Felix Falk (MD game), Michael Kellner (BMWK) and Lars Janssen (Chairman game, from left to right) with Cosplayer at the DCP Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2024, which took place in Munich © Sebastian Reuter Business After EOI Process: Berlin Wins Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2025 The Deutsche Computerspielpreis (DCP; German Computer Game Award) will be held in Berlin in 2025. For the first time, the venue was put out to tender as part of an EOI process open to all German states, with the capital appearing to have prevailed. The DCP 2025 will be held By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Youre Family Business Youre Family Integrates LootBoy in Youre x GamesCoin Following the acquisition of Crayon, Youre Family has now also announced the purchase of LootBoy. In the interview, Alex Suarez talks about how LootBoy fits in with Youre x GamesCoin and the importance of organic and inorganic growth for Youre Family. LootBoy filed for bankruptcy in 2023. How did you By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
The winners of the 2024 devcom Indie Awards. © devcom Events devcom Indie Awards 2024 go to Germany, USA and Saudi Arabia At yesterday's opening dinner event for devcom, the Indie Awards have been given to four studios, among them Munich professor Christoph Minnameier for Dungeons of Dreadrock and Starvania from Saudi Arabia. The results of the speaker's survey have also been revealed. The devcom Developer Conference 2024 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Leadership of GetHero will go to the former flow:fwd CEO Tim Krause-Murroni. © Webedia Business Webedia Merges allyance and flow:fwd into GetHero Webedia has merged its two influencer agencies allyance and flow:fwd into one: Named GetHero, it will now encompass the 22 people working in Hamburg and Berlin. Leadership will go to the former flow:fwd CEO Tim Krause-Murroni. Webedia has merged its two influencer agencies allyance and flow:fwd into By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Xsolla Business How Xsolla is Shaping Industry Conversations at Devcom and Gamescom 2024 As we prepare to take the stage at Devcom and showcase our innovations at Gamescom from August 19th to August 23rd in Cologne, Germany, it’s essential to understand why these events are pivotal for our company, Xsolla, and the gaming industry. A guest post. The gaming landscape is in By Promotion • 3 min read
Dr. Andrea Buchholz © MFG Campus The Exceptional Role of Universities At MFG promoting cultural and creative industries goes far beyond funding: Dr. Andrea Buchholz has realised numerous exciting projects with universities as breeding ground for a healthy games-ecosystem. GamesMarkt: The MFG addresses the issue of talent and research promotion, which, as far as I know, does not exist in this By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
© Super Crowd Business Polaris Convention Announces Business Day The third Polaris Convention by Super Crowd and Hamburg Messe this October will now feature a business day for the first time. Tickets are currently available for 71 euros, just below double the price of a consumer ticket. The Polaris Convention in Hamburg, which will take place for the third By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© 1Up Business German Indie Showcase With Gronkh Announced The influencer agency 1Up Management cooperates with influencer Erik "Gronkh" Range for the "Deutsche Indie Showcase", where more than 30 games from the GSA region will be shown, 26 among them for the first time or with exclusive material. The German influencer agency 1UP Management will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© MFG Campus Universities and Their Gaming Endeavours in BW Baden-Württemberg has one of the most involved university landscapes when it comes to games and Extended Reality in Germany. From futuristic XR booths to special programmes, here are some of the strongest examples. At gamescom, the academic side of gaming has been presented by MFG at their booth in the By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Tobias Springer, CEO of tobspr Games. © tobspr Games Business shapez 2 Is off to an Excellent Start in Early Access With almost 8,000 players active at the same time, shapez 2 by tobspr games from Aachen, has had a very successful start in Early Access on Steam. The predecessor was beaten in record time. shapez 2 had 7,956 concurrent players at its Early Access launch on Steam yesterday. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© BSR Business Black Screen Records and Gronkh Cooperate for gamescom Vinyl Release Black Screen Records is cooperating with Gronkh in bringing a vinyl album of the streamer to gamescom. Apart from this and it's cooperation with the Indie Arena Booth, the label is also providing musical acts for the new social stage in hall 11.3. The Cologne vinyl label By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Instinct3/Stray Fawn Business TerraScape Reaches 100,000 Sold Copies Since Release Exactly one month after release, the co-publishers Instinct3 and Stray Fawn announce that Bitfall Studio's TerraScape has sold 100,000 copies. The game since won big at the German Dev Days Award as well. One month after the release on 17 July 2024, TerraScape by Bitfall has sold By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
