Eva Stemmer, Managing Director of Brandmate, and Christian Ulrich, also Managing Director of Brandmate and Spokesman of the Board of Spielwarenmesse eG © BRANDmate GmbH / Foto: Christof Kreutzer Business Brandmate Will Take Place in a New Location in Essen in 2025 Next year, Brandmate will take place for the fourth time, but no longer in Frankfurt. The brand festival is moving from Frankfurt to the Grand Hall of the Kokerei at the disused Zeche Zollverein in Essen. New location, new event – the organisers have now revealed the first details of Brandmate By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tyler Sigman, Red Hook Studios Co-Founder; Chris Bourassa, Red Hook Studios Co-Founder; Remi Racine, Behaviour Interactive Co-Founder and CEO © Behaviour Interactive, Red Hook Studios Business Behaviour Interactive Acquires Red Hook Studios Canada's Behaviour Interactive continues to make acquisitions, this time of fellow Canadian Red Hook Studios, known for Darkest Dungeon. The acquisition of Red Hook strengthens Behaviour's position in the horror genre. Behaviour Interactive has announced the acquisition of Red Hook Studios for an undisclosed sum. Red By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Square Enix Business Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour Fills Olympiahalle Munich The official Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour by Square Enix had one stop in Germany, at Olympiahalle in Munich on 14 September. Over 4,000 people attended the concert. The only German stop of the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour has taken place on 14 September By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© DevGamm Business First Big Batch of DevGamm Lisbon Speakers Revealed After the reveal of John Romero as headliner of DevGamm Lisbon 2025, more speakers have been set. Among them are Guido Schmidt, Director of Design Rovio, Lorna Power, Head of Community Massive Monster, Arno Schmitz, Technical Art Director Guerrilla and more. DevGamm Lisbon has announced a batch of new speakers, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Twitch Business Twitch Drops Dates for TwitchCons 2025 in Europe and North America Then in its tenth year, the TwitchCon will take place from 31 May to 1 June in Rotterdam and from 17 to 19 October in San Diego. At today's opening keynote of TwitchCon NA 2024, CEO Dan Clancy shared details about the coming updates to several systems. At By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Kicki Wallje-Lund and Brian Ward © Embracer/Savvy Games Business Brian Ward Elected as Director and Kicki Wallje-Lund Confirmed as Chairwoman There were no major surprises in terms of personnel at the Embracer Group's 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Board of Directors was reduced to seven members as planned. The reduction by one position had been proposed by the Nomination Committee and was expected at the AGM. As By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Team Falcon was named the first Esports World Cup Club Champion at the first Esports World Cup © Esports World Cup Foundation/EWC 2024 Business Spobis Analyses Sponsorship Spending for Esports World Cup Spobis, a German media company specialising in the sports business, has analysed the sponsorships of the Esports World Cup (EWC) and presents the approximate sums that the partners paid for the sponsorship rights. Since official information on the EWC's total revenue is not available, it is difficult to By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© BIG Esports Philips OneBlade Sponsors Berlin International Gaming in Young Player Programme As cooperating partner for Berlin International Gaming's BIG Selecta talent programme, Philips OneBlade is entering esports. From today on until 22 September, a bootcamp with developmental mentoring programme will prepare young players for professional esports careers. Esports association Berlin International Gaming (BIG) has acquired a new sponsor for By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Gamevasion powered by DreamHack to debut in Hannover in December 2024. © Freaks 4U Gaming Business Update: Gamevasion Starts Ticket Sales From 5 to 8 December 2024, Gamevasion powered by DreamHack will make its debut in Hannover (Germany). This new gaming festival, organised by Freaks 4U Gaming, will replace the previous DreamHack event. It includes a BYOC LAN event and an Expo. Ticket sales have now started. The new festival Gamevasion By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Matt Bromberg, CEO and President of Unity on stage at Unite 24 © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Unity Is Fully Committed to the Games Industry With the Release of Unity 6 in October At Unite 24 in Barcelona, Unity announced that Unity 6 will be released in mid-October. Performance, stability, ease of use and long-term support are promised. At the same time, the company has made it clear that it is returning its full focus to the games industry. Unity has announced that By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Helge Jürgens, Nandita Wegehaupt and Fernanda Pagani (From Left to Right) © Friederike Werner / Die Hoffotografen / Fernanda Pagani Business Berlin Games Ground to Host AI Conference as a Side Event The Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur (Digital Game Culture Foundation) is organising a conference together with Games Ground on the topic of AI, which will not only focus on the use of AI in game development, but also on AI utopias and dystopias in games. The conference is supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Nina Kiel joins TH Cologne as Research Assistant. Their expertise in inclusion fits exceptionally well. © Nina Kiel / TH Cologne. Campus Nina Kiel Joins TH Cologne's Inclusive Gaming Project as Research Assistant They have been an advocate for inclusive gaming for years, a Head of Diversity & Inclusion in the industry and a renowned games journalist and researcher. Now, Nina Kiel has started as Research Assistant for a project on inclusion in gaming at TH Cologne. They have been Head of Diversity By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
