Last year's FYNG programme was held at Webedia's showfloor both, now the FYNG Show inhabits the main stage. © Webedia Business Webedia Brings Game Reveals to Caggtus Main Stage With a new show, Webedia is bringing developer talks and the FYNG Indie Awards onto the main stage of caggtus Leipzig tomorrow. The media company teases exclusive game reveals and new, so far unseen trailer material as well. Games media company Webedia, mother of GameStar, GamePro and MeinMMO, is attending By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Sunday Co-Founder Christoph Sachsenhausen and Co-Managing Director Timm Geyer. © Sunday Business Timm Geyer Appointed as Co-Managing Director of Sunday Sunday announces the appointment of Timm Geyer as new Co-Managing Director of the mobile games company. This is a significant step in their strategic shift towards hybrid casual games. Mobile games company Sunday announces the appointment of Timm Geyer as its new Co-Managing Director. Timm joins Sunday and its Co-Founder By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Bitkraft Business Bitkraft Launches Third Fund With a Volume of $275m Bitkraft Ventures has raised its third fund to invest in seed stage or Series A financing. With this fund, Bitkraft Ventures' investment volume will increase to over one billion dollars. Bitkraft Ventures is about to embark on a new investment round. Jens Hilgers' German-American company has launched the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Screenshot Esports Esports World Cup Foundation Unveils Eight More Games for World Cup The games announced today bring the number of games to 18 that will be featured at the World Cup in Riyadh this summer. Joining established top brands such as EA Sports FC 24, League of Legends, Street Fighter, Tekken, Rocket League and Fortnite, Rennspiel from Competition Company, Germany, was added By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
7 Digital Labs Raises $4M in Seed Funding. © 7 Digital Labs Business 7 Digital Labs Raises $4M in Seed Funding Swiss studio 7 Digital Labs has raised four million USD in seed funding. The funds will be used to complete BloodLoop, a free-to-play hero shooter integrated into the web3 gaming world. The Swiss game studio 7 Digital Labs, based in Lugano, has raised four million USD in seed funding. Funds By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Newzoo Business Newzoo Sees Moderate Market Growth With Declining Playtimes The global market for PC and console games will grow by 2.6% to reach $93.5b in 2023. However, the moderate growth identified by Newzoo in its new report is accompanied by changes in gaming behaviour. The games market has recovered after a slight dip in 2022, but truly By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors. © Embracer Business Embracer CEO Wingefors Declares Restructuring Process Complete The restructuring process initiated by Embracer Group is complete, said CEO Lars Wingefors at the investor conference following the sale of Gearbox. He believes the company is well on its way to becoming a "more focused" business. The group has no plans for M&A activity for By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dr Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut is Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism in Baden-Württemberg. © Katja Bartolec, Foto Lengerer Business Baden-Württemberg Increases State Funding for Games The state of Baden-Württemberg is increasing its funding for games to a total of 1.2 million Euros. Minister Dr Hoffmeister-Kraut believes that gaming technologies are used in all sectors of the economy, far beyond the entertainment sector. The volume of funding available for Games in Baden-Württemberg will increase again By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The LAN party at caggtus 2023. © Leipziger Messe/ Tom Schulze Business Full Programme for the Second Caggtus in Leipzig From 5 to 7 April 2024 the second edition of caggtus will take place at the Leipziger Messe. As well as a packed entertainment area and a LAN party, the gaming community event will also feature a recruiting area, an indie games area, lots of exhibitors and more. The event By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Christian Vogel (left) will be appointed as the new Sales Director GSA. Matthias Kolb (right) will take on the role of Country Manager GSA & Eastern Europe. © Bandai Namco Business Vogel and Kolb to Take up New Positions at Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany Personnel changes have been announced by Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany. Christian Vogel will be appointed as the new Sales Director GSA. Matthias Kolb will take on the role of Country Manager GSA & Eastern Europe. Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany announces changes in the local organisation. Christian Vogel, currently Manager Digital By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Haruki Satomi, President and Group CEO, Representative Director, Sega Sammy Holdings. © Sega Sammy Holdings IR Business Sega Sells Relic, Cuts European Staff and Cancels Projects Sega sells Relic Entertainment and announces a restructuring of its European division. Around 240 jobs will be cut, and several projects will be cancelled. Sega Sammy Holdings has announced the sale of Relic Entertainment. The Canadian studio, best known for Company of Heroes, Dawn of War and Age of Empires By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dieter Schoeller, founder of Headup Games, buys back his former company © Thunderful Business Dieter Schoeller Buys Back Headup Games from Thunderful The Swedish Thunderful Group is selling its German publishing subsidiary Headup Games to Microcuts Holding, which is backed by Headup founder Dieter Schoeller. Headups subsidiary Studio Fizbin will apparently remain part of the Thunderful Group. In November, Thunderful announced that it was reviewing the sale of its German subsidiary Headup By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
