© devcom/Jennifer Pitton Events Devcom 2024: More Speakers and News From the Side Event Program devcom is fast approaching and the conference programme is filling up. In addition to new speakers, the devcom team has also provided an update on the side events. Recent speakers on the list include Jason Latino, Cinematic Director at Larian Studios, Mihir Sheth, Game Director at SIE Santa Monica Studio, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Stefan Marcinek and Stephan Reichart were the hosts of the GDD awards 2023 © GDD/Ulrich Schepp Events TerraScape With Four Nominations at the GDD Awards The jury has voted and announced the nominees for the GermanDevDays Awards 2024. In addition to TerraScape by Bitfall Studios, Fourexo Entertainment, Active Fungus Studios, Twisted Ramble Games and spielschreiber are also pleased to have received more than one nomination. Prior to gamescom, some of the German games industry will By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© DevGamm Development Game Submissions for DevGamm Lisbon Open Until 30 September, developers can submit their games for the floor, Steam event, award show and pitch show at DevGamm's Lisbon edition from 14-15 November 2024. Until 30 September, DevGamm accepts game submissions for its Lisbon venue. The event in Portugal takes place from from 14-15 November. Games By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Freddie Sandström Development Reactional Music Becomes Unity Verified Solution Provider Game studios using Unity can now more easily integrate the Reactional Music platform. This gives them access to a growing catalogue of rights for interactive or personalised music and the ability to offer music as an in-game purchase. Although Unity's reputation has suffered somewhat following an unfortunate adjustment By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Games/Bavaria Development Games/Bavaria Hosts New Event Series ExP – Expert Talks and Pretzels With a Games/Bavaria cooperation, Lena Fischer from HFF Munich, Jennifer F. Burkhardt from Aesir and Ivette Schmidt from Thera Bytes are starting ExP - Expert Talks and Pretzels in Munich. The event series kicks off on 30 July with talks by Borys B. Trienin, Beck Niederländer and Nathalie Galla By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The organising team and educational staff of the Immersive Game program, with HFF president Bettina Reitz (4. fr. r.) and TUM representative Daniel Dyrda (r.). © GamesMarkt Campus HFF and TUM Students Present Games to Bavarian Institutions By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
SwissGames at gamescom 2023 © PVM Production Development Pro Helvetia Is Launching Open Calls for Application The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has launched Open Calls for Application. Game Design Work Grants, International Platforms (GDC, Nordic Game) and Mentorship Programmes are now open to apply for. Pro Helvetia's Game Design Work Grants (especially for emerging talents), International Platforms and Mentorship Programmes are now open By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Pictures of the GermanDevDays 2023 with Stefan Marcinek and Stephan Reichart as presenters of the GDD Awards © Ulrich Schepp/GermanDevDays/Assemble Entertainment Events GermanDevDays Unveils Preliminary Programme and Exhibitors Although there may be some changes before the start of GermanDevDays, the preliminary programme for the unusual conference is now online. The organisers have also announced which eight indies will be able to exhibit for free. This year's GermanDevDays will be particularly exciting, as the new timing means By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The Aerosoft team presents the trophy to the tox² interactive team © Aerosoft Development Aerosoft Honours tox² interactive During DevConnect In mid-June, publisher Aerosoft brought together around ten simulation game and content studios in Paderborn for DevConnect 2024. The sale of 500K units of On the Road - The Truck Simulator was also celebrated on site. Simulation games are far from new. However, they have been growing in popularity for By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Valve Software Development Steam Sees Controller Usage Rise and Launches Game Recording Beta Since 2018, the use of controllers for games on Steam has tripled. Valve is talking about an average of 15 percent daily controller usage. In addition, the beta for the integrated video recording and sharing feature has been launched. More and more people playing PC games on Steam are using By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Pexels/Bradley Hook VR-XR-MR Bavaria is Funding Ten XR Projects With 391,000 Euros At yesterday's meeting, the XR funding committee of the FFF Bayern recommended funding for a total of ten projects. Six of the projects are in the development phase and four in the production phase. In addition to film production and game development, Bavaria also supports productions in the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Niantic Screenshot Development Open Beta of New Dev-Tool Niantic Studio launched At the Augmented World Expo, developer Niantic Studio reiterated the need for a new map for spatial computing. At the same time, the company is increasingly positioning itself as a middleware maker for XR experiences and is launching the public beta of its new free tool, Niantic Studio. Niantic is By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
