Symbolic image © Luis Quintero/Pexels Esports Two Esports Research Conferences Announced for October October in Europe will be dominated by esports and gaming research: while the Esports Research Network will hold this year's interdisciplinary conference in London at the end of October, researchers will gather in Berlin in mid-October for the second Gaming & Esports Summit, which will focus more on By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Helldivers 2 is celebrating an explosive debut in the US charts. © Sony Interactive Entertainment Business US Market Grows Slightly in February 2024 Despite Hardware Weakness In February 2024, sales of video games, hardware and accessories in the US grew slightly to just under 4.7 billion dollar. While sales of game consoles declined sharply, sales of accessories and mobile revenues increased. Helldivers II, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth and Skull and Bones were strong performers. Projected By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Percentage share of each market segment in the games sector in France in 2023; dématérialisé means digital. © SELL Business Record Sales of Games in France in 2023, Normalization is Expected In France, the computer and video games industry achieved record sales in 2023. More than six billion euros were generated, which is more than ever before. The increase in sales is mainly due to the wider availability of hardware and the overall strength of the console market. Normalization is expected By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Sandra Meier, Lead Graphic Designer at Giants Software. © Meier/Giants Business Sandra Meier: Bringing a breath of fresh air and seizing opportunities By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Carsten Widera-Trombach, Managing Director of Crenetic and Winfried Diekmann, Managing Director of Aerosoft. © Aerosoft Business Aerosoft and Crenetic Extend Successful Relationship Aerosoft and crenetic have signed an agreement to develop the next firefighting simulation. This continues a long and successful relationship between the two games companies. Aerosoft and crenetic have renewed their long-standing partnership with a new contract. The aim is to further develop the successful "Notruf 112" product By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Nintendo Business "Princess Peach: Showtime!" and its Marketing fit the Time By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Minister of Family Affairs Lisa Paus roused the anger - and soothed it. © Ministry of Family Affairs Esports How Gaming and eSports fell in Political Conflict in Germany By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Michael Graf is the New Head of Video Publishing at Webedia Gaming Germany © Alexander Klebe Business Michael Graf to Internationalise Formats as New Head of Video Publishing Michael Graf, most recently a member of the editorial team at "GameStar" and Head of Podcast, will be responsible for all editorial video content at Webedia Gaming in Germany as Head of Video Publishing. Oliver Stannius will take on new responsibilities as Head of Studios & Events. With By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
"Venbas" devs Visai Games from Canada wins big at IGF and GDC awards. © GDC Business "Venba" Wins Big at IGF Awards 2024, Bonte Avond and thecatamites Bring Gold to Europe Winner of the evening at this year's Independent Games Festival Awards was Visai Games with "Venba", but with Bonte Avond, thecatamites and other innovative and experimental indie game developers, a lot of great titles were lauded at yesterday's ceremony. This year’s Independent Games By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Yoko Shimomura received the award for the musical work of a lifetime. © GDC Business Yoko Shimomura wins Lifetime Achievement, Fawzi Mesmar Ambassador Award at GDC While Larian came on stage for four "Baldur's Gate 3" trophies at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2024, among them Game of the Year, two industry people were awarded prices for their work: Japanese composer Yoko Shimomura won Lifetime Achievement, Fawzi Mesmar of Ubisoft the Ambassador By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Martin Pitzl joins Mifcom as Senior Marketing Manager © Pitzl Business Martin Pitzl joins Mifcom Former Activision Blizzard and Sony Interactive Entertainment manager Martin Pitzl has joined Mifcom as Senior Marketing Manager. Martin Pitzl is the new Senior Marketing Manager at German high-end PC manufacturer Mifcom. Founded in 2003 as a pure distributor, Mifcom expanded in 2005 to include the production of computers, focusing on By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The South Entrance to the Koelnmesse exhibition centre © Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Business gamescom Launches Ticket Sales for Consumers and Trade Visitors Ticket sales for the world's largest games trade show have begun with the opening of the ticket shop on the new gamescom.global website. Trade visitors can purchase day and 3-day tickets. Accreditation for press and developers will begin shortly. With more than five months to go, ticket By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
