© ukie Business UKIE's Video Games Growth Program Enters Second Round with Tencent's Help 27 studios took part in the first Video Game Growth Program. Now the British industry association is launching a second round and is cooperating with the Department for Business and Trade and the Chinese publisher Tencent. Applications for the Ukie Video Games Growth Programme open on 15 September 2025 and By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Benedikt Grindel and Katharina Weiss, spokespeople for games.nrw. © games.nrw Business games.nrw Commends New NRW Funding Guideline With the new funding guidelines in August, NRW became the first Federal state to change production funding from credit to a grant. Now, games.nrw is commending the decision as a "smart transitions to federal funding". The new funding guidelines for Federal state NRW had been announced by By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Farming Simulator 25: Mercedes-Benz Trucks Pack © Giants Software Business Giants Software Joins Forces With Daimler Truck AG Another partnership has debuted in Farming Simulator 25: Publisher and developer Giants Software has announced the release of the Mercedes-Benz Trucks Pack. Giants Software has announced its first partnership with Daimler Truck AG. The Mercedes-Benz Trucks Pack (DLC) features a range of iconic trucks and tools. "Virtual By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Game City Wien 2024 © Andreas Tischler / Vienna Press Business MediaMarktSaturn Sponsors Game City Wien With Austria's biggest gaming fair coming from 10 to 12 October, the first details are now public. MediaMarktSaturn will be main sponsor, while Nintendo and Square Enix have been confirmed as exhibitors. From 10 to 12 October, the 16. Game City Vienna comes back to Austria’s capital By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Hasbro's digital gaming and tabletop branch is driving their business. The corresponding office is unaffected by the move. © Hasbro Business Hasbro Relocates to Boston Hasbro is relocating their headquarters from Rhode Island to Boston. The West Coast office in Renton, where digital gaming and the Wizards of the Coast brands Magic and Dungeons & Dragons sit, is unaffected. Toy maker and tabletop company Hasbro relocates their HQ from Rhode Island to Boston. This new By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The four Vault Hunters from Borderlands 4. © 2K Games Business 2K Games Hosts Borderlands 4 Event at the Sony Centre in Berlin To celebrate the worldwide release of Borderlands 4 at the end of this week, 2K Games and Gearbox Software will be unleashing 'pure chaos' at the Sony Centre in Berlin. A one-off, all-day Borderlands 4 event will take place on Friday, 12 September at the Sony By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
VR Forever Awards & Fest © Creature & Future Friends Games VR-XR-MR VR Forever Steam Festival and Awards 2025 VR studio and publishing label Creature, and self-publishing agency Future Friends Games have announced the inaugural VR Forever Awards, alongside an accompanying Steam Festival. The aim of this partnership is to improve the curation of VR titles on Steam. Between 18 and 23 September 2025, over 130 games will By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki during his RDC keynote © Screenshot Business Roblox Focuses on AI, Youth Protection and Increases Share for Creators In the opening keynote of his Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), founder and CEO David Baszucki once again revealed a host of new developments. Roblox aims to set new standards, particularly in the field of generative AI. However, security is also an essential issue, especially since a collaboration with IARC was By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Game Two Business Checkpoint by Game Two and Xperion is Live Rocket Beans' gaming format Game Two was first set to be discontinued, then integrated into existing channels. Now, Xperion by MediaMarktSaturn and Beans Entertainment have entered into a long-term agreement to continue the show together. The first issue of Checkpoint has aired on Friday. Update from 08 September By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Felix Falk (Managing Director of game) and Christopher Flato (ESBD President) © game - the German Games Industry Association / Flato ESBD Esports "The Draft Bill on Esports Non-Profit Status Creates More Problems Than It Solves." The draft bill on the 2025 Tax Amendment Act, prepared by the German Federal Ministry of Finance, contains an approach to the non-profit status of esports in Germany for the first time. However, according to game - the German Games Industry Association, the E-Sport-Bund Deutschland e.V. (ESBD) By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Life is Strange Remastered © Square Enix Business Amazon MGM Studios Orders Life Is Strange to Series Prime Video has announced that it has ordered a series of Life is Strange. Charlie Covell will serve as the show's creator, executive producer and showrunner. The Life Is Strange series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios and comes from Square Enix, Story Kitchen, and LuckyChap. Dmitri M. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Horse Club Adventures by Wild River Games gets a federal funded sequel. © Wild River Games Business Wild River, Just2D and Dev Cooperation for Bibi and Tina Get Four Million Euros Funding The German Federal games funding round for July 2025 sees Wild River Games, Just2D, ByteRockers' and several other getting a total of 4.098.467 euros. The Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy has published the newest federal games funding confirmations. These run from July 2025 and give out By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
