Florian Schriebl (right) winning the Tetris Austria finals at Game City Vienna 2025. © Matthias Heschl Esports Florian Schriebl is Austria's Best Red Bull Tetris Player At the Red Bull Tetris finale yesterday at Game City Vienna, veterinarian Florian Schriebl won the Austrian finals. He'll be competing at the Dubai world finale in December against 55 other finalists from all over the world. The Austrian national final of Red Bull Tetris took place at By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Lisa Kneidl, PR Manager @ Larian Studios © Kneidl, Larian Business Lisa Kneidl Joined Larian Studios Lisa Kneidl has taken up a new position as in-house PR manager at Larian Studios, after spending more than seven years at British self-publishing agency ICO. Lisa Kneidl, who was born in Germany, left the British self-publishing agency ICO (video games, tabletops and more) in October 2025 after more than By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Dr. Thomas Wagner, COO K5 Factory, Dr. Fabian Mehring, Minister for Digital Affairs, and Oliver Simon, Managing Director K5 Factory (from left to right) © K5 People Bavaria's Minister for Digital Affairs Visits Oktoberfest Game Developers K5 Factory A few days after the end of this year's Oktoberfest, Bayer's Digital Minister Fabian Mehring visited K5 Factory. The studio also developed “Oktoberfest - The Official Game” with funding and is working on Illumina Twin, a tool for virtual production lighting. Shortly before Oktoberfest, K5 Factory By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Nadine Abramowski and Paul Stehr have joined Super Crowd as new shareholders. © Super Crowd Business Nadine Abramowski and Paul Stehr Have Joined Super Crowd as New Shareholders Super Crowd Entertainment GmbH welcomes PaNa UG, and therefore Nadine Abramowski and Paul Stehr, as new shareholders. In September 2025, Super Crowd Entertainment GmbH welcomed PaNa UG as new shareholder, and with it Nadine Abramowski and Paul Stehr – two of the minds behind projects such as DoktorFroid, Loot für die By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Bloy, BlueBottle People Sandra Bloy Becomes New Marketing Lead at BlueBottle Former MYI Communications expert Sandra Bloy is the new Marketing Lead for Munich esport streaming tool company BlueBottle by Irox Games co-owner Marcel Zurawka. After her last big project HeroFest Bern on 3-5 October 2025, Sandra Bloy, current Project Owner Marketing & Communications at MYI Entertainment, is changing ships: In By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Hendrik Klindworth and Christian Reshöft (from left) © InnoGames People Christian Reshöft Succeeds Hendrik Klindworth as CEO at InnoGames Change in leadership at InnoGames: Christian Reshöft was appointed as the new CEO of the Hamburg-based company on October 1. Founder and former CEO Hendrik Klindworth is taking on a leadership role at parent company Modern Times Group (MTG). After almost two decades of building and leading InnoGames, one of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Matthias Holm joins IGN Germany on 1 October © IGN Germany People IGN Germany Continues to Grow and Welcomes Matthias Holm to Its Team For the second time this year, eMense has strengthened the IGN Germany team led by Editor-in-chief Manuel Fritsch. Matthias Holm brings expertise primarily in the field of film and anime. Matthias Holm will be joining the IGN Deutschland (IGN Germany) team on October 1. He is the second new addition By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Devon Pritchard and Doug Bowser © BusinessWire People Devon Pritchard Succeeds Doug Bowser as President and COO of NoA Change at the top of Nintendo of America: President and COO Doug Bowser is retiring at the end of the year. He will be succeeded by Devon Pritchard, a long-standing member of the NoA management team. Nintendo Managing Executive Officer Satoru Shibata will take on the role of CEO of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© DevGamm Events DevGamm Lisbon 2025 Reveals Speaker Lineup From Sandfall to Ubisoft, from Sony to 11 bit studios: DevGamm Lisbon 2025 has revealed their speaker lineup with prolific industry experts such as Paola Velasquez, Raphaël Joffres, Gabriela Siemienkowicz and Nikola Stoyanov. The Portugal event will take place from 6-7 November. The speaker lineup for DevGamm Lisbon, taking place By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Patricia Sato, Executive Manager at Brazil Games, and Rodrigo Terra, President of Abragames. © Brazil Games, Abragames People Interview: "Brazil has Shown Remarkable Resilience and Adaptability" Home to gamescom latam, massively growing as a production location and as a market and just recently equipped with a new legal framework for games: We interviewed Patricia Sato from Brazil Games and Rodrigo Terra from association Abragames about Brazil's gaming potential. Brazil is not only home to By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
The Rocket Beans Founders: Daniel Budiman, Simon Krätschmer and Arno Heinisch (Above, from left to right), Nils Bomhoff and Etienne Gardé (Sitting Left to right). © Marco J. Drews/Rocket Beans Entertainment People Rocket Beans Restructure, Lay Off Parts of The Team Hamburg media company Rocket Beans Entertainment has announced restructuring, laying off an undisclosed number of employees. Content-wise, the company wants to change their live channel approach as well as concentrate more on already successful formats. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Michaela Bartelt and Dr Olaf Coenen © Michaela Bartelt and Dr. Olaf Coenen People Michaela Bartelt Has Left EA Germany, Olaf Coenen Remains MD Michaela Bartelt, who headed the German office in addition to her role as Senior Director of Worldwide Localization, has left Electronic Arts after nearly three decades. A successor has not yet been named. Michaela Bartelt was appointed co-managing director of Electronic Arts Germany, EA's German subsidiary, in February By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
