© EA Business PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners Acquire Electronic Arts for $55 billion Electronic Arts has confirmed the conclusion of a takeover agreement by a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners. The deal is worth $55 billion dollar and represents a significant development for the US video game industry. The rumours from the weekend have been confirmed: By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© Red Bull Esports 3rd Red Bull League of Its Own Comes to SAP Garden in Munich For only the third time, Red Bull is organizing its League of Legends event League of Its Own, in which Europe's top players compete. After Berlin (2023) and Paris (2024), the event will take place in Munich on November 29. Munich will host another esports highlight in the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
46,000 Visitors came to the exhibition center of Zurich Pop Con, where 7 halls were used © Zurich Pop Con & Game Show Business 46,000 Visitors Set New Record for Zurich Pop Con With exclusive game premieres, Zurich Pop Con & Game Show set a new record last weekend. The organizers are thrilled and are already planning for 2026. 450 exhibitors, numerous fan groups, and an extensive stage program made last weekend's Zurich Pop Con & Game Show a resounding success By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© BR/ Leah Ruprecht Business BR Starts New Gaming Format With Janina Hille and Bertan Sivrikaya Under the Puls brand, Bayerischer Rundfunk is starting its new Gaming Analyse show with Janina Hille and Bertan Sivrikaya as hosts. It will air every Friday. Bayerischer Rundfunk is expanding its BR Puls offering with “Puls Gaming Analyse”. Hosted by Janina Hille, known from Rocket Beans, and Bertan Sivrikaya of By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Andrew Wilson, current CEO of Electronic Arts. © Electronic Arts Business EA Reportedly Going Private In Massive Deal Involving Saudi-Arabian Investment As the Wall Street Journal reports, EA is set to go private in one of the biggest buyouts in history, rated at 50 billion dollars. Investors include Silver Lake, Trump family led Affinity Partners and Saudi state fund PIF. The deal could be officially announced as early as tomorrow. As By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Gamecity Hamburg Business Gamecity Hamburg Celebrates FLINTA* Games Meetup Mentoring Dinner On 23 September, Gamecity Hamburg marked the two-year anniversary of their FLINTA* meetup with a mentoring dinner. Experts from throughout the industry were matched with mentees in a relaxed setting. On September 23, 2025, Gamecity Hamburg celebrated two years of the FLINTA* Games Meetup with its first-ever FLINTA Games Mentoring By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Polaris Convention 2024 © Hamburg Messe und Congress/Rolf Otzipka Business Polaris Convention 2025 Features Around 30 Games and Charles Cecil Around 30 games will be available to play at the fourth Polaris Convention in Hamburg. Bandai Namco and Envision Entertainment have confirmed their participation, as has Charles Cecil. The Polaris Convention is being held for the fourth time, from 10 to 12 October, at the Hamburg Messe. According to the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Rudolf Inderst Campus DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist #38 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter of games research association DiGRA GSA is published weekly on GamesMarkt, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst. This time with taste in Silksong, new book recommendations and more. Ahoi there, game studies operators! My watchlists are full of posts about Silksong (no, really, it' By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
Christian-Henner Hentsch, Director Legal & Regulatory Affairs of game and Managing Director of VHG © Dirk Mathesius/game Business DPMA Gives Green Light to Collecting Society for Game Devs and Publishers Founded in May 2023, the VHG collecting society has now received permission to operate from the German Patent and Trademark Office, which has state supervision over all collecting societies in Germany. VHG, a subsidiary of the game association, is the first new licensee in 11 years. It took patience, but By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Gamecity Hamburg/Nerdic; Wikimedia/Bullenwächter Business Nerdic and Gamecity Hamburg Start Pixels & Popcorn Nerdic and Gamecity Hamburg cooperate on Pixels & Popcorn, bringing three Hamburg games into a cinema. The event will take place on 20 October and be moderated by Dom Schott. KinoGames, the cinema & gaming series of Nerdic, has gotten a new child: With Pixels & Popcorn, Nerdic and Gamecity By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Tom Burck from Gameforge and Laura Körting from LAB132 © Burck/Körting Business Game Regional Representation in Baden-Württemberg Develops to an Association Since 2018, the games industry in Baden-Württemberg has been organized as a regional representative of game in order to successfully promote issues at the state level. Now, there is a desire to strengthen this commitment, which requires its own association structure, which has now been established. However, the founding of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Benjamin Zuckerer, Chairman of Games Bavaria Munich e.V. © CipSoft Business Games Bavaria Munich Welcomes the Increase in Funding for Games Games Bavaria Munich e.V. is grateful to the Bavarian government for its clear commitment to the games industry. Doubling funding for games would stimulate growth and innovation at Bavarian studios. Games Bavaria Munich e.V. welcomes the recent announcement of an increase in funding for the Bavarian games industry, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
