Last year's Gamestate took place in Stuttgart. © MFG / game BW / K3 Business Gamestate Festival BW returns 2024 After 2023's event in Stuttgart, the Gamestate Festival BW comes to Karlsruhe on July 12 2024. Gamestate is organized by MFG, game Baden-Württemberg and the Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsbüro Karlsruhe. Registrations are open now, the schedule will be announced at a later date. With a recurring gathering in Karlsruhe By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Strauss Zelnick - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Take-Two Interactive © Take-Two Business Take-Two Interactive to Make Nearly 600 Employees Redundant As part of a cost-cutting programme, Take-Two Interactive will lay off five per cent of its workforce. This equates to around 580 employees. Some projects will also be cancelled. Take-Two Interactive has announced a cost reduction program. The plan is expected to be largely completed by the end of this By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Esports World Cup to Offer More Than $60M Prize Pool. © Esports World Cup Foundation Esports Esports World Cup to Offer More Than $60M Prize Pool The largest prize pool in esports history sets the stage for this summer's Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The total prize pool of more than 60 million dollars beats the previous record of 45 million dollars set by Gamers8: The Land of Heroes in 2023. The By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Stefan Marcinek, CEO of Assemble and organiser of GermanDevDays © Assemble Business GermanDevDays: Exact Dates and Call for Papers After the first teaser, it is now confirmed when and where the GermanDevDays will take place in August. The call for papers is now open. The sixth GDD - GermanDevDays conference will take place on the 7 and 8 of August, once again at the Saalbau Gallus in Frankfurt am By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
This year's youth jury, including last year's leader Alex Chumak (rear center) and organiser Ulrich Tausend (second from right). © GamesFestival Business GamesFestival24 Reveals Full Schedule At this year's GamesFestival in Munich, Julius Girbig from CDPR will show his way to success, Active Fungus brings historical gaming to the audience and the Amadeu-Antonio-Stiftung talk about hatespeech in games. This and much more is part of the full programme reveal. The fourth GamesFestival in Munich By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nintendo's stages on gamescom are generally a sight to behold. Here: The 2018 "Battle Stage". © Nintendo Business Nintendo Skips gamescom 2024 Nintendo will not be part of gamescom 2024, the company told press outlets in a statement. Four months before the fair, this marks the first confirmed non-attendance on the otherwise 'record-booked' fair, as organisers claimed during the early booking phase. After attending last year's fair, Nintendo By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© None Business Çiğdem Uzunoğlu Leaves Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur After six years as Managing Director, Çiğdem Uzunoğlu leaves the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur. In her time, she had quadrupled the foundation's budget and team size. Her farewell will be held in Berlin in May. After more than six years at the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur, Managing Director Çiğdem Uzunoğlu By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Key Points for Federal Games Funding to Be Presented at Next #gamechanger Talk. © game Business Key Points for Federal Games Funding to be Presented at Next #gamechanger Talk The key points for the funding of games by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection will be presented at the next #gamechanger talk. Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary for Games, will provide an overview of the proposals for the key points of the new funding guidelines. While By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© @noone Business Game Industry Conference: 10% Off for GamesMarkt Readers Until 18 April, Poland's biggest B2B meetup Game Industry Conference in Poznan offers Early Bird tickets for reduced prices. GamesMarkt readers can get an additional discount with a special promo code. For three more days, the Game Industry Conference (GIC) 2024 in Poznan offers Early Bird discounts for By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Global Esports Federation CEO Paul J. Foster and Nodwin Gaming co-founder & MD Akshat Rathee © Nodwin Gaming Business Nodwin Gaming Partners With Global Esports Federation Nodwin Gaming has partnered with the Global Esports Federation as its portfolio management company for key emerging markets. In addition to exclusive event rights, Nodwin has the opportunity to offer GEF events in Germany through partners such as Freaks 4U Gaming. South Asian gaming and esports company Nodwin Gaming has By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Kellner (left) and Söder will be at this year's DCP this week. © BMWK / CSU Business Söder and Kellner to Hold Laudatory Speeches at DCP For the first time since 2018, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder will attend the German Computer Game Award this year. Federal Commissioner Michael Kellner is also scheduled for a laudation speech. Although election campaigns for the Bavarian state level are over, this years German Computer Game Awards (DCP) 2024 will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Shadow Business Shadow Launches own Game Store Cloud service company Shadow is launching its own PC games key store for customers. People with a Shadow subscription can buy Steam and Ubisoft keys for reduced prices there. Cloud computing company Shadow is launching its own digital PC gaming store. The shop page offers Steam and Ubisoft keys to By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
