Josh Sawyer's keynote on the post- and post-post-apocalypse in games enlightened game scholars and developers alike / One of the playable and discussed board games at FROG 2024, WorldContol by Ivo Antunic. © GamesMarkt Campus FROG 2024 Shows How Game Studies Must Cooperate With Game Development By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
The site of Future and Reality of Gaming just before the start on Friday. © Rudolf Inderst Campus Impressions from Future and Reality of Gaming 2024 By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© A Maze. Business Early Bird Tickets and Date for A Maze. 2025 Are Set The next A Maze. will take place from 14 to 17 May 2025 at silent green, Panke Culture and Transmediale Studio in Berlin. The first 250 cheaper tickets are now available. The organisers are also looking for idea submissions currently. From 14 to 17 May 2025 at silent green, Panke By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Behind the scenes at 505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni. © 505 Games Events Assetto Corsa Evo World Premiere at ADAC SimRacing Expo 2024 505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni, both from Italy, will present Assetto Corsa Evo at the ADAC SimRacing Expo 2024 in Dortmund, from 18 to 20 October. It will be playable for the first time with a dedicated demo build. At the ADAC SimRacing Expo 2024, which takes place from 18 By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Polaris Red by Xperion Business Polaris Convention Gets Bigger With Polaris Red by Xperion The Polaris Convention, taking place for the third time this year, is getting bigger. Under the name Polaris Red by Xperion, the gaming experience at Hamburg's MediaMarkt on Mönckebergstraße will become part of Germany's second-largest gaming event. In addition to the main event, the Polaris Convention By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Games Ground Berlin 2023 © Games Ground Berlin Business The Key Points of Games Ground Berlin 2024 From 14 to 16 November 2024, Berlin's Alte Münze will be transformed into a games hub, bringing together industry experts, developers and gaming fans. The key points of the Games Ground Berlin 2024 programme have been set. This year's Games Ground will bring together industry experts, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Spiel Essen 2024 Business Spiel Essen has Sold Out for the First Time in 2024 This year's board game fair Spiel Essen has broken a double record: it was the largest Spiel ever in terms of square meters, and it also sold out all tickets for the first time in the fair's history, bringing in 204,000 people on four days. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Zurich Pop COn Business Zurich Pop Con & Game Show Reaches Visitor Record With 43,500 visitors, the Zurich Pop Con & Game Show has peaked over its predecessor year. Important stations were Nintendo's exclusive gaming booth and star appearances, such as those connected to Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine 2. Seven halls full of 450 exhibitors brought a record of By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Impressions from Play 2023. © Bente Stachowske Business Play Festival Looking for Speakers, Award Nominees Now Online Until 13 October, the Play - Creative Gaming Festival in Hamburg is looking for speakers on the Topic "You got the Power". The award nominees for the festival from 11 to 16 November are also online now: Oddada by Sven Ahlgrimm & Mathilde Hoffmann from Germany and A By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Polaris Convention 2023 © Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH / Rolf Otzipka Business Capcom, Nintendo and Bandai Namco to Exhibit at Polaris Convention Polaris, Germany's second-largest gaming convention, has announced its line-up of gaming exhibitors. The list includes Capcom with Monster Hunter Wilds and Nintendo, while Bandai Namco Entertainment will be making its debut at the Hamburg event. There will also be an indie games section and a retro games exhibition. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
700 visitors attended the first iteration of NerdiCon. © Nerdic GmbH Business First NerdiCon Defies Schedule Chaos with Solid Visitor Numbers The first NerdiCon in Leipzig had its share of challenges before it began, with a sudden venue change and a very spontaneous schedule announcement. Nevertheless, over 700 people attended the first event, with 160 showing up to the adjunct conference format at the MacroMedia. The NerdiCon event took place in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
