The Pokékom Company exhibited for the first time an Fantasy Basel © Jeton shali/Fantasy Basel Business Fantasy Basel Tops Visitor Record From Last Year's Anniversary Edition The 11th Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con falls just short of the 100,000 visitor mark. Nevertheless, it underpins its standing as the largest pop culture festival in Switzerland, gaming zone included. And it had a lot to offer. In addition to Nintendo and Bethesda, who brought along By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Picture: Milan Goldbach/Twitch Business Twitch CEO Dan Clancy Opens TwichCon 2025 With Product and Service Updates TwitchCon kicked off in Rotterdam with a range of new services for creating, distributing and monetising content. Company boss Dan Clancy presented functions such as Rewind, dual-format and 2L streaming and gift subscription promotions. The requirements for affiliate status were also adjusted. TwitchCon in Rotterdem is the platform's By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Tomas Lissåker, Smallfield Photo Business Comment: Nordic Voices Call for Resilience, Reform, and Reinvention By Team Gamesmarkt • 4 min read
© gamescom latam Business Gamescom Latam Reacts, Corrects and Remains Open to Dialogue The organizers of gamescom latam have responded to the publication of an open letter in which indie devs from Brazil criticized the presence of Brazilian studios at the trade fair in particular. They see the danger of misinterpretations, have corrected some of the allegations, and emphasize their openness to feedback By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Stefan Marcinek, CEO of Assemble Entertainment and Organiser of the GermanDevDays © Assemble Business GermanDevDays Programme Finalised, Venue Almost 60% Booked Preparations for the GermanDevDays in July are in full swing. The programme is set, the space is filling up and interested parties can apply for a ticket until the end of June. Registration for the GermanDevDays is no guarantee of participation. Due to the limited number of places, the list By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Indigo 2025 © Indigo Business Benelux Games Industry: 800 Participants at Indigo 2025 The expanded two-day Indigo 2025 event attracted 800 participants to Rotterdam. Held at the World Trade Centre, the Benelux event brought together industry professionals, government representatives and stakeholders. Indigo, the business event for the Benelux gaming industry, took place in Rotterdam on 27 and 28 May. This two-day conference brought By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
GamesFestival24 © Ulrich Tausend Business GamesFestival25 Is All About Democracy and Games The GamesFestival25 is taking place in Munich this weekend. This Bavaria-wide participatory event focuses on topics such as democracy education, accessibility, retro gaming, video game music and playtesting. The Games Festival begins on Friday 30 May at 5pm at FatCat (formerly Gasteig, Kellerstraße 8a, 81667 Munich). This fifth Bavaria-wide participatory By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Kathrin Tamburello, Sales Director Nintendo GSA and Marco Helm, Müller's Head of New Media & Entertainment © Müller Business First Nintendo Brand Shop in Europe Opened at Müller in Ulm Shortly before the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, Müller and Nintendo have intensified their strategic partnership and opened the first Nintendo brand shop in Europe. Müller also promised to have at least one Switch 2 in stock in every of its 950 shops for the launch and confirmed that By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© gamescom latam/Maicon Douglas Business Brazilian Indies Write Open Letter and Demand More Support and Appreciation Are Brazilian indie developers being left behind in the development of gamescom latam? In an open letter, numerous devs complain about high prices, lack of support and appreciation and formulate suggestions for improvement. There is rumour in the Brazilian indie dev scene. Brazilian indie developers have published an open letter By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Bippinbits Business Kepler Interactive Will Publish PVKK From Bippinbits PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant has found a publisher: Kepler Interactive, currently enjoying great success with Clair Obscur and the upcoming Rematch. Bippinbits is the first German studio to collaborate with Kepler Interactive. London-based publisher and creative studio Kepler Interactive has become the publisher of PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant. This planetary defence simulator, with its By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Jeannine Koch, Chairwoman & Managing Director of medianet berlinbrandenburg e.V. © medianet/Emely Timm - Die Hoffotografen Business Jung von Matt Nerd Handles Brand Development for House of Games A few days before the location of the House of Games Berlin is to be unveiled, Jung von Matt Nerd has now been announced as the agency partner for the development of the brand. JvM Nerd, which realised the esports project Eintracht Spandau with Instinct3, among others, has been awarded By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Games for Change Business Six German Titles Nominated for Games For Change Awards 2025 From almost 800 entries from 55 countries, the jury has compiled the shortlist for the 11 categories of this year's Games for Change Award. German teams are surprisingly well represented with 7 nominations for 6 games. The response to the Games For Change Awards has increased again. According By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
