© 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
Philipp Ebben is now MD of the LEZ SH and the EVSH. He stays as the EVSH's First Chairman. © EVSH Esports Esports Association SH makes First Chaiman Ebben its Managing Director With a change in articles, the E-Sport-Verband SH elected First Chairman Philipp Ebben into the additional position of Managing Director. He also united the role of MD for the State Center for Digitalisation and Esports in Kiel on himself. On yesterday’s general meeting in Kiel at the State Centre By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
IGDA Urges Efforts to Prevent Lay-offs. © IGDA Business IGDA Urges Efforts to Prevent Lay-offs The International Game Developers Association calls on studio management to take steps to ensure sustainable job stability and avoid redundancies for a resilient and thriving industry. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has issued a call to action to game studio executives. Studio leaders must implement sustainable measures within their By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Minister of State Dr Fabian Mehring of the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs. © Robert Fischer / StMD Kozub Business Bavaria's Digital Minister Mehring Welcomes DCP On 18 April, The German Computer Game Award (DCP) will take place in Munich. Bavaria's Digital Minister Fabian Mehring is looking forward to his first DCP and is keeping his fingers crossed for the nominees, especially those from Bavaria. The German Computer Game Award (DCP) will be granted By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Last year's debut brought 3,000 people in. © Games Ground Business Games Ground Berlin Comes Back November 2024 After last year's successful debut, Games Ground Berlin will be back at Alte Münze from 14 to 16 November with two days for B2B und one day for B2C visitors. The exhibition floor will be bigger this time. A ticket presale goes live in May. With a debut By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The last time Womenize took place on a larger scale on site before Corona was in 2019 © Grzegorz Karkoszka/Booster Space Business Womenize! Celebrates its Comeback in Early June The return of Womenize! as an onsite event is taking shape. The event will take place on the 5th of June in Berlin. Ticket sales have started. In September last year, Booster Space, the organisers of Womenize!, introduced a new head of Womenize, Madeleine Egger, and held out the prospect By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Fritz Egner (centre), Stephan Berendsen (right) and Hans Ippisch (left) will soon be unveiling details of their joint project. © BBG Entertainment Business BBG Entertainment hires Hans Ippisch and Fritz Egner Along With new Licences Munich-based developer and publisher BBG Entertainment is releasing several retro IP games in the next year. With radio star Fritz Egner and Hans Ippisch of Computec and devcom fame, BBG is also implementing several unannounced prestige IPs in the coming months. Munich game developer BBG Entertainment is expanding its business By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The biggest newcomer in the Top 20 Game Charts in March 2024 is Dragon's Dogma 2. © Capcom Business Eight Electronic Arts Games in the Top 20 game Charts in March 2024 In March 2024, no other game sold better in Germany than EA Sports FC 24. Helldivers 2 is only slightly behind, and is even ahead of Dragon's Dogma 2. C&C's comeback is also impressive. In total, there are eight games in the top 20 By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The two biggest events in the Caggtus streams of 2024: LAN finals for TFT and LoL and the Bisalina Speedruns. © Caggtus Business LAN Finale and Speedrun Event dominate Caggtus 2024 Viewer Numbers In last week's Caggtus Leipzig's online streams, most concurrent viewers were engaged at the LAN finales on Sunday. Rank two of average and peak viewers goes to the Bisalina Speedrun event on Saturday. The stage events of last week’s Caggtus Leizig have continually been streamed By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Photo showing the Developer Showcase at NG23 Spring. © Jovian Industries / Nordic Game Business NG24 Spring Conference Programme Takes Shape This May, NG24 Spring takes place in Malmö, Sweden, and celebrates its 20th anniversary, so everything will be a little bigger. Meanwhile, speaker list and conference programme are filling up. Just after Whitsun, from 21-24 May, Nordic Game's NG24 Spring will take place in Malmö, Sweden. After another By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
IFA Rebranding for its 100th Birthday. © IFA management, GFU, Clarion Business IFA Rebranding for its 100th Birthday To mark its 100th anniversary, IFA is launching a new look that is more than just a visual makeover. The three letters now stand for "Innovation For All". The IFA consumer electronics trade fair is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year with a new look. This is more By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
After an internal enquiry to Claudia Roth, Gramling critisises the missing implementation of the funds. © DBT I Stella von Saldern Business Games Funding: Still no Planning for Culture Fund Possible After an enquiry to the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, opposition politician Fabian Gramling critisises that the additional 33 million euros in culture funding for the games industry are still not available and apparently won't be for the foreseeable future. Apart from discussing esports, By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
