© Blizzard / Helvepic Business Blizzard and Helvepic Bring World of Warcraft Concerts To Switzerland With four concerts in the Théatre de Beaulieu in Lausanne at the end of September, Blizzard and Helvepic are celebrating the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft in Switzerland. To mark the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment and the Swiss music production group Helvepic have teamed up By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© PlayStation Business PlayStation 5 Technical Presentation Set for Today Sony Interactive Entertainment is hosting a PlayStation 5 Technical Presentation today, hosted by Mark Cerny, Lead Architect of the PlayStation 5 console. The presentation, which will last less than ten minutes, is expected to focus on the PlayStation 5 Pro. Without further ado, Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced a " By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Marc Sodermanns, Director of Experience Design at Electronic Arts in Vancouver © Marc & Melanie Sodermanns Business How Marc Sodermanns became Director of Experience Design at EA in Vancouver Marc Sodermanns has been Director of Experience Design at Electronic Arts in Vancouver since March 2024, working on one of the biggest franchises in the world: EA Sports FC. In an interview with GamesMarkt, he talks about how he got into the industry, what it's like to work By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
© Amazon Studios Business Fallout Series Universe Wins Two Creative Arts Emmys 16 Nominations, but only one award: Fallout, the only gaming series in the nominees of 2024's Creative Arts Emmys wasn't the big winner of the evening. That one was FX's Shogun. But: With another Emmy for Fallout: Vault 33, the interactive media experience going By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The Nordic countries such as Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Norway. © GamesMarkt Business European Games Markets: Nordics By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
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
