© Ceconomy Business Chinese E-Commerce Giant in Talks to Acquire Ceconomy (MediaMarkt and Saturn) Ceconomy, the company behind MediaMarkt and Saturn, has confirmed that advanced negotiations are underway regarding a possible public takeover by JD.com. At present, Ceconomy is unable to predict whether a takeover bid will actually be made. Ceconomy has responded to recent media reports. The listed company behind the MediaMarkt By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Games Forged in Germany © Games Germany Business Fourth Steam Sale From Games Germany Starts With Showcase The Games Germany Steam Sale is entering its fourth iteration. Following three successful years, the 2025 Steam event opens on 24 July at 7 pm with a showcase event on Steam. The event features more than 350 games developed in Germany. From 24 to 31 July, more than 350 games By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Q2 earnings call page showing the highlights of © Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast Business Final Fantasy Cooperation Skyrockets Revenue of Magic: The Gathering Publisher With the highest revenue in the first 24 hours of any set to date, Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy has driven up Hasbro's quarterly revenue significantly. The digital gaming segment, especially Monopoly Go!, played another big part as well. In yesterday's Q2 earnings call at By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© bpb Campus bpb Launches Handbook Gaming & Rightwing-Extremism German Federal Agency for Civic Education bpb has officially released their Handbook Gaming & Rightwing-Extremism today in a presentation hosted by the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. The German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, bpb) has officially launched their anthology called Handbook Gaming & Rightwing-Extremism today in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Blades of Fire © Digital Bros (505 Games) Business Digital Bros (505 Games) Expects an EBIT Loss of at Least €10 Million Digital Bros, the Italian group behind publisher 505 Games, now expects EBIT to fall below the level achieved in the previous fiscal year. This is due to the underperformance of Blades of Fire and higher-than-expected write-offs. Digital Bros Group has updated its outlook for the 2025 fiscal year. The Italian By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The Outer Worlds 2 © Xbox Business Xbox Backtracks on Price Increase for Full-Priced Holiday Releases Taking the current market conditions into account, Xbox has decided to reverse its plan to increase the price of games. The standard version of The Outer Worlds 2 and other games scheduled for release this holiday season will remain at their original price of €69.99. Microsoft/Xbox had originally By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Categories like 'erotic' have rapidly emptied on itch.io, loosing most explicit games. © Itch.io Business Itch.io Delists NSFW Games, Indicates Guidelines from Payment Processors After similar proceedings on Steam, indie game storefront itch.io now begins delisting adult games. Founder Leaf Corcoran lays open that the site has been urged by payment processors to do so. A new content creator guideline will be implemented in the near future that follows the demanded standards. Several By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The next game in Chimera Entertainment's Songs of Silence game world has received prototype funding. © Chimera Entertainment Business FFF Bayern Funds 13 Games With Almost a Million Euros The next game in the Songs of Silence world by Chimera, the successor to EcoGnomix and more: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern has released their current funding round decisions, allocating money to two productions, five prototypes and six concepts. The allocation committee for FFF games funding met yesterday and decided to recommend 13 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
David Dieckmann (left) and Sören Lohse (right) © Web Media Publishing Business asap Brand Services expands to Hamburg The full-service agency asap Brand Services (Web Media Publishing) is opening its third office in Germany. The new office in Hamburg will complement the existing ones in Munich and Cologne. The in-house agency of Web Media Publishing, asap Brand Services, is opening its third German office in Hamburg. This new By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Stephan Steininger, Pascal Wagner and Marcel Kleffmann (from left to right) © GamesMarkt Business GamesMarkt Opens a New Chapter and Becomes Independent With effect from 1 July 2025, Stephan Steininger, Marcel Kleffmann and Pascal Wagner have acquired all assets of the GamesMarkt brand. They are also responsible for sales and production of the B2B trade fair magazine gamescomDaily. For GamesMarkt, the management buy-out marks the start of a successful continuation as an By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ubisoft © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Ubisoft Switches Completely to Autonomous Creative Houses Ubisoft intends to restructure its business completely, becoming a group of autonomous creative houses. The company announced this reorganisation alongside the publication of its Q1 results, which were slightly below expectations. Ubisoft has released its sales figures for the first quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year, covering April to June By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© Narranauten/Narradiver Business New Narrative Design Conference InErGa to Premiere in Leipzig With an exclusive event for Narrative Design workers, the association Narranauten is announcing their own conference. InErGa will take place in September in Leipzig. For keynotes, Dom Schott, Falko Löffler and Tim Schuchert have already been confirmed. The Saxonian Narrative Design association Narranauten has announced a new conference: InErGa, short By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
