Quarantine Zone: The Last Check © Brigada Games and Devolver Digital Products Quarantine Zone: The Last Check It topped over 1.3 million wishlists and had two million players who tried the demo: Quarantine Zone: The Last Checkpoint. Released last week, it sold over 300,000 copies in three days. So, what is it about this rather unusual game from Brigada Games and Devolver Digital? By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
New World: Aeternum © Amazon Games Products Amazon Shuts Down New World: Aeternum; Facepunch Interested in Takeover Amazon is continuing to wind down its internal games business. The company had already announced that New World: Aeternum, developed by Amazon Game Studios, would not receive any new content. Now, it has been confirmed that the MMORPG will be taken offline on 31 January 2027. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Products Game Developers Choice Clair Obscur as Favourite for This Year's Awards Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 received a total of eight nominations at this year's Game Developers Choice Awards, despite strong competition that left the GSA developers without a chance. Okomotive's Herdling at least managed to secure an honourable mention. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown © Bandai Namco Products Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Reaches Seven Million Copies Sold Seven years after the release of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment is celebrating seven million sales of the game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Davy X Jones © Parasight Products Davy X Jones Arrrr?! In Davy x Jones, a pirate action-adventure game that's a little different, players control two halves of the legendary pirate. Davy (Head) commands the skies aboard a whale battleship in the roguelite Sky Hunts, while Jones (Body) engages in first-person combat across the shattered isles. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Witchfire © The Astronauts Products Witchfire Since its release in Early Access in September 2023, Witchfire by The Astronauts has sold over 500,000 copies. Just how good is this dark fantasy RPG shooter, and how has the game evolved recently? By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Products Pocketpair and Bushiroad Partner Up for Palworld Card Game A trading card game with collectable creatures? Palworld Official Card Game is in the works at TCG makers Bushiroad, Pocketpair has announced. The physical game will be released on 30 July 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products 1UP Launches Submissions for German Indie Showcase and Eases Workload for Studios Indie studios from Germany, Switzerland and Austria can now apply for a slot at the German Indie Showcase. Thanks to a new procedure, submitting an entry for the free showcase requires less advance work. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Lego Pokémon Pikachu and Poké Ball © The Lego Group and The Pokémon Company International Products The Lego Group Reveals First Lego Pokémon Sets The first Lego Pokémon sets have been unveiled. Five Pokémon from the brand's 30-year history have been recreated using Lego bricks and will be released on 27 February 2026. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Products Annual Charts 2025 for Germany: Double Victory for Electronic Arts Unsurprisingly, EA Sports FC 26 followed in the footsteps of its predecessors and took first place in the German annual charts, which featured a few surprises. With EA, Nintendo and 2K/Take-Two Interactive, three publishers have four titles in the top 20. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Imprinted (Cobalt Lane) Products Imprinted is Munich Veteran Developer Cobalt Lane’s Debut Title A new studio sitting in Munich has announced their horror title Imprinted: Cobalt Lane is made up out of and working with veteran faces of the German industry such as Filippo Beck Peccoz, Simone Mändl and Josef Attenberger of DU&I or Alexander Zacherl. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Wandering Village, kevin's PLAYING in berlin, Mini Mini Golf Golf and Backpack Battles (from Left) are nominated for an IGF Award as well as the not pictured Time Flies. Products Five GSA Studios Can Hope For an Independent Games Festival Award The jury has selected the nominees for this year's Independent Games Festival Awards (IGFA) from 800 submissions. Baby Steps is the favorite, but with Playables, Three More Years, Kevin Du, PlayWithFurcifer, and Stray Fawn, studios GSA also have a chance. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
