© Aerosoft Business Aerosoft Announces FS Conference Date After last year's success, Aerosoft has revealed further details about the next FS Conference, the largest event for flight simulation fans in Germany. The 20th FS Conference will now take place in mid-November. Flight sim enthusiasts should mark 15 November 2025 in their calendars. On that date, the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Sales Status of Nintendo Switch, FY25. © Nintendo Business Switch Hardware and Software Sales Fall Sharply, Nintendo Revises Guidance Last quarter, sales of Switch hardware and software fell so sharply that Nintendo had to lower its forecast for the fiscal year. Despite this, more than 150 million Switch consoles have now been shipped. Nintendo has released its financial results for the first nine months (April to December 2024) of By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Maria Wagner, Managing Director Sustainable Games Alliance. and Jasmin Oestreicher, CEO of Instinct 3 (form left) © GM Business Instinct3 Joins Sustainable Games Alliance Instinct3 has become the first German company to join the Sustainable Games Alliance (SGA), according to its own statement. For the influencer marketing agency—now also operating as a game publisher—joining the alliance marks an important step toward making its business more sustainable, even though it is not yet By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur Campus GamesTalents Launches Application Phase With New Website School students between the ages of 13 and 16 from all types of schools can apply for the nationwide GamesTalente competition organised by Bildung & Begabung and the Stiftunhg Digitale Spielekultur until the beginning of April. The competition is supported by the Mercedes Benz Fonds. To mark the start of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Brent Blazek, Merge Mansion Growth Lead at Metacore © Metacore, Blazek Business Metacore Appoints New Merge Mansion Growth Lead Brent Blazek Metacore targets growth opportunities in casual and Merge2 genres. The mobile games company has appointed Brent Blazek as its new Growth Lead to drive the growth of its four-year-old game Merge Mansion. In 2024, Metacore's Merge Mansion reached two milestones: over 55 million downloads and over $500 million By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Paul Schnepf and Jonas Tyroller have won the 2023 German Developer Award in the Best Casual Game category for Thronefall. © Beatrice Thoma for the 2023 Game Developer Award Business Thronefall Sells Over One Million Copies Berlin-based indie studio Grizzly Games is celebrating over one million copies of Thronefall sold by releasing a final content update to mark the milestone. The two-person team will now focus on a new game. Thronefall, developed by Berlin-based Grizzly Games, has sold over one million copies. It is available for By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Tim Krause-Murroni © Tim Krause Business Tim Krause-Murroni Joins 2nd Wave After more than five years with Webedia’s artist management team, Tim Krause-Murroni has joined 2nd Wave as Director of Operations. He assumed his new role on 1 February, where he will support agency founder and CEO Boris Lehfeld in managing day-to-day operations. With his extensive experience in artist management By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Grammy Awards / Winifred Phillips © Recording Academy / Winifred Phillips (official website) Business Winifred Phillips Wins Grammy for Best Video Game Soundtrack Winifred Phillips has won the award for Best Score for Video Games and Other Interactive Media at the 2025 Grammy Awards. This is the third time the award has been presented. At the 2025 Grammy Awards, the Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media category was awarded By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Jürgen Barke and Elena Yorgova-Ramanauskas, heads of the Ministry of Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy, are responsible for games funding in Saarland. © Oliver Dietze Business New Games Funding Programme to Launch with Increased Budget in Q1 2025 After a change in responsibility, games funding in Saarland remained largely quiet throughout 2024. Now, according to information from GamesMarkt, a new funding programme is set to launch soon, with €300,000 allocated for project funding, the Game Award Saar, and event and location marketing. The background to this development By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Elisabeth Secker, Managing Director USK / Nandita Wegehaupt, Managing Director Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur © Die Hoffotografen / Die Hoffotografen Business Fighting Extremism With Games: USK and Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur at Safer Internet Day 2025 The USK and the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur are planning an event for Safer Internet Day 2025. Together they are organising the digital parents' evening "Games against Extremism" to show how games can educate. On 11 February 2025, a network of partners will work together to improve online By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Geoff van den Ouden & Martine Spaans (BGPI), Christel van Grinsven & JP van Seventer (DGG) © Benelux Games Promotional Initiative Business Dutch Dev Event Indigo to Continue in 2025 Despite Dutch Games Garden's End With a new location and a new organiser, the major Dutch games event Indigo will continue in 2025, thanks to a joint effort by the Dutch Games Association (DGA), the city of Rotterdam, and the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF). Following the announcement in September that the Dutch Games Garden—an By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The Global Game Jam by The Länd in Karlsruhe in 2024 © MFG Baden-Württemberg Business More Than 35,000 Jammers Joined the 2025 Global Game Jam The 2025 Global Game Jam has been a huge success. More than 35,000 jammers created over 12,000 games during the Jam, 20% more than last year. Across Europe, more than 13,000 jammers participated. The organisers are pleased with the 2025 Global Game Jam. During the Jam, 35, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
