elections With the Bundestag elections taking place this weekend, the game association is pushing ahead with its #gamechanger livestream format. FDP party leader Christian Lindner has been announced as the next guest. The discussion will take place on 19 February. On 19 February at 15.30, Felix Falk, Managing Director of By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Sandra Winterberg, Managing Director Internationale Computerspielesammlung © J.Herrmann Business Sandra Winterberg Becomes MD of the Internationale Computerspielesammlung Sandra Winterberg is taking over the management of the Internationale Computerspielesammlung (ICS; International Computer Games Collection) from Tanja von Unger, who wishes to focus more on her role as Managing Director of the Neue Galerie Berlin. The ICS aims to build the world's largest collection of digital games. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
