Four of the Game Industry Talks speakers (from left): Tinko Wiezorrek kicks things off on 8 May, Andreas Wilsdorf, Adrian Goersch and Carina Heller will be speaking in June and July. © Hochschule Darmstadt (Media Campus Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences; Screenshots) Campus Games Industry Talks Event Series Continued Following the success of the winter semester, the Media department at Hochschule Darmstadt (Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences) is continuing its series of talks with representatives from the games industry. Five events are planned from May to July, focussing on practical topics. The Game Industry Talks lecture series at the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Serious Bros Development Serious Bros. Ports Imagine Earth to Switch and PlayStation Braunschweig studio Serious Bros. is porting their 2021 planet builder Imagine Earth to Switch and PlayStation consoles in May. Serios Bros, the indie development team from Braunschweig, is porting their laid-back sci-fi builder Imagine Earth from to Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The game is currently available on PC By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Microbird Development Dungeons of Hinterberg Releases 18 July 2024 The much-anticipated Dungeons of Hinterberg by Vienna studio Microbird and Curve Games will release in July for Xbox, PC and Game Pass. The anticipated Austrian action adventure Dungeons of Hinterberg by Microbird from Vienna and publisher Curve Games has gotten a release date: The game will release for PC, Xbox By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Hamburg-based Osmotic Studios has won the Animated Games Award Germany © Max Kullmann/[email protected] Development Osmotic Studios Wins Animated Games Award Germany Hamburg-based Osmotic Studios has won the Animated Games Award Germany, which is endowed with 5000 euros, at the ITFS, beating nominees and winners of the German Computer Game Award. According to the vote of the games jury, the life simulation game succeeds in "leaving an echo that lasts longer By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Yager under MD Ullmann is co-developing Exoborne with Sharkmob. © Yager, Ullmann / Tencent Development Yager is Co-Developing Two New Tencent Games Since 2022, MD Timo Ullmann's Yager is developing Dune: Awakening in the Tencent parent company. Now, the Berlin studio is taking up another co-development: Exoborne together with Swedish-British Sharkmob. The announcement comes in Yager's 25th anniversary year, following a rebranding. In the year of its 25th By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Felix Dreyfus (left) and Jens Kortboyer, Tarock Interactive. © Tarock Interactive Development Tarock Interactive Working on "Credible Historic Basis" for Roman Germanic Survival Game Following the reveal of their MBB-funded survival game Lost Legions yesterday, Berlin studio Tarock Interactive alias Felix Dreyfus and Jens Kortboyer are working with the Archeology department of Humboldt University on the Roman Germanic setting of their debut title. Yesterday, Berlin based development team Tarock Interactive announced their game Lost By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The notary, Watcharid Nithisatienchai, Sumunthana Punthuchat and Benjamin Lochmann at the studio founding in Nuremberg on 24 April 2024. © Lochmann Development Nithisatienchai and Punthuchat Found Mimu in Nuremberg The inofficial indie capital of Franconia is growing: Thai couple Nithisatienchai and Punthuchat have founded their indie studio Mimu UG just now in Nuremberg with the administrational support of Pixel Maniacs founder Benjamin Lochmann. The 2D and animation support studio is on the lookout for investment offers. Centered around Pixel By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Dachverband Tanz Development Kreativ-Transfer Opens 2024 Call The Kreativ-Transfer organised by Dachverband Tanz has opened its applications for 2024. German indie studios can apply for the project to get funding for international networking travels and event visits. The current call for funding through the Kreativ-Tranfer programme organised by Dachverband Tanz and supported by the Federal Commissioner for By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The on-site coproduction training of 2023 with Project Manager Olympe Challot (bottom right). © SpielFabrique Development SpielFabrique's European Coproduction Takes Applicants Until 2 June The current edition of SpielFabrique's Match, formerly European Co-Production Market, is now taking applications. Developers can match up with studios from other countries to develop together, exchange expertise and profit from more than one country's funding infrastructure. The 2024 edition of SpielFabrique’s coproduction market Match By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Paintbucket Development The Darkes Files Kickstarter Breaches Fivefold Asking Price Berlin studio Paintbucket Games reached 50,001 euros in Kickstarter money for "The Darkest Files", making it a quintuple success. The additional money will go to handheld ports and new side missions. After 30 days of crowdfunding, the Kickstarter campaign for historical Noir thriller The Darkest Files has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
UK Minister of Culture Lucy Frazer currently heads the UK Games Fund. © Lucy Frazer Development UK Games Fund has Put £3m Into Emerging Studios Within the initiative to further fund the creative industries until 2030, the UK Department of Culture under MP Lucy Frazer has funded 22 games start-ups with 3 million Pounds overall. A further two million Pounds are still available for emerging devs in the structure of the UK Games Fund. With By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
New MD Walid Nakschbandi has led his first funding round. © Film- und Medienstiftung NRW / Hojabr Riahi Development NRW Funds Seven Games With €1,03m In its first funding round under new MD Walid Nakschbandi, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports seven games with 1,03 million euros total. All four prototypes present have been funded in earlier stages as well. One of the studios is Critical Rabbit, four-time DCP nominee at tomorrow's By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
