Asgard's Fall - Viking Survivors / Commandos: Origins / Nordhold © Soulpotion, Assemble Entertainment and Instinct3 / Kalypso Media / StunForge Business Nordhold Makes It Into the Top Ten of the German Weekly Top Sellers on Steam As Counter-Strike 2 and Schedule I continue to top the weekly Steam charts, Nordhold from Stunforge makes it into the top ten in Germany. Commandos: Origins from Kalypso Media debuts in the Top 100 worldwide and also in Germany (#29). In the weekly Steam charts (by revenue) from 8th to By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Youth Festival Leadership 25th Kick-off from right to left - Tim Sommer, Fleur Häusler, Anna Kober (at the laptop) and Ulrich Tausend (Festival Leadership) © GamesFestival Business Fifth Bavarian GamesFestival Starts on 30 May The fifth Bavaria-wide GamesFestival will take place from 30 May to 1 June 2025. The main festival venue is the FatCat at Rosenheimer Platz in Munich - with indie games, playtests, game design workshops and more. The participatory GamesFestival aims to celebrate gaming culture in all its facets. The theme By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Ubisoft Chroma - Tritanopia View © Ubisoft Business Ubisoft Releases Colorblind Simulation Tool Chroma For Public Use Ubisoft's colour blindness simulation tool, Chroma, is now available to the public after several years of internal use and development. It allows developers to simulate colour blindness. At the Game Accessibility Conference, Ubisoft announced the release of Chroma, a real-time colour blindness simulator. It allows developers to experience By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Warner Business Minecraft Movie Remains Box Office Leader in the US, Germany, and More Even after its second weekend in cinemas, A Minecraft Movie remains number one in many countries—including the USA, UK, France, Germany, and Austria. The worldwide box office has already surpassed half a billion US dollars. Following its sensational debut, A Minecraft Movie continues to perform strongly. The film, based By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Thalita Malagò, General Manager of IIDEA © Pictures by IIDEA Business Italy’s Games Market Grows by 3%, Domestic Industry on the Rise With almost €2.4 billion in revenue—3% more than in the previous year—the Italian games market had a strong year in 2024. According to the association IIDEA, the domestic industry also experienced significant growth, supported by €12 million in tax credits. Despite a notable decline in hardware sales, By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Persistent Studios Business Persistent's PopcornFX Supports Switch 2 With support for the Switch 2, Persistent Studios is reinforcing its ambition to position its PopcornFX visual effects middleware as a broadly applicable solution across multiple platforms and engines. So far, however, the middleware has been used more frequently in games not typically associated with the Switch. In any case, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The winners of the DevGamm Awards 2024 (archive image) © Devgamm Business DevGamm Unveils New Round of Its Global Awards with $100,000 Prize Pool The DevGamm Awards are entering their next round. Teams of up to 50 people have until 1 September to submit their projects. The DevGamm Awards are presented in 11 categories, with additional sponsor categories possible. 2024 three studios from GSA were among the winners. Following last year’s success, the By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Shenmue III © Ys Net / Inin Games Business Dennis Mendel: Shenmue "Is in Stark Contrast to Most of the Other Games in Our Portfolio" In a surprise move at the end of 2024, United Games Entertainment acquired the publishing rights to Shenmue III from Ys Net through its Inin Games label. We spoke to Dennis Mendel, Head of Business Development, about what may be the biggest publishing deal Inin Games has ever done, at By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Shenmue III © Ys Net / Inin Games Business Why United Games Entertainment Is so Passionate About Shenmue III By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
© GM Collage Business game Recognises 3 Platinum and 1 Gold Sales Award in March Ubisoft, Capcom, Plaion, and Electronic Arts can look forward to new game sales awards in retail (digital and physical). These honours confirm the sales success of recent and current chart-toppers. Even though specific monthly sales figures are not published, the latest game Sales Awards show that March was a strong By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Game Playtest Night 2025 © Gamecity Hamburg Business More Than 120 Participants Tested Games From Hamburg at Xperion Over 120 people came to the third Game Playtest Night in Hamburg to test video games developed in Hamburg. The event was held at Xperion. Gamecity Hamburg is planning to repeat the event in the future. 12 games, 99 gaming stations, 125 players and three hours of playtesting - these By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Stefan Marcinek, CEO of Assemble Entertainment and Organiser of the GermanDevDays © Assemble Business GermanDevDays Registration is Now Open From now on, anyone interested can register for a ticket to GermanDevDays. Invitations will be sent out separately, i.e. registration does not yet entitle you to attend. This year's GermanDevDays will take place in Frankfurt on 9 and 10 July. However, in order to attend what the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
