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
© Denk / Super Crowd Business Christian Denk Joins Polaris Team as Brand Partnership Consultant PlayStation GSA veteran Christian Denk joins Hamburg company Super Crowd as Brand Partnership Consultant for the Polaris Convention 2025. Denk has consulted about event and esport related topics for many companies, among them Tencent's Level Infinite and Capcom Germany. Super Crowd is getting reinforcement for its Polaris Convention: By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The German Pavilion on GDC 2024. © BMWK / game Business German Pavilion Brings 12 Game Studios to Tokyo Game Show 2024 The German Pavilion of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is hosting twelve German companies at Tokyo Game Show. Among them are indies like BAD Spiele and ByteRockers', publishers like Kalypso and Daedalic and even service providers like 4-Real Intermedia and Black Screen Records. The German By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Antstream Business Antstream Arcade Comes To PlayStation Subscription service Antstream is coming to PlayStation on 6 September. The retro streaming platform includes 1,300 games from a range of old consoles as well as Arcade. It will be the first time old Nintendo console versions of games will ever be available on a Sony platform. Subscription streaming By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
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The co-op shooter EvilVEvil fell short of expectations. © Toadman Interactive, Facebook Business Around 100 Job Cuts at Toadman Interactive, Partly in Berlin Swedish game developer and work-for-hire studio Toadman Interactive is cutting jobs and closing offices in Stockholm, Visby and Oslo. The Berlin studio will also see "some redundancies". In total, parent company Enad Global 7 will cut around 100 jobs, leaving only a skeleton staff. Job cuts have also By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Tobias Kopka is CEO & Interaction Designer at Curatomic and Program Director of the games congress. © Alessandro de Matteis Campus Tobias Kopka: "Ideas and Action Flow Swiftly" gamescom congress 2024 has been the biggest so far – not least because of the new location at the Confex and a bigger cast of speakers. We talked to program manager Tobias Kopka about this year's challenges and successes, as well as the direction change in the big political By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
