© GMZstart Development Mediengründerzentrum NRW Starts 2025 Round of Stipendiates The MGZstart stipendiate of Mediengründerzentrum NRW goes in its next round. Until 30 November, founders from NRW can apply for one of 12 places, including mentoring, workshops, networking and a significant amount of money. The annual stipendiate MGZstart of the Mediengründerzentrum NRW (MGZ) is starting again: Until 30 November, founders By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Proxy Studios Development Erlangen Studio Proxy Announces Release Date for Zephon On 8 November, Proxy Studios from Erlangen will release their new 4X strategy game Zephon. The title builds heavily on the experience Proxy gathered with their dystopian 4X game Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War. Independent game studio Proxy Studios from Erlangen in Germany has revelaed the release date By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© CrazyBunch; Assemble Entertainment Development Hamburg Studio CrazyBunch is Closing After 2024, the Hamburg studio CrazyBunch is closing its doors. Team members shared the news that after the current project Tattoo Tycoon is wrapped up, the studio will be shut down. The team was among other games responsible for two reboots of the Leisure Suit Larry series. At the end By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Epic Development Epic Games is Launching a Separate Indie Section in its Dev Forum Epic Games continues to position itself as a partner for smaller developers. The Unreal Engine provider has now set up a dedicated section in the official forum: Epic for Indies. The company had already launched the Epic Developer Community in 2022 to create a place where developers can meet, exchange By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Screenshot of Project Foundry, which is more than a tech demo © Halo Studios/Xbox Wire Development Halo Developer 343 Industries is Rebranding and Switching to Unreal It's a milestone for the IP Halo. Developer 343 Industries is changing its name to Halo Studios and announcing that it will use Unreal Engine 5 instead of its in-house Slipspace technology for future game projects. Studio head Pierre Hintze also confirmed that several Halo games are By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Winfried Diekmann (Aerosoft), Joachim Meyer (Caipirinha Games), Thorsten Vogt (Joindots; from left to right) © Aerosoft/Caipirinha/Joindots Development Aerosoft, Caipirinha Games and Joindots Join Forces for New Game The three new partners Aerosoft, Joindots and Caipirinha Games don't reveal much, only that they are working together on a simulation for children. More information will be available in 2025. At least the three German companies are revealing the planned division of labour: Caipirinha Games is responsible for By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Nvidia Development New Nvidia Plugins for Better AI-Powered MetaHuman Development Nvidia used the Unreal Fest 2024 to present a range of new plugins for Unreal Engine 5. These are designed primarily to improve AI-supported control of MetaHuman characters. At Unreal Fest 2024, Nvidia unveiled new ACE Plugins for Unreal Engine 5, like Audio2Face-3D, which streamline the process of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tim Sweeney, CEO Epic Games © Screenshot/Stream Unreal Fest 2024 Development Epic Games Rewards Simultaneous and Exclusive Releases It was probably the most important announcement at the Unreal Fest 2024 keynote: Tim Sweeny announced the launch of the Launch Everwhere with Epic programme at the turn of the year. Subject to certain conditions, it provides for lower fees for Unreal Engine games. Specifically, the licence fee will be By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
Jukka Saarelainen, Co-founder and CTO at couchplay © LG Electroinics Development German Developer Wins LG's webOS.TV-Hackathon As part of LG webOS, LG Electronics has also announced the winners of this year's webOS TV hackathon. A total of $230,000 in prize money will go to three European studios. Couchplay from Munich came in first. As the top-ranked company, Couchplay received prize money of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Team17 Digital Development FusionPlay Realises Viva La Dirt League Game for Team17 Digital FusionPlay is part of an unusual collaboration. The Leipzig studio is working together with the New Zealand YouTube channel and studio Viva La Dirt League on a game for Team17 Digital. The web video production company Viva La Dirt League (VLDL), founded by Rowan Bettjeman, Alan Morrison, and Adam King, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
REDxBLUE is one of the funded companies. There is currently no official image material available for the funded projects. © RotXBlau Development MDM Funds Two Games and an XR Production At its third meeting for 2024, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung funding committee also considered two games and an XR production. A total of 180,000 Euros will be divided equally among the projects from Leipzig and Dresden. This means that the current round of funding was, at least in the new By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Kalunga, the serial format Mesut Özil: Zu Gast bei Freunden, Flick Shot Rogues © MBB Development Medienboard Funds 13 Games and XR Titles With A Million Euros The current funding round of the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg included 1,6 million euros, more than a million of it for games and XR titles. Grand profiteers are Realities.io with 250,000 euros for Puzzling Places 2D and Aldamami Games with 160,000 euros for Bloodletter. The Medienboard Berlin- By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
