“Fireside” has released to favourable reception on 4 June 2024. © Emergo Development Emergo Entertainment’s “Fireside” Enters Sale Period to 10.000 Wishlists With a 100 per cent positive review rate, 10.000 wishlist entries and first positive international press after yesterday's release, Emergo Entertainment CEO Paul Redetzky is happy with “Fireside's” first 24 hours. After a successful first 24 hours, Emergo Entertainment looks back positively on yesterday’s By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
WIP Screenshot of "Ultimate Indie Racing" featuring Smushi from "Smushi come Home". © ZoroArts Development How a German Dev Came to Build an Indie Crossover Racer In just a week, Mateo Covic alias ZoroArts, developer of “Maki’s Adventure”, has brought indie devs together for a crossover indie cart racer project. With “Ultimate Indie Racing”, the young dev combines IPs like “Frogun”, “Smushi come Home” and more and is still looking for devs that want their By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Waters of Sal Naména is a new Metroidbrainia by Distant Meadows from Nuremberg. © Distant Meadows Distant Meadows Shows Exclusive First Impressions of Waters of Sal Naména With an exclusive reveal on GamesMarkt, Nuremberg studio Distant Meadows is sharing the first screenshots of in-development game Waters of Sal Naména. The game in the wake of Outer Wilds and The Witness wants to bring the genre of 'Metroidbrainias' further along. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Team picture (from left to right): Martin Zimmer, Benjamin Schmidt (in the front with hat), Simon Koch, Nico Faltermeier, Odin Seiffert, Andreas Scholl, Michael Müller and Pascal Heiler, who took the picture. © Pascal Heiler Development G+ Kritzelkratz 3000: Back in the Game with Remasters and Ports By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© Jennifer Burkhardt / Donovan People Aesir Hires Psychologist Jennifer Florence Donovan as Junior Producer Since this May, psychologist Jennifer F. Donovan a.k.a. Jennifer Burkhardt is the newest part of Aesir's Producing team in Munich. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© MDM/Firmen Development MDM Approves Funding for Three Games and two XR Projects The Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) has approved a total of 335,000 euros for the Games & XR segment in the second funding session of the year. 250,000 of this will go to the games from Inclusive Gaming, PandaBee Studios and Bippinbits. In the second funding session of the year, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
SpielFabrique seeks Bridge partners. © SpielFabrique Development SpielFabrique Seeks Bridge Partners Bridge by SpielFabrique is a programme to promote matchmaking and collaboration between game studios in Africa and Europe. European studios interested in participating are still being sought. The Coproduction Market programme "Match" by SpielFabrique is getting bigger this year, in particular by the inclusion of more countries for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
NightinGames founders Antonia Schmidt (left) and Tanja Zinser visited gamescom 2023 with part of the team © Picture: NightinGames Development NightinGames Supports Aesir Interactive in the Development of new Windstorm The production of Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori is also a great opportunity for indie developer NightinGames from Bayreuth. They are working with Aesir Interactive on the production and are involved in production, game design, tech and art. Just a few days ago, publisher Mindscape and developer Aesir Interactive announced By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Screenshot Development A Maze Awards: Winners From Around the World The Awards are the highlight of the International Games and Playful Media Festival A Maze. in Berlin. This year the jury chose winners from South Korea, the USA, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Denmark. The Audience Award went to a German indie production. A Maze. took place for the 13th By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tim Cullins, Mafalda Duarte and Zak Whaley (from left to right) © IGDA People Global Developers Association Elects new Board Members and Appoints new Chair Zak Whaley takes over as Chairman of the IGDA following this year's board elections. He succeeds Margaret Krohn, whose term as Chair ended in March. Two new members are welcomed to the board. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has a new Chairman of the Board. Following the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Bavarian Digital Minister Fabian Mehring increased the budget for the Games/Bavaria team at Medien.Bayern with Managing Director Lina Timm (2nd from right) at the beginning of the year © Games/Bavaria/Archive picture Business Games/Bavaria Launches its own Accelerator Programme Bavarian game developers have until the end of May to apply for the first round of Games/Bavaria's new Level Up accelerator programme. The programme offers workshops, targeted coaching and free co-working space. The patron of Games/Bavaria's new Level Up accelerator programme is the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The winners of the GamesPreis24 © JFF - Institut für Medienpädagogik Campus GamesFestival24 Counts 1500 Participants The 4th edition of the GamesFestival in Munich was a success, although not a new record year. At the end of the event, the GamesPreis was awarded in the age categories 12 to 18 years and 19 to 26 years. The core theme of this year's GamesFestival, in By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
